De-Stash - Skye Tweed, Highland Brown Cow

CLASSIC ELITE - SKYE TWEED (Out of Production)

Colour - 1238: Highland Cow Brown (Brown, Orange), Released Fall 2004

Lot 16507

20 x 50 gm balls (total 2200 yards)

Smoke Free, Pet Free

Yarn Content: 100% Lamb's Wool / Hand Wash Cold & Dry Flat
Yarn Gauge: 18-20 sts = 4" / 7 US (4.5mm) , 8 US (5mm)
Yarn Weight: Aran
Yarn Length: 110 yds/50g ball

Super soft lambswool and beautiful tweeded colors make this a great yarn for your next knit.

Made in England

SOLD

De-Stash - Skye Tweed, Scottish Mist

CLASSIC ELITE - SKYE TWEED (Out of Production)

Colour - 1203: Scottish Mist (Gray, Blue), Released Fall 2004

Lot 4039

20 x 50 gm balls (total 2200 yards)

Smoke Free, Pet Free

Yarn Content: 100% Lamb's Wool / Hand Wash Cold & Dry Flat

Yarn Gauge: 18-20 sts = 4" / 7 US (4.5mm) , 8 US (5mm)

Yarn Weight: Aran

Yarn Length: 110 yds/50g ball

Super soft lambswool and beautiful tweeded colors make this a great yarn for your next knit.

Made in England

SOLD

De-Stash - Plymouth Tweed.

I have decided to de-stash. I have some absolutely glorious yarns that deserve to used and I don't know when I will get around to using them. So I am passing my finds on to you.

Here is the first listing:

PLYMOUTH YARN - PLYMOUTH TWEED (Out of Production)

Colour - Red/Purple, Number 5316, Lot 1420

13 x 50 gm balls (total 1417 yards)

Smoke Free, Pet Free

Yarn Content: 100% Virgin Lamb's Wool / Hand Wash, Dry Flat
Yarn Gauge: 4 sts = 1" / US 8 needle
Yarn Weight: Aran
Yarn Length: 109 yds/50g ball

Super soft lambswool and beautiful tweeded colors make this a great yarn for your next knit.

Made in England

SOLD

Wicker Pattern Reference

The pattern was suggested by Freda on my "Crochet Weave" post.

I have copied this from Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., 2005

288 pages

ISBN-10: 1402727631

Another suggestion is that the picture depicts "Railroad Knitting" which is a synonym for Tunisian crochet/knitting. Here is an example of a simple Tunisian stitch pattern and an instructional video.

Thanks for all of your suggestions!

Finally. Commuter Scarf - Written

There have been a few requests for me to write out the charted pattern for The Commuter Scarf. I have not done so. My only excuse it that I have more pressing things to attend to on my "To Do" list. Fortunately a very kind soul has helped me fulfill this request. The following instructions are courtesy of bekbek on Ravelry. (Thank you!)

The Commuter Scarf - Written

Cast on 4 stitches.

Increase Row: K2, YO, K to end.

Repeat Increase Row until there are 30 stitches on the needle, ending with a RS row.

WS Straight Row: K2, YO, K to last 5 stitches, K2tog, K3.
RS Straight Row: K2, YO, SSK, K to end.

Repeat Straight Rows until you reach the slipknot.

RS Decrease Row: K2, YO, SSK, K to last 5 stitches, SSK, K3.
WS Decrease Row: K2, YO, K2tog, K to last 5 stitches, K2tog, K3.

Repeat Decrease Rows until 8 stitches remain, ending on WS row.

RS: K2, SSSK, K3.
WS: K2, K3tog, K1.
BO stitches.

Hope this helps!

Crochet Weave?

I came across this picture in Aging Successfully, Fall 2009 (Vol. XIX, No. 2) Newsletter.

For those of us who love needle work the article, Zola, is also a sweet read (p. 15-16).

I love the look of this simply beautiful stitch.

Does anyone know its name? How do you do it?

I am going to ask the author of the article, Barb Tackitt, if she knows any more about this stitch. I will keep you posted.

UPDATE: (2009-DEC-14) With help from other Crocheters on Ravelry I think we have a solution. This is a picture of a woven fabric. The needle artist is adding an sc crocheted edge. It feels good to have a solution, but I am so unhappy that it was not a crochet solution.

Other thoughts were, basketweave stitch, X-stitch, and Woven Stitch.

Designer Dog Sweater

More Than Cloth

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Friday, October 31st, 2008 (4 to 8)

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Progress x 17 Months

Finally, an update on my Mangoes For Breakfast afghan.

This afghan has been in the works for at least 17 months. I wasn't happy with my first conception which used multiple other yarns of various colours. At that time I planned to crochet it in squares. The previous squares are pictured back in May 2007.

From the start I wanted a colourful piece with squares within a square. I consider intarsia and mitered squres. In the end I chose the log cabin approach.

Each square measures 18" x 18." I finished 20 squares to cover a double bed. It will be 4 x 5 squares for a finished size of about 75" x 90"

I tried top seamed crochet join, but didn't like the added lines. Instead I am working on a mattress stitch join.

This is a mammoth, heavy project. To help with its structural stability I am making it into a quilt. I have the cotton batting and the cotton fabric for backing.

The fabric I chose was on sale from Fat Quarter Shop dot com. The print is Malibu Monkeys by Erin Michael for Moda Fabrics. The backing fabric is the one with the white background. I think it is a better backing choice and will make the overall finished piece a little less bold. The all yellow fabric is a deeper yellow than the Melody Sunny Yellow of the log cabin squares. I may use the yellow fabric for binding.

I am not certain how much quilting I will have to do to keep this piece together. I planned to use buttons to help with the sandwich process. I will have to see how this works. This is uncharted territory for me!

I likely will sew 4 pillow cases from the remaining fabric to send a long with the finished piece. It is exciting getting near the finish line with this enormous project. The finished result is still a fuzzy image in my mind's eye.

Team Scarf Pattern

Here we have a scarf I made for a die-hard Mets fan. It is a bit sad that we are in the Post Season and had to say good-bye to the Mets, at least until next year. This scarf gives tremendous comfort in the off season. The bright colours of a royal blue and orange scarf in the dead of a wet, damp, dark, bone chilling winter does the soul good. Spring is coming, and baseball will begin anew.

Now you don't have to be a New York, Metropolitan Baseball fan to enjoy such a scarf. This snugly neck warmer can be made in any colour combination you choose. You may prefer your school's colours, or the colours of some other team. So here are my very easy instructions for your very own Team Scarf!

Team Scarf Pattern

Yarn: Filatura Di Crosa Zara, 4 balls of primary colour, 3 balls of secondary colour.
(here the PC is 2382 Royal Blue, and the SC is 1762 Bright Orange)

Weight: DK, 8 ply (11 WPI)

Content: 100% Superwash Merino Wool

Weight: 50 g - 124 m

Care: Machine Wash

Needle: 4 mm, 4 DPN

In main colour (i.e., the colour for both ends - here blue) do a provisional cast-on of 60 stitches over three DPNs (4 mm).

Knit 25 rounds in blue, then Knit 25 rounds in orange, Continue for desired length ending with the main colour.

Graft the end closed.

Then remove the provisional stitch from the beginning and graft this end closed, making certain the scarf will lay flat for its entire length.

Then steam block the scarf.

Ta Da! You have made a lovely team scarf!

So long Billy Wagner, so long Mets. 'Til we meet again.