My latest Ebay purchases arrived today. Can I tell you all that I’m IN LOVE with Rowan Calmer yarn. It’s soft as buttah and it’s got a subtle sheen that I just adore. I can’t wait to try the “Nothin But a T-shirt pattern by Alison Hansel in Chiffon. It’s a really soft, sort of pastel lavender. It’s a lot prettier than it sounds. I’m not good at describing colors. So I got Calmer in a few colors: Laural (lt. green), Chiffon (lt. lavendar) and Tinkerbell (gorgeous blue shade). Wow, I’m an idiot. I was just sitting here thinking about the fact that all of the colorways for this yarn are very sedate and soothing. Hello…Shannon?!?…anyone home?!? The name of the yarn is Calmer for Pete’s sake. (BTW, who is this Pete for whose sake we are always doing things for? Can anyone lead me to him? I’m just not sure why we’re so worried about Pete and his sake…yes, I’m a bit off my rocker today 
) There are also 2 skeins of Rowan’s wool/cotton blend in Flower, a great, bright Magenta color. Love it!
There were also two complete kits in the mail. The first one is for a felted, modular carpet bag done with triangle motifs and a cool little stripe pattern. The other is a Faire Isle Cardigan sweater pattern in a dark colorway of Black, dk. purple, dk. blue, dk. green, with a little bit of lighter color with some soft light, lavender. I’m sure I’m leaving some colors out. I’m a little nervous about this one: I’ve never done anything at all like Faire Isle, so I think I’m going to practice from one of my stitch pattern books. I want to be more proficient at it before I start the sweater.
I love Ebay
Bias knitting
So i’m playing with bias (diagonal) knitting today. I saw it on an episode of Knitty Gritty last week and I’ve been itching to try it since. It’s really very easy, don’t even need a pattern to play. Now I know how Charlotte made those dishcloths that were in our X-mas basket last year. I don’t know what it is, but those cloths seem to work so much better than ones knitted in garter straight back and forth do. Now I can make my own…
The beauty of what Barry Klein (the Guest on K.G. that demonstrated the technique) said is that this lends itself well to slip stitch patterns as well. So I can make not only dishcloths that work better, but really pretty ones as well. YAY!!! I’m looking for recommendations re: the best kind of yarn to use. i’ve got a ton of acrylic from the learning days that I want to use up, but will it work well for washing dishes? I’ve been thinking that cotton is the way to go, and there are so many pretty colors of Cream and Sugar (or whatever the name of that cotton yarn is…LOL) Help…not sure which way to go.
I’m still working on my beret as well. I’m working on a few new things here b/c the beret gets worked in front of the TV back at the trailer while I’m watching my soaps etc. If I tried newer projects during that time, I wouldn’t have the concentration I really need for either of them to be honest.
The beauty of what Barry Klein (the Guest on K.G. that demonstrated the technique) said is that this lends itself well to slip stitch patterns as well. So I can make not only dishcloths that work better, but really pretty ones as well. YAY!!! I’m looking for recommendations re: the best kind of yarn to use. i’ve got a ton of acrylic from the learning days that I want to use up, but will it work well for washing dishes? I’ve been thinking that cotton is the way to go, and there are so many pretty colors of Cream and Sugar (or whatever the name of that cotton yarn is…LOL) Help…not sure which way to go.
I’m still working on my beret as well. I’m working on a few new things here b/c the beret gets worked in front of the TV back at the trailer while I’m watching my soaps etc. If I tried newer projects during that time, I wouldn’t have the concentration I really need for either of them to be honest.
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Bias knitting
So i’m playing with bias (diagonal) knitting today. I saw it on an episode of Knitty Gritty last week and I’ve been itching to try it since. It’s really very easy, don’t even need a pattern to play. Now I know how Charlotte made those dishcloths that were in our X-mas basket last year. I don’t know what it is, but those cloths seem to work so much better than ones knitted in garter straight back and forth do. Now I can make my own…
The beauty of what Barry Klein (the Guest on K.G. that demonstrated the technique) said is that this lends itself well to slip stitch patterns as well. So I can make not only dishcloths that work better, but really pretty ones as well. YAY!!! I’m looking for recommendations re: the best kind of yarn to use. i’ve got a ton of acrylic from the learning days that I want to use up, but will it work well for washing dishes? I’ve been thinking that cotton is the way to go, and there are so many pretty colors of Cream and Sugar (or whatever the name of that cotton yarn is…LOL) Help…not sure which way to go.
I’m still working on my beret as well. I’m working on a few new things here b/c the beret gets worked in front of the TV back at the trailer while I’m watching my soaps etc. If I tried newer projects during that time, I wouldn’t have the concentration I really need for either of them to be honest.
The beauty of what Barry Klein (the Guest on K.G. that demonstrated the technique) said is that this lends itself well to slip stitch patterns as well. So I can make not only dishcloths that work better, but really pretty ones as well. YAY!!! I’m looking for recommendations re: the best kind of yarn to use. i’ve got a ton of acrylic from the learning days that I want to use up, but will it work well for washing dishes? I’ve been thinking that cotton is the way to go, and there are so many pretty colors of Cream and Sugar (or whatever the name of that cotton yarn is…LOL) Help…not sure which way to go.
I’m still working on my beret as well. I’m working on a few new things here b/c the beret gets worked in front of the TV back at the trailer while I’m watching my soaps etc. If I tried newer projects during that time, I wouldn’t have the concentration I really need for either of them to be honest.
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