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| May. 12th, 2008 @ 10:25 am Hexagon Blanket | |||
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Pattern: Based on the Patchwork Throw in Essential Crochet booklet by Ericka Knight (was a freebie with Simply Knitting I think). I couldn't really understand that pattern though. Materials: Peaches & Cream (100% Cotton) in Aqua Mist Ombre, Black, Camel, Daisy Ombre, Earthtone, Faded Denim, Gum Drop, Lemon-Lime, Licorice, Peppermint, Pink Lemonade, Potpourri, Sea Mist, Shades of Green, Sunburst, White, and Winterberry as well as Sugar’n Cream (100% Cotton) in Black, Butter Cream Ombre, Cool Breeze Ombre, Country Brown Ombre, Country Sage Ombre, Country Side Ombre, Country Twists, Creamsicle, Daisy Ombre, Dark Pine, Denim Twists, Grape, Green Twists, Hot Blue, Hot Green, Hot Orange,Hot Purple, Jewels, Key Lime Pie, Landscape, Light Blue, Midnight Magic, Natural Ombre, Natural Twists, Playtime, Pumpkin, Red, Robins Egg Blue, Rose Pink, Rosewood, Sage Green, Shaded Denim, Soft Teal, Spring Swirl, Strawberry, Summer Splash, Summer Twists, Sunkissed, Sunny Sky, Sunshine, Swimming Pool, Violet Veil Ombre, Warm Brown, Westport, Wine, and Yellow Notes: It's finally finished. Unwashed it is 56.5" x 80.5". I haven't measured it since it came out of the wash. It was incrediably difficult to get it all in the picture. Imagine me foolishly standing on a stool, with my arms raised as high as I could taking about twenty shots before I got this one. I'm very happy with the way the stripes turned out. I wanted a flat edge at the top and bottom, so I made half hexagons to fill in the ends.  ( Click for some artsy pictures ) | |||
| May. 9th, 2008 @ 02:56 am You Stink Soap Swap | |||
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Here is what I sent to my "You Stink Soap Swap." She asked for grass and honeysuckle scented soaps. I sent her some Bath & Body Works Honeysuckle shower gel. I made her some glycerin soap with Lemon grass in it, and some goat's milk soap scented with Green Apple, Eucalyptus, and Honey Almond. I also made her some beads from Sculpty III polymer clay.  | |||
| May. 8th, 2008 @ 10:44 am Denim Fixation Socks | |||
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Pattern: Basic Toe Up Socks Materials: Cascade Fixation (98.3% Cotton, 1.7% Elastic) in Color#9192 Notes: It's been awhile since I've finished a pair of socks. This pair lingered unfinished as I had to order a third ball of yarn to make long enough socks for the husband. I really missed sock knitting, so much so that I lost my mind and signed up for the Summer of Socks 08.  | |||
| May. 4th, 2008 @ 01:28 am Unicorn Mittens | |||
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Pattern: Original Design Materials: Knit Picks Palette (100% Peruvian Highland Wool) in Rainforest Heather and White. Sz 2.25mm needles. Notes: Yay! finally finished. I used a latvian braid on the cuff, but decided on a thumb gusset instead of the traditional latvian thumb (I guess it would be called an afterthought thumb). I also did a squared off mitten top because I think pointy mittens look odd.  ( Click for picture of the palm ) | |||
| Apr. 28th, 2008 @ 09:21 am Multidirectional Dishcloth | |||
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Pattern: Multidirectional dishcloth Materials: Sugar n Cream (100% Cotton) in Lime Stripes, American Stripes and Violet Stripes Notes: I took a break from the mittens and blanket to make these.  ( Click for more pictures ) | |||
| Apr. 23rd, 2008 @ 11:31 am Unicorn Mitten Cuffs | |||
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| Apr. 19th, 2008 @ 08:09 am You Stink Soap Swap | |||
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Here are the goodies I got from my 'You Stink Soap Swap" partner duh_com. She does amazing stained glass. Check it out, her website is here. Thanks so much Kay! I got: *Cuticle Balm (Beeswax, Castor, Jojoba, Vitamin E Oils) *Wild Spice Soap (Saponified oils of coconut, olive, and vegetable. Clove essential oil, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice) *Floral paisley towel *Handsewn pouch with sea shell fabric (I think I'll put it in my knitting bag, and keep my design notebook in it. Hopefully my notes will stay all together that way)  | |||
| Apr. 17th, 2008 @ 01:05 am Hexagon Blanket so far | |||
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| Apr. 12th, 2008 @ 04:34 am Mitten WIP | |||
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So this is what I've come up with for my best friends birthday. I haven't decided on a cuff so I skipped it, and I'll add one later. The size seems to be okay, and I think the unicorn turned out well. Unfortunately, I messed up some of the decreases at the top and one side has more stitches than the other. I didn't like the way the decreases looked anyway so I'll just rip that part out and redo it. | |||
| Apr. 11th, 2008 @ 02:07 am Slit Throat Necklace and matching Earrings | |||
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Materials: Copper Craft Wire (24 gauge I think), Sculpty III polymer clay in Red, sterling silver findings, clear jewerly cord. Notes: This was obviously for my Dexter Swap, but I wanted it to have it's own entry. Front  ( Click for more pictures ) | |||
| Apr. 10th, 2008 @ 09:35 am Dexter Swap Package Sent | |||
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Here is the Dexter swap package that I sent off to Somewhere Knitting. Dexter Swap Stuff: Dexter Series Soundtrack Two Skeins of Panda Cotton in Lacquer Red Cinema Sweets - Scented Lip Balms Slit Throat Necklace Bath & Body Works Lotions in Sea Island Cotton and Sparkling Peach Yankee Candle in Pomegranate Cider Bon Bons nail polish in black and red Glycerin and Goat Milk soap scented with Dragons Blood, Creme Brulee, Raspberry, Cherry and Cinnanom  ( Click for more pictures ) | |||
| Apr. 9th, 2008 @ 09:18 am March 2008 Blanket Square: Sunshine Lace | |||
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Pattern: A modified version of Sunshine Lace #64 from 200 Crochet Blocks by Jan Eaton Materials: Sugar n Cream (100% Cotton) in Sunkissed Notes: This is for ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} angstyknitter for the March 2008 ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} stitchmysquare blanket square exchange. | |||
| Apr. 7th, 2008 @ 10:46 pm Felted Caltrop | |||
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| Apr. 6th, 2008 @ 09:43 am Hexagon Blanket Update | |||
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| Apr. 5th, 2008 @ 12:40 pm Blanket Block March 2008 - Jewel | |||
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Materials: Cascade Jewel #9948 Notes: This is from angstyknitter for the March 2008 stitchmysquare blanket square exchange. I love the color, and the way the yarn goes from thick to thin. | |||
| Apr. 2nd, 2008 @ 10:43 am Mr. Edless | |||
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My toy pattern has been published. Yes, this is the one I've been commenting about since December. Click the picture to check it out on the Anticraft.  | |||
| Mar. 29th, 2008 @ 06:19 pm Changeling the Lost Prop: Finger Locket | |||
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Materials: Sculpty III polymer clay, acrylic paint, cardboard, magazine cutting, red ribbon. Notes: This is for a Changeling th Lost game that I storytell for. The item is a token from the Rites of Spring book. I'm not completely happy with the way I attached the picture, but it is much easier to change it this way. | |||
| Mar. 17th, 2008 @ 08:08 am Hexagons Madness | |||
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| Mar. 16th, 2008 @ 08:17 am Blanket Block February 2008 - Arrowhead Lace | |||
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Materials: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK (55% Merino wool / 33% Microfibre / 12% Cashmere) in Yellow Notes: This is from arkenholtz for the February 2008 stitchmysquare blanket square exchange. The pattern is Little Arrowheads. | |||
| Mar. 9th, 2008 @ 08:40 am Clay Socks | |||
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Pattern: Basic Toe-up sock Materials: Knit Picks Felici (75% Superwash Merino Wool / 25% Nylon) in Clay  | |||
| Mar. 8th, 2008 @ 10:23 am Crochet Hexagons | |||
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yarn_grrl for helping me figure out the pattern. The one on the left has larger gaps at the round jog so I did one less ch at that point in the one on the right. | |||
| Mar. 5th, 2008 @ 02:15 am Fuzzy Bathmat | |||
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Pattern: Garter stitch square Materials: Patons Voodoo (Acrylic / Nylon) in Night Sky Notes: I used two strands held together, and cast on twenty some stitches on size 15 needles. I didn't like how this yarn felt before it was washed. It was kinda oily, but I did purchase it from the dollar store so who knows when that happened. It is very very squishy.  | |||
| Mar. 3rd, 2008 @ 02:34 am Crochet Help Needed! | |||
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I just got the February issue of Knitting (UK Magazine). It came with a book extract called Knitting brings you Essential Crochet. In the booklet is a pattern called Patchwork Throw. I'm trying to make one of the hexagon motifs from the pattern, but I'm having a difficult time trying to figure out the 'English' directions. I'm stuck on round 2. Naviagting the site for the magazine was incrediably frustrating. I couldn't find errata for the booklet, and the errata for the actual book does not include this pattern. Would someone please help me out with this? Hexagonal Motif Base Ring - I skipped this and did a slip knot ring. "Round 1: Chain 3 (counts as 1 treble), 1 tr into ring, [1 chain, 2 treble into ring] 5 times, 1 chain, slip stitch to top of 3 chain. [6 spaces]" Translation - Round 1: Chain 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 dc into ring, [chain 1, 2 dc into ring] 5 times, chain 1, slip stitch to top of chain 3. [6 spaces] "Round 2: Slip stitch into next treble and into next chain, 3 chain (counts as 1 treble), *2 treble**, work a v stitch of 1 treble 1 chain 1 treble into next space, repeat from *4 times and from * to ** once, 1 treble into last space, 1 chain, slip stitch to top of 3 chain. Change to second colour." ***edited*** I'm going to try: 1 dc into each dc of previous rnd, and dc chain 1 dc into each chain space. Then I'll post a picture. | |||
| Mar. 2nd, 2008 @ 05:06 am 1 Ender Bags | |||
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Pattern: 1 Ender bag Materials: Various Red Heart Super Saver and Kids Brights Notes: I might have enough of these to use for grocery shopping now.  | |||
| Feb. 28th, 2008 @ 10:39 am Yarn Herder Tutorial | |||
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| Feb. 24th, 2008 @ 08:19 pm Swatching | |||
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These are my color combinations.  This is my gauge swatch. I really had trouble trying to hold the fingering weight yarn on two different fingers so I bought the yarn holder on the top right. It is closed on the end, and made my finger sweaty. I then looked at the yarn holding loop on my royal ball winder, and thought 'I can make one of those'. The result is the yarn holder on the top left.  | |||
| Feb. 23rd, 2008 @ 05:59 am February 2008 Blanket Square: Daisy Chain | |||
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Pattern: A modified version of Daisychain #161 from 200 Crochet Blocks by Jan Eaton Materials: Patons Classic Merino Wool (100% Wool) in That's Blue, Denim, and Winter White Notes: This is for arkenholtz for the February 2008 stitchmysquare blanket square exchange. | |||
| Feb. 21st, 2008 @ 11:54 pm Recovered Puffs | |||
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So I really tried to like the bath puffs, but they just did not work for me so they became some granny squares and a garterlac. ( Some more wash cloths ) | |||
| Feb. 20th, 2008 @ 02:04 am Pebble Socks II | |||
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Pattern: Basic Toe-up sock Materials: Knit Picks Felici (75% Superwash Merino Wool / 25% Nylon) in Pebble Notes: I knitted the first pair of pebble socks for myself. While I started them on the same color, it was on a different place in the repeat so the stripes did not match up. I didn’t notice this until I got ready to cast off, but I finished the socks anyway. Then they sat on the table for a week. It’s a compulsion, I know, but I couldn’t wear the socks. I got an email from Knitpicks saying that the current felici colors were going to be discontinued, and they would be getting new colors in March. I showed it to my husband, and he said he wanted socks in pebble. So I took one of the new balls, knit myself a matching pair of pebble socks, and I frogged the other sock to give the husband a matching pair. So five socks does sometimes make two pairs.  | |||
| Feb. 18th, 2008 @ 09:48 am Ferret Toy - Caltrop | |||
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Pattern: Original Design Materials: Patons Classic Merino Wool (100% Wool) in That's Blue Notes: The caltrop stands about 6 inches high. I made this for Myev. She loves the plush jack that we have so I thought I would make her a nice toy. I felted this, and put in a jingly bell. Unfortunately the ferrets don't seem to care for it. I don't know if it's the size, or the fact that it's made of wool.  | |||