Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Knitting Away February

February was a little crazy around here. The racing season got under way and Jason spent five days home all month. So, since Natalie wants an audience and that leaves little time in the studio, I've been knitting. These are my second pair of socks.
This is a knecklace. It is very delicate and crys for beads. I'm working on it.

This is my first pair of socks. I tried to tackle socks last winter and just couldn't get it right. For whatever reason, this time worked.
Enjoy,
Michele

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Felted Bag Progress

Here is what I've been dealing with the last few days. Lots of this white crap they don't know how to deal with in North Carolina and a five-year old with cabin fever. This photo is from Saturday. She went out twice that day. Sunday she went out once and hasn't been out since.
Here is the finished market bag I've been knitting. It is much bigger then I thought it would be.

Here it is felted. I was hoping to work on the flowers but I don't have the appropriate size DPN. Since it doesn't look like I'll be getting out anytime soon, I may substitute the next size.


And I just had to share this. This was a belt when I was in high school. It was in a box next to catnip. Haley is enjoying herself. What better fun on a snowy day but to get your cat high!

Enjoy!
Michele

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Eleventh Hour Cowl

So remember the yarn from the last post. Well, here is what I made with one of the skeins.
It is a free cowl pattern I found on-line. I've actually had this finished for a little while but I want to make a polymer clay button for it. I didn't like the first one I made so I'll be making a new one.
I went on a retreat this past weekend and had a great time. Didn't finish anything, but had a great time.
Enjoy,
Michele

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Yarn, Wondrful Yarn

So I'm nothing if not unpredictable. My friends say I'm eclectic. Whatever, it could be worse, right? Anyway, I needed a change of pace so I went back to a knitting project that I started around Thanksgiving and put down because it called for something new and I needed to concentrate and didn't want to. So I picked it up again. But I needed a quick, instant gratification project so...
I came across a project on-line for a neck scarf (which I seem to be wearing a lot of lately) and needed a bulky weight yarn. Off to the Needlecraft Center in Davidson I go and came home with these bits of lovely. What a wonderful, warm place! I saw a friend from quilt guild there and even got invited to the sit-n-knit on Monday. Stay tuned for the results.
Enjoy,
Michele

Sunday, November 22, 2009

A Rose By Any Other Name...

I present my latest finish. After the quilt show I decided I wanted to work on something that gave me a deadline. I have had this pattern for a little while and wanted to make it in time to take on a trip.
It is knitted and felted. The wool for the bag body felted so nice. The roses are beaded yarn (Tilli Tomas flurries). I then made it a lining (sorry no photo but very simple) and sewed it to the handle. I still need to hand stitch the roses to the bag so they don't flop around.
Michele