Chester the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Knitting
As is usual for me, I want to provide a little background on what knitting is and the general history of it:
- From www.Wikipedia.com: Originally a male-only occupation, the first knitting trade guild was started in Paris in 1527. Knitting became a household occupation with the growing popularity of knitted stockings and by the end of the 1600s, one to two million pairs of stockings were exported from Britain to other parts of Europe.
The
Detailed History of Knitting as per Wikipedia.com -
I just recently discoverd this encyclopedia site and I love
it.- I also highly recommend "The History of Hand Knitting" by Richard Rutt.
Jan 2006: Campus Scarf from Scarf Style
I'm making this for my sweetheart Gabriel in Mission Falls 1824 Merino Wool.
This stuff is yummy and oh so soft.
Dec 2005: Lady Eleanor Entralac Shawl from Scarf Style
I'm using the Noro Kureyon #95 that was originally the Dibs on
Ribs sweater.
April 20: Socks for moi in Fortissima Socka Colori Mexico color #9074
November 2005: Feather and Fan scarf from Scarf Style. I used the very yummy Fuzzy Wuzzy Mohair yarn from Dancing Leaf Farm.
June 4 - Nov 1, 2005: Indian Summer Jacket (Butterfly Super 10 cotton) from Interweave knits and I LOVE the colors! The Indian Summer Jacket patttern is free on IKs Projects & Articles page.
Finished and Immediately Frogged Nov 2005, 2005: Dibs on Ribs sweater in Noro Kureyon #95. The pattern is in the May 2005 Subscriber-only content area of the Interweave Knits website. I finished this sweater, tried it on and immediately frogged it. I was hideous on me. So...now I'm using the wool to make the Lady Eleanor Entralac Shawl from Scarf Style.
Aug 14 - 30, 2005: Unbiased
Bag from Knitty.com.
I went to The Yarn Lounge on
Saturday and fell in love with the Mango
Moon recycled sari silk yarn. Naturally I bought 2 skeins and have already
started this adorable bag.
March 1-April 22, 2005: Color on Color Scarf from Scarf Style
April 14, 2005: The Floral
Felted Bag by Nancy Epstein is done!
I even added a nice cotton
twill lining with pockets (one is zippered) for my cell phone,
lipsticks and other stuff. The pattern for this bag is in
the Fall
2004 Interweave Knits. It uses Jamieson’s Shetland
Double Knitting wool and I
found it for $4.75/ball on the Handworks Gallery website.
March 4, 2005: Clapotis from
Knitty.com
After seeing my friend Suzanne's finished "Clap" I
decided I had to have one too, but in a different colorway
so I'm not a total poser/copycat. I went and bought the
yarn today at the wonderful Holly
Spring Homespun shop in Powhatan, VA. It goes perfect
with my hair! Started: Feb 12, 2005
Feb 12, 2005: Latifa Scarf from Knitty.com for me!
This
awesome scarf pattern from Knitty.com is in the works but will
have to wait until after Christmas to get started.
Dec 20, 2004: Little Leaf Lace Scarf for my Mother for Chrsitmas
Using Koigu KPPPM in color #212
and this
lovely pattern.
Nov 29, 2004: Multidirectional Scarf in Noro Silk Garden
#213.
The pattern is easy and a ton of fun and you
can get the PDF version of it here. I gave this one to my
friend
Cathy. I need to get a picture of the finished item the next time I'm over there!
October 2004: Cape Mod from Stitch n' Bitch.
I
actually made it out of some gorgeous orange and red yarn recycled
from
a man's J. Crew sweater that was given to me. Instead
of the fun fur accent stripes (I don't like fun fur) I did some
rows of purl
stitches which made for a lovely contrast. The finished
product was given to my friend Heather in trade for her doing my
hair!
I will have pics of her in it very soon!
Sept 2004: Dog
Gone Cute Classic Aran sweater from Leisure Arts
A
winter sweater for my little Chester! I've never done cables
before,
so a small dog sweater will be a good way to gently work
at the skill!
Sept 2004: Wool Soakers for Keri's upcoming bambina.
The
ones in the pic were made with the Fern & Faerie pattern
in Brown Sheep Company Worsted weight wool .
- Fern & Farie Free Soakers Pattern - I'm using the "Soaker knitted in the round" pattern which is the first one listed.
- Fern & Farie Knitted Soakers & Pants Pattern - This is the $10 version of the pattern which also includes instructions for soaker pants and footed soaker pants. It's worth every penny!
- Kool Sheep Soakers
- Little Turtle Soaker - adorable pics!
- Little Turtle Soaker Pants - more cute pics!
- Soakers and Pant-style soakers - $10 per pattern
- Tiny Birds Soakers
- WoolSoaker.com
Aug 2004 - Stitch
Diva's Asymmetric Poncho
I did this bad boy in Berocco Zen
Colors ribbon yarn (Tokyo Rose colorway) and it drapes BEAUTIFULLY!
It's also nice and shawl-like so I don't consider it
to be
a typical poncho.
Aug
2004 - StitchDiva's
Bohemian poncho
In Berocco Cotton Twist in
the "Armani" colorway.
For now, Stitch_Diva is selling her PDF knitting and
crochet patterns
via eBay.
I've bought this and one crochet pattern from her and
I LOVE them. They're
very well written and lavishly illustrated with photos
and stitch tutorials. I gave this one to my friend Keri
and she looks wonderful in it!
Aug
12,
2004: Honeymoon
Cami from Knitty.com
It's in Tahki
Cotton Classic mercerised cotton in a lovely pale blue.
July
15, 2004: Fiber
Trends Felted Sheep
Made this cutie
for my friend Keri's upcoming baby! This
was a very easy and quick project and so very satisfying.
I used Lopi yarn and it felted really quickly in the
hot wash cycle and
nary a stitch can be seen.
May
2004: First pair of Regia Crazy Colors socks.
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