Even though I haven't been updating, I have been knitting. And buy a TON of yarn. Labor Day weekend I went to Minneapolis to visit my good friend and fellow yarn slut, Jess. We went to two fabulous yarn shops and I went a little nutty with the stash enhancing. I haven't started any projects with that yarn yet, but I do promise myself to update more regularly once I do start using that lovely yarn.
But ... I have been a busy bee with yarn I already had in my stash. So, now on to the pictures:
I started this scarf in May or June. I found this yarn at Hobby Lobby months ago. Its their own brand and is acrylic but I was taken by the colors. I bought two skeins with the intention of making a long skinny scarf. Its just a simple k2p2 rib and is currently about 52" long. I have probably 3/4 of the 2nd skein left to go, so I fear this scarf may turn out to be obscenely long.
This is the One Skein "Clutch You'll Never Give Up." Its one skein (natch) of Lamb's Pride Bulky and the flower is crocheted from a pattern I found on the Lion Brand site. Its a sort-of birthday gift for a friend who's birthday was in June. And a sort of "just cuz" gift. Just cuz I wanted to knit the clutch again and knew she'd like it.
Pre-felting:
Post-felting:
This is the beginning of a dishtowel in Sugar & Cream. I started this a couple weeks ago when I was hanging out with my little sister. Its a good small project to take with me when she & I go out for desert & coffee (for me) and crafts.
This, I hope, will be my next project. My sister-in-law has requested a winter hat. There's no rush since its 80 degrees here this week and she hasn't yet measured the circumference of her head for me. But I really want to get started on my first hat! So this is the yarn - its Cascade something or other (tweed maybe?) that I bought in MN in the sale room at Borealis Yarn. And my little gague swatch.
And finally .... I got a fabulous package from my One Skein Angel. Beautiful yarn and a pattern card for the most adorable felted bags. I can't wait to knit one. Thanks Secret Pal!!
1 comment:
Not sure if you came across this or not . . but the Garden Party bag is the Noni pattern I mentioned in my post the other day. It's on order! Your colors are absolutely stunning! Have you tried to felt with any of that yarn yet?
Also, your felted clutch is SO pretty!! You definitely are up there as one of my fave knitters now. :)
Can you please point me in the direction of the info for the Sugar & Cream dish towel? I would love to do that one also, thanks.
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