Posted in 2007 Knits, Indiana State Fair, weaving on July 29, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Last years I posted about the entries that I was making for the 2006 State Fair to keep myself on track. I thought that it would be fun to do the same this year. In no particular order is the list of items that I am taking to the State Fair this year.
1. Non-professional weaving: [...]
Posted in 2007 Knits, Indiana State Fair, felting on July 27, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Not quite poseys, more like Daffodils. :) My last entry for the State Fair this year is a lovely bouquet of felted Daffodils in different colors and combinations. I love them. Love, love, love them.
The pattern and kit for the first flower (the yellow) is a Pick Up Sticks kit. The other flowers are knit [...]
Posted in odds and ends on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Why is queueing dangerous? When the type of “queueing” you are referring to is the kind where you pick up patterns that you like on Ravelry and add them to your list of items you would like to knit. In my case, most of the patterns are ones that I already own and have plans [...]
Posted in 2007 Knits, lace on July 24, 2007 | 7 Comments »
It definitely doesn’t look like Old Spanish Lace. Hmmm, well, I know, but, you see, I ran into a bit of a problem.
The number of stitches required to knit the Old Spanish Lace pattern made the fabric too wide for the yardage that I have and, afterall, it’s my own handspun, so I didn’t [...]
Posted in Spinning on July 22, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This little beauty, spun on my Kromski Sonata, Lillian, is intended for lace. It is a single ply, 4 oz., 700 yard skein of Merino/Corriedale blend called Sunflowers. I purchased the roving for this from Maine Woods Yarn and Fiber. The second picture is truer to color. I was thinking [...]
Posted in 2007 Knits, lace, shawl on July 19, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I finished my Mountain Peaks. I had a few modifications. First I decided to go down two needle sizes to compensate for the yarn. I felt that the yarn in the pattern would look better on a smaller needle (from a US 5 to a US 3).
Then I panicked after I had done my two [...]
Posted in lace on July 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been in a lace kniting kick lately. If you’re in ravelry and have perused my projects, you’ll notice that several of them involve lace right now. I don’t think it’s going to abate any time soon either.
You see, I bought these stitchmarkers from Aija of Sockpron. Glorious, pearl stitchmarkers that are just begging to [...]
Posted in odds and ends on July 16, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Well, actually, I’m headed to the Indiana State Fair on July 30 and it will be a while before I may blog again (like after Aug. 15 probably). I may try to put up some “sneak posts” that will hit while I’m gone, but I may not. We’ll have to see how much time I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I have this bag of picked pink and purple Border Leicester locks that I keep meaning to put on eBay. I bought them and I just know that I will never spin them. They really should go to someone who will use them. Would anyone who reads be interested in a deeply discounted bag of [...]
Posted in 2007 Knits, lace, shawl on July 12, 2007 | 11 Comments »
One of my entries for the State Fair this year is the Mountain Peaks Shawl. I ran into a bit of a problem after completing the first chart three times. You see, to compensate for the yarn that I was using, and to make the fabric that I was envisioning, I decided to go down [...]
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