Yarn Gallery Blog

There seems to be a theme to this week’s photos.  Wait until you see all the pretty baby things people have finished.  I love them and it’s so nice knitting for little kids when it’s hot.  The projects are small, interesting, and move along quickly.  So, look at these beautiful tiny sweaters:

Linda Slovitsky found a cute pattern on Knitty and used Country 8-Ply superwash tweed to make this gorgeous Aran cardigan for a little boy:

Peggy Schlegel made this diamond-patterned pullover for her grandson and is making a start on another, with a funky intarsia owl on it:

And Sheila Yarus chose a soft cotton in a beautiful mango color for this top-down shrug:

Such talent and such lucky little ones! And wait till you feel the baby yarn I have on order for fall.  MinnowMerino from Jil Eaton is a really soft superwash wool in kid’s colors and it should be here in a week or two.  Can’t wait!

Pat Burkhart loves to make hats and has made several using a beaded design worked out by Donna Guthrie.  Here is a beaded hat, done in Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed, and a more casual style done in Encore Colorspun:

And Mary Ann Posey has finished two more summer tees, her favorite summer project:

She does a lovely job!

I’ve finished the Knitscene scarf I showed you last week -it was a lot of fun to do.  It’s blocking right now and should be dry tomorrow.  I finally started a sweater – I got into a funk because I knitted one that just didn’t turn out as it should have and I have to say it was the design and not the knitter.  I got caught in that age-old trap of looking at a picture and falling in love.  The styled photograph doesn’t show many of the problems with the design, although I should have known something was up when there were a lot of extra pieces to make and sew on!  Looks like the designer said “Yuck!” when it was knitted up and “Maybe if we put a piece of ribbing here and a pocket there, it  will be okay.”  It wasn’t.  So now I’m faced with a horrible sweater in beautiful yarn.  It has to be ripped out because I’m not wasting a lovely chocolate-brown silk/wool blend on a sweater that only an orangutan could love.

Anyway, it took me a couple weeks to get over it and I just couldn’t start another sweater!  The lovely scarf cured me and I started a nice simple sweater in a great tweedy red merino and it’s coming along nicely.  And look what I have to look forward to knitting with:

This is Aysen from Araucania, kettled dyed wool/alpaca/silk worsted weight, and it’s much prettier in person.  That bright color on the left has caught my eye and I’m contemplating what to make from it – a small project, I think, maybe  a pretty beret.  I just want to touch it and I have to see how the colors work.

That’s it for today.  I hope I’ll have some pictures of finished Adult Surprise jackets for you next time, and if Jan Gardner sends me a picture of the amazing lace piece she just finished, I’ll show you that, too.  We’ll all drool in envy together!

Don’t forget to let me know if you have ideas for classes – techniques you want to learn, projects you’d like to make, etc.

See you soon..

Trish

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