Sunday
Nov012009
Alot to share...*spoiler alert!*
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 7:53PM
I've been knitting and busy dealin' with life's unexpected events, but I won't trouble you with that! I have much to share and I'll have to break it down over a few posts. First, this post has spoilers, so if any of my "spoilee's" are reading, be prepared to be spoiled before you get your swappy package!
First, I'll start with a project I started Saturday (yesterday), it is the "Bulky Shrug" from Knitting Pure and Simple. I've had this pattern for awhile, I was just waiting for the right "super bulky" yarn to come along. Working at my LYS, I ran into just the perfect yarn, "Spud and Chloe". I never knew of this yarn until I was arranging the yarn on the shelves and realized how lovely it was. I love the easy labeling Spud & Chloe has, they clearly label their yarns "super bulky" with "outer" and "sweater", easy peasy! I picked up 4 skeins in Gray enough for my Bulky Shrug. Look at this sqooshy-lovely yarn:
It's "Outer" Super Bulky, Superwash 65% wool, 35% Organic Cotton, did I mention my LYS is "Green Planet Yarn"? The owner is truly great, and the store is stocked with great organic yarns.
For the few hours I spent working this new Bulky Shrug, this is what I ended up with, it's turning out great!
I'll be sporting this baby at work next weekend!
Onto my other endeavors, spoilee endeavors, I purchased 2 skeins of Canopy yarn (sorry no pics), in Acai colorway, a lush red made of 50% baby alpaca, 30% merino, 20% bamboo. I choose to make the "Bella's Fingerless Gloves" pattern for my spoilee, Svendel, to wear when she goes to see New Moon later this month! I love this, easy knit and fast too!
Another item I made, which is a new love of mine's, is knitting jewelry. In my 1st Love Bites swap at the beginning of this year, I was given a beautiful knitted bracelet and I fell in love with it. I scoured ravelry for a pattern but nothing. So I improvised my own pattern and voila!
I love these bracelet's, I have so many ideas for other designs, but this one was easy and fast. Inexpensive and versatile to make, the choices are limitless. This is the bracelet I sent to my spoilee but I have another I made, however I felt that the beads were too large, so I made this one, and I was very happy with the turn out. I'll post a list of supplies needed to make these as well as the pattern to make later this week.
For now that's all I'm parting with, there is more but that will come in more posts to come. It's November, and yes, gift knitting shall start, as well as all other holiday fun! Happy Sunday!
First, I'll start with a project I started Saturday (yesterday), it is the "Bulky Shrug" from Knitting Pure and Simple. I've had this pattern for awhile, I was just waiting for the right "super bulky" yarn to come along. Working at my LYS, I ran into just the perfect yarn, "Spud and Chloe". I never knew of this yarn until I was arranging the yarn on the shelves and realized how lovely it was. I love the easy labeling Spud & Chloe has, they clearly label their yarns "super bulky" with "outer" and "sweater", easy peasy! I picked up 4 skeins in Gray enough for my Bulky Shrug. Look at this sqooshy-lovely yarn:
It's "Outer" Super Bulky, Superwash 65% wool, 35% Organic Cotton, did I mention my LYS is "Green Planet Yarn"? The owner is truly great, and the store is stocked with great organic yarns.
For the few hours I spent working this new Bulky Shrug, this is what I ended up with, it's turning out great!
I'll be sporting this baby at work next weekend!
Onto my other endeavors, spoilee endeavors, I purchased 2 skeins of Canopy yarn (sorry no pics), in Acai colorway, a lush red made of 50% baby alpaca, 30% merino, 20% bamboo. I choose to make the "Bella's Fingerless Gloves" pattern for my spoilee, Svendel, to wear when she goes to see New Moon later this month! I love this, easy knit and fast too!
Another item I made, which is a new love of mine's, is knitting jewelry. In my 1st Love Bites swap at the beginning of this year, I was given a beautiful knitted bracelet and I fell in love with it. I scoured ravelry for a pattern but nothing. So I improvised my own pattern and voila!
I love these bracelet's, I have so many ideas for other designs, but this one was easy and fast. Inexpensive and versatile to make, the choices are limitless. This is the bracelet I sent to my spoilee but I have another I made, however I felt that the beads were too large, so I made this one, and I was very happy with the turn out. I'll post a list of supplies needed to make these as well as the pattern to make later this week.
For now that's all I'm parting with, there is more but that will come in more posts to come. It's November, and yes, gift knitting shall start, as well as all other holiday fun! Happy Sunday!
Reader Comments (3)
Spud & Chloe is lovely! Beautiful sproingy yarn. The shrug is going to be fabulous.
I like the fingerless gloves, and the bracelet is stunning. What a lucky spoilee.
Hey, Rocky,
Love all your goodies and projects you've been working on! I'm working on a bulky pattern right now, too. I'm knitting the Juliet pattern (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/juliet-2)-of which I had completed all 19 repeats for the garter section and realized I had lost count of my increases and had to frog it. I found where I my count was off, but when I reset the stitches, the end one didn't seem right and was throwing the fabric appearance off. Frogged the whole thing-back to square one!
Love the tux; hard to say what you should do without seeing it on you. Guess it depends if you want it to meet in the middle or not. The Juliet pattern intentionally gaps in the front.
Glad to catch up on all the lovelies!
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