Beret and Mittens

I saw the hat at the Mendocino Yarn Shop, and bought the yarn to make it for Nora. The pattern is "Adobe Beret", by Pemela W Allen, designed for the Mendocino Yarn Shop, so you can only get it from them.  The yarns are both Berroco:  The solid is Berroco Ultra Alpaca, and the variegated is Berroco Adobe.  There was just enough of the Adobe to make the hat and add those teensy stripes to the mittens, but there was a lot of Ultra Alpaca, since it was only used for the ribbing on the beret. So, I made the fingerless mittens to match, and basically winged it -- no pattern.

2014 - post TWO

A few more things finished this year (reminder - FINISHED, note done in entirety) :

Easter Egg pincushions - just for fun, and figuring out the pattern for egg shapes is what took me so long to get this done :

A fall wall hanging, modified from a Crabapple Hill pattern.

 

 Some fun fabric strawberries, shown by Grandma Nelda's "diet" oreos (inspired by a Pinterest post):

2014 projects - one

There has been a dearth of posts from me, but things have been getting done.

The FIVE cabin quilts are finished, with thanks to those who came to a quilt binding bee last spring --

 

 

 

Portland Cardigan

As it has come to be known by my friends, "The Blue Sweater" is DONE.  The pattern is "Portland Cardigan", published by Lion Brand. It is knitted up in a Cascade 220 wool. It fits Nora well, and being a magical sweater, it fits me, too.

The little collar is a little different. It is knit double, turned under on a center slipped stitch and stitched down around the neckline.

Scarves R Us

OH, and I forgot this one.  Bought the yarn in Durango...

Interesting construction -- the border is knit first -- 33 repeats of 12 rows -- and then pick up all the outside stitches. Knit two full rows, and then start short rows than increase in length  all the way to the end.

Seven Scarves and counting

Finished two more of these beaded scarves -- here is the full collection so far. It's great to find a pattern that is fun to knit and also fun to wear.  These are made from various yarns -- the most recent two are the bottom two on the left -- both made from Madeline Tosh yarn.

Four out of Five all finished

Lisa's four cabin quilts -- all finished: pieced, quilted and bound. The fifth is being quilted and will be ready to post very soon, we hope.

It only seems right to include some binding party photos:

Left to Right - Noel, Summer and Katie

Julie and Fran