Have mainly been making baby things lately - a blanket off the top of my head and a dress I adapted from a pattern I'cve found on the internet - patterns and pics to follow.
My current project is making a fine scarf in a soft green and gold - its crochet in an open work style and very pretty. I got the idea after I heard fashions this summer are going to be influenced by the 1920's - and I love that era, floating fluid clothes, cloche hats and art deco - beautiful. Will post a pic once its finished, am planning to fringe it with gold beading, as long as my patience lasts!
Have been doing some research and have found some fascinating website with old fashioned knitting, crochet and embroidery books - have posted a link to the Antique Pattern Library on the side bar. Its exquisite work and when you think alot of it was done by lamp / candle light or dim wavering gas lights, its even more breathtaking. And surprisingly the jumpers, wraps etc of the early 19oo's aren't much different to the fashions we have now in terms of shapes etc........so I think I'm in for a happy and challenging spring and summer making things from yesteryear!
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Its not easy being green....but it might save you some cash!
Am still trying to get the scarf off my daughter for long enough to take a picture to upload!
But have been busy the past couple of weeks making a baby blanket. Am not knitting a rennie mackintosh style cushion - have had a go at charting the design myself from a picture in a book - but its going to need some tweaking before I can share it as a pattern.
Has anyone tried getting yarn off Ebay or Freecycle? Its a great way to pick up interesting yarns and see what you can make with other people's stash leftovers. I got a great bag off Ebay today - all sorts of 3 and 4 ply yarns, some angora and some very interesting mohair type in a dark blue with some interesting coloured "blobs" woven into the yarn.
Freecycle's a good way of picking up free yarn, needles, hooks - its not uncommon to have someone who wants to declutter - maybe they're moving house or have lost the knitting bug!!!! So are "Scrapstores - you usually pay a small membership fee and then can buy your scrap for £1 or so a bag - its interesting what you can find in them sometimes - we've had all sorts from yarns, nice fabrics, paints to paper and stickers - you just have to dive in and hunt! For both ways of getting your hands on what you need, they're cheap - a small fee on top of either a short car or bus trip.
Am also an avid hunter round the charity shops. I try and "recycle" as much of my materials as possible - have done a bit of experimenting with carrier bags and fabrics made into a ribbon type yarn but that needs alot more work re needle sizes and ideas for what I can do with it, apart from the ubiquitous "string shopper".
But have been busy the past couple of weeks making a baby blanket. Am not knitting a rennie mackintosh style cushion - have had a go at charting the design myself from a picture in a book - but its going to need some tweaking before I can share it as a pattern.
Has anyone tried getting yarn off Ebay or Freecycle? Its a great way to pick up interesting yarns and see what you can make with other people's stash leftovers. I got a great bag off Ebay today - all sorts of 3 and 4 ply yarns, some angora and some very interesting mohair type in a dark blue with some interesting coloured "blobs" woven into the yarn.
Freecycle's a good way of picking up free yarn, needles, hooks - its not uncommon to have someone who wants to declutter - maybe they're moving house or have lost the knitting bug!!!! So are "Scrapstores - you usually pay a small membership fee and then can buy your scrap for £1 or so a bag - its interesting what you can find in them sometimes - we've had all sorts from yarns, nice fabrics, paints to paper and stickers - you just have to dive in and hunt! For both ways of getting your hands on what you need, they're cheap - a small fee on top of either a short car or bus trip.
Am also an avid hunter round the charity shops. I try and "recycle" as much of my materials as possible - have done a bit of experimenting with carrier bags and fabrics made into a ribbon type yarn but that needs alot more work re needle sizes and ideas for what I can do with it, apart from the ubiquitous "string shopper".
Saturday, 9 January 2010
Ok - here's a pattern for a scarf I've just knitted for my daughter - photo to follow!
I used 200g of rainbow effect bobbly yarn using 7mm needles but the pattern can be adapted to any yarn - you'll just need to adapt the number of stitches according to the width you need. It knits as a diagonal scarf and if knitted in a standard yarn with have a pattern to it - it'll show up better than it will on the one I made too! I did the pattern on this one to stop me getting bored :-). My scarf ended up being 6ft long!
Cast on 35 sts on 7mm needles
work 6 rows garter st
row 1: k2tog, k to last st inc1
row 2: p
repeat these 2 rows 3 times all together (6 rows)
row7: k2tog k to end, inc 1
row 8 k
repeat these 2 rows, 3 times altogether (6 rows)
row 13: k, wrapping yarn round needle twice to end
row 14: k, slipping extra loop off
rows 15 - 20 as for rows 7 & 8
repeat from row 1 until all your yarn is used up or you reach the desired length.
It would be good if anyone wanted to share a picture of their finished scarf :-)
I used 200g of rainbow effect bobbly yarn using 7mm needles but the pattern can be adapted to any yarn - you'll just need to adapt the number of stitches according to the width you need. It knits as a diagonal scarf and if knitted in a standard yarn with have a pattern to it - it'll show up better than it will on the one I made too! I did the pattern on this one to stop me getting bored :-). My scarf ended up being 6ft long!
Cast on 35 sts on 7mm needles
work 6 rows garter st
row 1: k2tog, k to last st inc1
row 2: p
repeat these 2 rows 3 times all together (6 rows)
row7: k2tog k to end, inc 1
row 8 k
repeat these 2 rows, 3 times altogether (6 rows)
row 13: k, wrapping yarn round needle twice to end
row 14: k, slipping extra loop off
rows 15 - 20 as for rows 7 & 8
repeat from row 1 until all your yarn is used up or you reach the desired length.
It would be good if anyone wanted to share a picture of their finished scarf :-)
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