3 posts tagged “gifts”
Both purses are knitted but not felted. Here is one, being eyed suspiciously by the Queen of the Universe:
And a scarf I am making for Griffin using Bernat's Softee Chunky. My own pattern. Not that it's complex or actually unique, but I didn't follow a pattern. Hard to see it here. I'll take another when it's done.
The lighting in my house is very bad, as evidenced by the bad lighting in all my photos. For about a year, I have been wanting one of those Ott full spectrum lamps, maybe with the magnifying attachment. I just learned that mom has one.
I am losing feeling in some of my fingers. Now it's mostly the left hand. I guess I should take a break from knitting but I'm on a roll. Typing is difficult.
I started a cowl (this is the general idea, but I made up my own pattern) for my nephew's fiancée. Here are photos:
I am using Lion Brand Romance using two stands. I got to about 3 - 4 inches and decided I didn't like the way it was looking. I pulled it all out. For the second time. I can't decide if I should try one strand on this loom or two strands on the Knifty Knitter yellow loom. I guess maybe this is what happens to people who make up their own patterns - pulling out and redoing, I mean.
I have been very disappointed with the selection of wool in the craft stores around here. Quite by accident (on random yarn site, clicked the button for where I can find the yarn near me) I discovered there is a yarn shop in the next town. An actual yarn shop. I am off work today so I am going to venture out and see if (a) it really exists and (b) I can locate it.
I am also working on what will be my first felting (fulling, whatever) project. Using the black alpaca, I am going to make iPod purses for my best friend and one of her daughters (the other daughter is 14 and, like most teenagers, naturally doesn't like anything). The hardest part is that I don't have one of these gadgets myself so I'm iffy on the size, even though I looked it up online and got the dimensions. Not having a model is difficult. Maybe I can take my knitting into Target, see how it matches up against an iPod (those that are bolted to the shelf) and make security uncomfortable.
