Blog entries tagged Hemp

My Hemp Lace Tank

Shelley — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:32:18 +0100

Pattern: Hemp Lace Tank (#329) by LanaKnits
Yarn: allhemp3 in Dusty Rose
Yardage: 3 skeins
Needles: 2.00 and 2.5 mm AddiTurbos

It's so exciting to be finally finished this project. I started this just after our wedding last summer (so about the end of July) when the weather was really hot. Hard to believe right now - it will be a few months before it is warm ...

Pretty and Pink

Shelley — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:45:50 +0100

Here is another half complete project - my Hemp Lace Tank from LanaKnits. I’ve gotten used to working with the hemp (which feels remarkably like twine when you first touch it) and this project is now moving along at a nice pace. I’m four sets of increases past the waist - two to go. My tank top is about 6.5 inches long so I’ve got about 7.5 more to go before I...

Some More New yarn

Shelley — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:50:18 +0100

This also arrived last week - three skeins of allhemp3 and this pattern from Lanaknits in BC. The yarn feels kind of like twine at the moment but I could feel it softening up as I was swatching and it will go through the washer once it’s all knit up. I ordered the pattern on the long weekend when I realizedthat only two of my hot weather tops were of natural fibres and thus actu...