A Purpe Sweater

Shelley — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:46:19 +0100

The Endpapers - Finished!

Shelley — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:31:55 +0100

Pattern: Endpaper Mitts by Eunny Jang (Ravelry Link)
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in "Jasper" (green) and "Beryl" (purple)
Size: Errr..... see below
Yardage: Probably about a third of each skein (maybe as much as half of the purple).
Needles: 2.00 mm, 3.00 mm & 2.50 mm

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I finished the...

Hawthorn

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:15:54 +0100

Pattern: Hawthorn by Susanna IC
Yarn: Sundara Yarn Aran Silky Merino in Flower Studies #91
Size: As written
Yardage: About 2 and a quarter skeins
Needles: 4.50 mm bamboo circular (32")

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My hawthorn is finished!

I gave it ...

Growing Short Rows

Shelley — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:43:37 +0100

It's the end of Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada. Holiday Mondays are so nice - especially when you're already finished with the big meal and all you need to do is put the remaining bones in a pot with some onion and celery and let it simmer away. Other parts of Canada may have had crisp, sunny fall weather for their day off; we got a chilly, damp, blustery day that made me glad to not have to leave the house. We ate leftovers all day and were generally lazy. Even Abby was content to just ...

The Endpapers

Shelley — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:01:56 +0100

Well, the mystery knitting from my last post was the second of my Endpaper Mitts, originally started in 2007. I was impressed with how quickly it was going after I took that picture. In only two sittings I was finished the colour-work and on to the top ribbing. Unfortunately that was the first time I decided to check the mitt I was knitting against the one I finished three years ago. Guess ...

Yarn and The Camera

Shelley — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:52:03 +0100

I set up a photo studio (well, a tripod) in our kitchen yesterday and photographed my yarn stash for Ravelry. The sun was out and the light in our kitchen was lovely. I felt so important and professional using my tripod. The yarn was very well behaved. I would just plunk down a skein and the camera would focus and the sun would shine. It was so easy. I got 49 pictures of yarn from my stash ...

Slippers in Progress

Shelley — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:03:03 +0100

It has been icky and grey here all weekend (though so far it hasn't rained today) and combined with the cool weather of the past week my fingers have been itching for wool. I'm still working on Rob's socks but wanted to get something else going. My first pick was the Hemlock Ring Blanket but I don't have the right needles so it will have to wait. While I was digging out the ...

Playing with Yarn

Shelley — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:27:16 +0100

Zeke isn't the only one playing with yarn this weekend. I've had this skein of SULIFibres Raspberry Bush sitting on top of my basket for a little while and I finally realized it wanted to be a hat.I'm currently using 5 mm needles since that's the largest 16" circular I've got but I think the fabric would be nicer at 5.5 or even 6 mm. I don't think I'll...

Christmas Houses

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

These are the gingerbread houses we made Christmas Eve.

One Down, One to Go

Shelley — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:49:28 +0100

Here is the first of the Endpaper Mitts. It has actually been finished but for the thumb ribbing for over a month; I’ve been distracted by other projects. On Tuesday I realized that it was still not done and just sat down and knit the remaining seven or eight rounds. I had to look up the bind off instructions because it had been so long since I’d bound off t...

World Wide Knit in Public Day

Shelley — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:00:33 +0100

Saturday was World Wide Knit in Public Day and we did our best to be visible. We met in the coffee shop downtown and knitted (and chatted and ate and drank) for a couple of hours. We got a few curious looks and some inquiries - especiallywhile we were winding up Liette’s skeins with the swift and ball winder.

There were seven ...

The Purl Beret

Shelley — Tue, 01 May 2007 02:59:55 +0100

Pattern: The Purl Beret from The Purl Bee
Yarn: 1 skein Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock: mediumweight in “Rolling Stone”
Needles: 3.00 mm bamboo circular (16”)
Modifications: None

This project was also finished over Easterweekend but wasn’t blocked until a week later. I think it turned out really well. I love the way the colours ...

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...

Shimmy Shimmy

Shelley — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:47:31 +0100

Voila ... It’s finally ready to wear. Here is my new tasseled hip scarf.

This is another one of those projects that didn’t take very long to actually make up but a very long time to get around to.

The fabric is intended for dressing up chairs but I kind of liked it when I saw it last summer so I got half a metre. I got the gold tassel fringe at the sam...

Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Shelley — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:33:27 +0100

I am now two weeks into a felting class with a third class coming up tomorrow. This is so much fun!

You take a bunch of soft squishy wool in yummy colours, lay it out, squirt some soapy water on it and gently rub the suds around. After a little while it starts to feel a little different and you can a rub a little harder. Eventually it begins to feel kind of solid and you can roll it around a dowel on a table or toss it back and forth or throw it on the floor and it will just get...

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