I found myself at school today with four of my current projects in my messenger bag. So, I figured I might as well document them before I got sick of them and ripped them all apart. I'll post patterns for each when they're done.
It's alpaca, a smaller worsted weight, and this picture makes it look to bright. There's more brown than you can see. But I snuck the idea from a pattern somewhere on the internet, and made it better, I do believe. But I am running out of yarn. And I increased too quickly after the first row of flowers. But I think she'll like it.
THE SCARF OF EXPERIMENTATION
I guess it's kind of pointless to show this here since I've already ripped it out. I did a few rows, and then realized that I didn't want it to be made out of this great merino/alpaca yarn, but more of a cotton. So, now I find myself with three skeins of Naturally Soft or whatever the brand is, and no idea what to do with it. We'll see. Perhaps a vintage shirt.
GREEN CHIFFON SKIRT
You can't really tell here, but this is going to be the top of a VERY ruffley skirt. I'm working with a yarn that feels chenille-y, but I got it wholesale with no tags so I don't really know what it is. It's a small fingering weight, that's sort of a ... kelly green, I suppose. When I run out of yarn (which will be quite soon), I'm going to save up to buy a ton of lighter green chiffon, and attach that to the bottom of the crocheted bit. It will be flowy and wonderful and I will wear it all of the time. Too bad I already have 3 green skirts. Honestly, I really do. Not even exaggerating.
KIM'S HAT WITH FLOWERS
It's alpaca, a smaller worsted weight, and this picture makes it look to bright. There's more brown than you can see. But I snuck the idea from a pattern somewhere on the internet, and made it better, I do believe. But I am running out of yarn. And I increased too quickly after the first row of flowers. But I think she'll like it.
THE SCARF OF EXPERIMENTATION
I'm just learning how to knit, and so I thought a free-form scarf of many patterns would be a good way to get acquainted with the craft. So, I do twenty or so rows of one stitch or pattern or whatever, and then move on to whatever's next. It works with my short attention span and is informative--perfect. It's made of a vintage, fingering weight yarn that reminds me of the Great Depression. In a good way.
EASY DRESS
I guess it's kind of pointless to show this here since I've already ripped it out. I did a few rows, and then realized that I didn't want it to be made out of this great merino/alpaca yarn, but more of a cotton. So, now I find myself with three skeins of Naturally Soft or whatever the brand is, and no idea what to do with it. We'll see. Perhaps a vintage shirt.Those are just a few of my current projects. There are many many more--it's neverending, really.
1 comment:
knitting is a very good hobby. Red is an attractive color of choice, of course.
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