Here is the xmas stocking… i love it . and im going to fill it up with goodies for a friend of mine… i think i may have enough yarn left over to make my self one but with the colors reversed…
Dave
hi trish. the purse is all finished. love how it turned out.. another quick and easy project for gift giving…
i finished the xmas stocking too and i will post a pic…
cya soon
Busy, busy, busy! David made me jealous because he finished all his on-going projects and started something new, so I decided I needed to get going on some things, too. Now that the sister sweaters are finished, I should be able to clear my decks as well and think about what’s next. So I finished the Felted Market Bag and I love it very much:
Felted Market Bag
I’m making this a free pattern because even though it was loosely based on the bag in Fall Knitter’s Magazine, I changed really a lot, including gauge, materials, blended colors, handles and felting, plus one of the diagrams was wrong in the magazine, and I would have had to re-write the whole pattern anyway. Give me a day or so and it should be available (with purchase of materials to make the bag, of course.)
I also finished this little shawl, made from 3-4 skeins of Nuna, a wool/silk blend. This is a Fiddlesticks pattern and is good for knitters without much lace experience. It’s written for DK-weight yarn and is very repetitive so that you can get used to lace knitting and understanding how things expand in a triangle without having to figure out a new chart every five minutes. It’s a nice size and weight, just right for swirling around your neck for a little added warmth or decoration. It’s still drying and will be in the shop sometime this week. I love this cloudy blue color.
Lotus Shawl
I’m still working on my unassuming little socks but they’re a good project to take back and forth to the shop with me. I started a new sweater in Tahki’s Dove, but haven’t got the time this a.m. to show you what it’s like. Loving the yarn, though.
Mary Ann Posey brought in this pretty scarf and hat set that she made to donate to charity. It’s lovely in Jojoland’s Melody SW, and I’m sure someone will be thrilled to get it. The scarf pattern is free on Berroco’s website, and is called Jubilee, and the hat pattern is from our store.
Jubilee Scarf and Hat
That’s it for this week, and possibly next. Check out David’s fun Frivola scarf below – this crazy yarn is backordered, it’s so popular.
I hope you got the email that we’ll be closed Monday through Friday next week, then open the following Saturday and Sunday. If I don’t see you in the store this week (and even if I do), have a terrific Thanksgiving holiday.
See you soon!
Trish
hi trish.
just finished all the projects i had started… i made the pom pom scarf today and i love it… it only took about 30 min to make, so thats a very quick project to make for a gift… love the yarn and it sooooo soft…very cute!!
going to start a pair of socks..
cya on sunday… Dave
Yay, I finished my second Napa in 6 weeks. This one I made from Cleckheaton’s Country 8-Ply Superwash Wool, and it is really wonderful. Soft and lustrous and a beautiful black tweed that my sister will actually wear. It’s no use doing color for her, she just won’t wear it. Anyway, it’s blocking now and won’t actually make it for her birthday on Thursday, but shortly thereafter. I couldn’t visit this week because Geordie needs a little surgery and I have the money for it now because I was saving up for some new bathroom fixtures – oh well!
Anyway, I’m free to do some small projects again and Karen Walter and I have been having fun doing little things from the new Homespun, Handknit. It’s full of good small projects, and unfortunately, full of errors, too. If you’ve already bought it, be sure to go to Interweave.com and check out their corrections. If you buy the book from me, we have the official corrections for you and at least one that isn’t corrected yet on Interweave’s site. Here is a very cute hat with argyles that Karen made, and will probably teach this coming year:
Argyle Hat
And I made these mittens with a lace edging in yummy Ambrosia. They won’t be very warm because they’re made in sportweight yarn, but I couldn’t resist making them – they’re so pretty!
Ambrosia Mittens
Here are the scarves made from Cha Cha ribbon that I was talking about last week. One uses a coordinating worsted weight yarn between the ruffles, and is worked in a chevron stitch. It’s fun, and I’ve made a free pattern for it. The other was made with leftovers from the first scarf, and it’s just 7 stitches on a size 9 needle, knit every row, for a precious boa.
Cha Cha Scarves
And here is Tiffany, Sandra Thomas’s granddaughter, modeling the boa for me. Isn’t she beautiful? Geordie loves her, he never gets so much attention from anyone else!
Tiffany in Cha Cha Boa
Pat Schaeffer finished this bolero, which fits her perfectly. And isn’t this a great color for her? She needs a terrific closure and she’s ready for spring.
Pat Schaeffer in Bolero
Ann Kennedy finished another Fair Isle Beret, using the same handpaint, but with a light green color of Kid Classic. The look is completely different, softer and a little fuzzy:
Ann's Beret II
Ann's Beret I
Rosemary Shannon finished this adorable sweater for a little girl in Encore Colorspun:
Rosemary's Baby Sweater (couldn't resist)
Diane Huddleston finished (twice!) her Brigitte in Rowan Big Wool. Twice because her gauge was off the first time and, tiny as she is, she could hardly get into it! Now it’s perfect, with a gorgeous pin to close it:
Diane's Brigitte
Karen Walter made this hat from some lovely hand-dye from Fleece Artist. I love this hat, the way the top pooches and how it’s done from the top center down, and I hope she’ll teach it this winter, too. You may recognize it from Vogue’s Fall issue, which has a bunch of fabu hats, of which I want to make several. Will I do it? Stay tuned!
Karen's Vogue Hat
Karen happy in her Vogue Hat
Here’s one thing I’m working on now, which is a bag made of mitered squares. We received these beautiful fall colors of Galway, and I wanted a project that used them together, but I’m not big on knitting stripes. (I like yarn that stripes for me.) But mitered squares don’t seem like stripes so I’m loosely basing it on a bag that was in the latest issue of Knitter’s, but it’s going to be felted, so I’m scaling it up, and their diagrams didn’t work for me, so I’m doing something different - so in the end (as usual) it will be quite different and possibly a free pattern if it all turns out well. Here’s where I am:
Bottom of mitered bag
I think I’ll reverse the color sequence in the next level of squares, to use the yarn evenly and have more of the green, blue, purple showing. Not sure what type of top I’ll put on it, I want the shape to be like a sling, but not sure yet how to get there. Well, we’ll see what happens. As a relief from color and size 13 needles, I’m also working on a pair of dull colored Jawoll socks. They’re not exciting to work on but they’ll be the ones I reach for all the time this winter, and Jawoll washes so beautifully – it’s just a great workhorse of a sock yarn.
I’m sure there’s lots more to tell you, but that’s it for this week.
See you soon!
Trish
