Blog entries tagged Orange

Solstice Slip

Shelley — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:54:58 +0100

Pattern: Solstice Slip by JC Briar
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in "Orange you Glad"
Size: small
Yardage: about 80% of the skein
Needles: 2.00 mm dpns

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I got my socks finished in time to wear them for the Equinox. They are super comfy. I wasn't sure how I'd like wearing the garter toe and heel...

I didn't say banana

Shelley — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:44:38 +0100

I started some new socks today. I know. I know. I've got three other pairs on the needles (in fact all of my 2.00 mm needles are in use right now) but I'd been waiting to start this pair for almost a month and when my yarn arrived I wasn't going to put them off any longer.

Here is "Orange You Glad" in Socks that Rock Lightweight; my colour choice for the Solstice Slip (Ravel...

Blue with Orange Stripes

Shelley — Tue, 11 May 2010 06:22:32 +0100

Friends of ours are expecting this summer and I spent a while hunting around for something to make their new little one. I finally decided on the Baby Surprise Jacket and since it will be hot out when the wee one arrives I'm going to make it out of linen. Right now this yarn feels like twine but I know that after it's been worked for a while and made a couple of trips th...

Ishbel: Finished (almost)

Shelley — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:58:29 +0100

I'm finished my ishbel shawl. I bound off on Thursday night, wove the ends in on Friday and this evening I gave it a little bath and pinned it out on top of a towel on my sewing room floor. Zeke and Abby supervised - miraculously no one tried to eat the pins or lie on the towel. The yarn is still deliciously soft and I still love the colour. The pattern became much more visible as I pin...

Linen Produce Bag

Shelley — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:32:21 +0100

Pattern: Linen Grocery Tote (er ... sort of) via The Purl Bee
Yarn: Louet Euroflax in Melon Mix (I think - it's been "in stash" for a while)
Size: 48 cm / 15" long
Yardage: aprox. half a skein
Hook: 3.75 mm
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In the last year or so I've been seeing a lot of fabric produce bags being made up in blog world. I've been a long time...

Ishbel: in progress

Shelley — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:06:27 +0100

The stocking stitch portion of my Ishbel shawl is finished and I'm on to the lace now. I like working from the charts; they make it so easy to see what you’re supposed to be getting. It's so much fun to watch the lace pattern emerging. I’m a little past where I was when I took this picture and the leaves are just starting to be visible if you stretch the fabric out. I&rs...

The Day of Fun Mail

Shelley — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:48:13 +0100

So much mail today and so much of it fun goodies. It began with Rob's new video card being delivered at dinner time - we weren't expecting it until at least tomorrow - and then there was a mailbox crammed with parcels, letters (I admit mostly bills and bank statements), flyers (which nearly always go straight into the recycling bin) and a magazine. I wasn't looking for any of my...

Fishnets

Shelley — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:16:12 +0100

Yarn: Louet Jems Merino Sport in Citrus Orange
Size: as written
Yardage: 1.5 skeins
Needles: 3.25 mm and 4.00 mm dpns

These are my first ever pair of knee-highs and I love how quickly they went. They were my travelling project on our recent vacation and I had to ration out my knitting time on the way home.

The pattern actually calls for a worsted w...

Things I want to do this weekend

Shelley — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:21:05 +0100

(This picture is not really related to the text below but I wanted to give you something to look at. I'm trying to decide if there is enough of it to make a summer top.)

I love long weekends (who doesn't); they give you plenty of time to do all the things you feel you ought to do while still being able to do all the things you want to do. I thought I'd share my list o...

Rob's Spicy Corn Soup

Shelley — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:03:48 +0100

As part of the Spring Sassy Apron Swap each swapper had to include a family soup recipe along with the apron sent to her partner. We only had one family recipe when I entered the swap - a tasty Asian style noodle soup featuring rare steak and vegetables. I had a bit of a problem when I got my swap partner though - she was vegan and I just couldn't send her a soup recipe where the first ...

Carrot Pudding

Shelley — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:14:28 +0100

My sister invited me over on Friday night to help her try out some new recipes she's planning for New Years day. She got an Indian cook book for Christmas and we had a lot of fun reading through it (so many yummy things). The recipes we were trying were for a kind of deep fried bread, the name of which neither of us could pronounce, and a caramelized carrot pudding.

Christmas Houses

Shelley — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:16:41 +0100

These are the gingerbread houses we made Christmas Eve.

Sisters

Shelley — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:49:03 +0100

Pattern: My Own “Lacy Squares”Yarn: Lace weight spun from SULIFibres “Autumn” Merino woolYardage: approximately 120mNeedles: 3.00 mm bamboo circular (16”)

Pictured above are my finished Autumn Lace Squares scarf, on the right, and my original Autumn Felt scarf, on the left. I finished my knit scarf at World Wide KI...

Step Two

Shelley — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:19:34 +0100

Here is that lovely Autumn coloured merino again moving into it’s second metamorphosis. After a couple of swatches and iterations I figured out a sort of a lacy squares pattern. The yarn kind of calls for something more organic and leafy but I wantit to be a nice sister to my felt scarf which was woven in large strips. It doesn’t look very big but it shoul...

Two-play Merino Lace Yarn

Shelley — Sun, 13 May 2007 03:51:57 +0100

Fibre: Merino Top, dyed by SULIFIBRES
weight: 20 grams
Length: Aprox. 127 metres
Wraps per Inch: 18

It’s finally all finished (for this stage anyway). The singles of this yarn can be seen in my lastentry - beautifully modelling how to use my new swift and ball winder. I plied it back on itself from the centre-pull...

Presents!

Shelley — Thu, 10 May 2007 02:33:07 +0100

My birthday present from Rob arrived today - a swift and ball winder to help me with my knitting. I had lots of fun opening the box and setting everything up on the table. The picture below shows my singles of autumn coloured merino (I finished spinning last weekend - more details coming soon) being wound into a centre-pull ball for me to ply from. It looked so nice when I wa...

Update on Current Projects

Shelley — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:25:37 +0100

I thought maybe it was time to provide a little update on some of the projects that have been languishing in my side bar for a while now. All are progressing but some more noticeably than others.

Rob’s Scarf: I joined in thelast skein of yarn yesterday (see picture above). He has asked for fringe (“It’s hardly a scar...

Spinning Thread

Shelley — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:56:55 +0100

I started a new project on my lace spindle last night. I have a largish piece of hand-dyed merino top left over from the felting class I took in December. It is the rest of a piece I used to make a scarf in the class. The scarf is very sheer and I decided it would be kind of neat to knit a lace scarf out of the same wool - a sort of a study in the different textures that can be ...

Duck, Duck, Goose

Shelley — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:27:24 +0100

Pictured above are two hundred and forty hand pieced geese for our quilt. I’ve been working on these since we moved into our apartment almost two years ago and it is very exciting to see them all finished and laid out on the table.

The next step is to sew them into groups of three. I’ll have to pull out the pattern to check what order they are sup...

The Easy Mesh Lace Triangle

Shelley — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:50:32 +0100

Pattern: Easy Mesh Lace Triangle from Fiddlesticks Knitting
Yarn: 1 skein Fiddlesticks Knitting Country Silk Yarn (aprox. 800m/250g) I’m not sure what the colourway was called - autumn or harvest or something like that.
Needles: 3.75 mm bamboo circular(32”)
Modifications: None

I knew I was getting close to the end of this early in Februa...