A while back we asked everyone to contribute little hand knitted sweaters to be given to charity. While we are collecting them, they get to adorn our store. I just thought you would like to see what YOU have done!
THANKS so much!!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
New knitted tank top from Gaby
We are leaving for Stitches in a week and I still have all sorts of things on the needles, waiting to be finished and ends woven in and patterns written. I do enjoy every step, but I tend to put them off while I'm on to other things. Today again, I am writing a pattern for what I think is a cool sweater out of Prism Flirt. It will look great over all sorts of colors of slacks, but I think I might squeeze into some jeans when I wear this sweater. YES!! I made it in MY size!! As you know, my size is of the 1x or 2x variety. So now the fun part is re-writing the pattern to include some other sizes. That is a matter of math so I will be sure to check and double check my figures. I'm sooo excited!! Of course I already have another topper in the works to be worn over a slinky black dress (hopefully I'll have the pattern done by Stitches and can wear it)
But I told you that I did finish the pattern for a tank top. It's made out of Berroco BOHO. If you're familiar with this yarn, you know that it changes color and texture. This gives it a stripy effect, which of course, doesn't look great on all figures. I do have a trick up my sleeve to give it vertical interest. OK, now I'll upload the picture. I wish this program put the pictures in the text where you want them, not at the beginning. Oh well, perhaps I still have to learn that. If you know how, drop me a line please.
Back to writing patterns.....
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Elaine is awake!!
Some of you know that our good friend, Elaine has been in a coma after a stroke. It's been a good month and a half, but it finally seems that she woke up! Praise the Lord! If you know her from our many trips to Stitches or from our store, please continue praying for her. Thanks so much! http://www.yarnlady.com/staff/staff/elainegetwell.html
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Summer Top, Skirt or Purse?
A few months (!!) ago I began working on a purse from a Prism pattern with hand dyed Prism yarn called Loopy. No, I'm not that slow- I have knitted several other things since-
What held me back was that we already had a model of this pattern in the store and I didn't see the need to make a second one. But I was soo close to being done that it was a shame not to finish it.
There was also some question regarding the colors that were chosen. (I didn't choose them). Have you ever been stuck on a project just because... you couldn't put your finger on it? So I showed it to the "girls" and Cherie said: "This would make a great strapless top!" Huh? Well, now that you say it.......Actually it looks great as a top! It could have some straps if need be.... But then it also looks great as a skirt! Hmmmmm. Actually, it would look great as a felted purse, too.
So I got more of the same yarn in the color that people wondered about (the bright pink/orange one) and when I knitted with it this time, lo and behold it FLASHED! (Flashing is when the colors just "happen" to line up so the same color appears in the same place). When you look at the picture and see the two stripes of the bright color, you wouldn't believe it's the same yarn!! The top one blended, the bottom one flashed! What a difference!! By the way, the original purse pattern has you start at the top with a number of rows of garter stitch. Besides making a great top for a purse, it also makes a great band for the top or the skirt. Now I repeated the same color I used for the band on the very bottom. It started out flashing but then there were a couple of knots in the yarn so it threw off the "rhythm" of the repeat. I decided to change things a little and end with a lace pattern.
Isn't this fun" I'll tell you, I had such a great time with this! It would take some experimenting with number of stitches and needle sizes until you get the yarn to flash. I was lucky to have it happen accidentally. But judging from these results, I think it would be worth the effort. Why not give it a try?
What held me back was that we already had a model of this pattern in the store and I didn't see the need to make a second one. But I was soo close to being done that it was a shame not to finish it.
There was also some question regarding the colors that were chosen. (I didn't choose them). Have you ever been stuck on a project just because... you couldn't put your finger on it? So I showed it to the "girls" and Cherie said: "This would make a great strapless top!" Huh? Well, now that you say it.......Actually it looks great as a top! It could have some straps if need be.... But then it also looks great as a skirt! Hmmmmm. Actually, it would look great as a felted purse, too.
So I got more of the same yarn in the color that people wondered about (the bright pink/orange one) and when I knitted with it this time, lo and behold it FLASHED! (Flashing is when the colors just "happen" to line up so the same color appears in the same place). When you look at the picture and see the two stripes of the bright color, you wouldn't believe it's the same yarn!! The top one blended, the bottom one flashed! What a difference!! By the way, the original purse pattern has you start at the top with a number of rows of garter stitch. Besides making a great top for a purse, it also makes a great band for the top or the skirt. Now I repeated the same color I used for the band on the very bottom. It started out flashing but then there were a couple of knots in the yarn so it threw off the "rhythm" of the repeat. I decided to change things a little and end with a lace pattern.
Isn't this fun" I'll tell you, I had such a great time with this! It would take some experimenting with number of stitches and needle sizes until you get the yarn to flash. I was lucky to have it happen accidentally. But judging from these results, I think it would be worth the effort. Why not give it a try?
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