Friday, February 27, 2015
Frost Flower Scarf
This scarf is supposed to be a gift for a friend who is wool-sensitive. Rowan's linen/silk blend Silkystones is beautiful and wool-free. The great thing about this pattern is that is doesn't require grafting to halves together; the lace pattern looks the same at both ends!
Monday, February 23, 2015
Stitches West 2015
This year I could only go for one day, and only on the last day. Once again, Sunday is a quiet day at the show. I think they have the big drawing just to get people in the door. I started at the back of the show because that's where the newer vendors end up and I find them to be the most interesting.
Absent this year: Brooks Farm for the second year and Jordana Paige. Popular newcomer: Toth - the booth was very picked over; they did have some classy pattern support - classic designs that show off the simple beauty of their yarn.
Most vendors were dyers with yarn. It seemed smaller this year...or about the same size as last year. I wonder what the future will bring. Where are people getting their yarn? Where are people learning about new vendors? Ravelry? Facebook? Pinterest? Instagram? How can find out?
Anyway, I picked up some yarn from new-to-me producers, probably more than I should have. And for some reason this year my color selections were dark and muted. I guess I wasn't shopping for the girly teens .And no "sweater" quantities.
From left to right, top to bottom: Dragonfly Fibers Squishy Lace, Pepperberry Knits Mini Skein Fun Size Bundle Sport, 2 Guys Yarn Company MCN DK, Polka Dot Sheep Stumptown DK, Black Wolf Ranch Alpaca Blend with Angeline, Indigodragonfly Wingenhooven.
Absent this year: Brooks Farm for the second year and Jordana Paige. Popular newcomer: Toth - the booth was very picked over; they did have some classy pattern support - classic designs that show off the simple beauty of their yarn.
Most vendors were dyers with yarn. It seemed smaller this year...or about the same size as last year. I wonder what the future will bring. Where are people getting their yarn? Where are people learning about new vendors? Ravelry? Facebook? Pinterest? Instagram? How can find out?
Anyway, I picked up some yarn from new-to-me producers, probably more than I should have. And for some reason this year my color selections were dark and muted. I guess I wasn't shopping for the girly teens .And no "sweater" quantities.
From left to right, top to bottom: Dragonfly Fibers Squishy Lace, Pepperberry Knits Mini Skein Fun Size Bundle Sport, 2 Guys Yarn Company MCN DK, Polka Dot Sheep Stumptown DK, Black Wolf Ranch Alpaca Blend with Angeline, Indigodragonfly Wingenhooven.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
The Three-Color Cowl
Well, I didn't end up using all of Bird's Egg and Egret. I have about 10g of each leftover.
Section 1 in Egret using the grill stitch does curl along the edges because of the alternating knit and purl rows. This section is also the softest...maybe because Egret is not dyed?
Section 2 in Bird's Egg and Egret does not curl, and so it is my favorite section. It lies nice and flat because it is all knit. I did make a mistake, but didn't go back to fix it so it will just add some character.
Section 3 in all three colors doesn't curl exactly...it pulls a bit on the diagonal and the edges are wavy. I'm hoping that blocking with straighten it all out. This is the most nubbly of the stitch patterns.
Next up, vigorous blocking! Wet and steam to work out the kinks, then I'll sew the short edges together to make it into a loop. Let's see it's 3x18" long...that's...54"? Right? That should be long enough to twist once into two loops.
Pictures coming soon!
Section 1 in Egret using the grill stitch does curl along the edges because of the alternating knit and purl rows. This section is also the softest...maybe because Egret is not dyed?
Section 2 in Bird's Egg and Egret does not curl, and so it is my favorite section. It lies nice and flat because it is all knit. I did make a mistake, but didn't go back to fix it so it will just add some character.
Section 3 in all three colors doesn't curl exactly...it pulls a bit on the diagonal and the edges are wavy. I'm hoping that blocking with straighten it all out. This is the most nubbly of the stitch patterns.
Next up, vigorous blocking! Wet and steam to work out the kinks, then I'll sew the short edges together to make it into a loop. Let's see it's 3x18" long...that's...54"? Right? That should be long enough to twist once into two loops.
Pictures coming soon!
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