Sock Slippers

Not the most flattering photo...   It has been cold enough recently that I wished I had some knitted slippers. Rather than making the usual slippers, I tried these bulky weight socks. Worsted weight yarn (Patons Classic Wool Worsted from Joanne's) and a pattern from Favorite Socks, 25 Timeless Designs from Interweave.  This is a mosaic pattern that was fun to knit. Also, they were knit toe up, with an add-on heel.

Bulky Knitted Cowl

The weather has turned chilly around here, and I tired of struggling with scarves and mufflers to keep my neck warm. So I rummaged around in my yarn and found this great bulky yarn: "Wool Clasica", by Manos del Uruguay. I found the pattern on Ravelry - the "Waltz Through the Forest Cowl. You will find it at Hannah NeCamp's Ravelry Store (for free!).  It knit up in about an hour and a half, and after wearing for a day, I think it does it's job well.  Also, I should mention that it is reversible!

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.