Uncle Argyle (one week later)

This scarf is taking forever! I've tried to do one repeat a day, and as you see I'm behind one day. Hopefully I'll catch up today.

Colors for Caitlin's scarf

Caitlin won't decide on colors for her scarf, so I'm creating a poll to help her decide. Here are some options I came up with.

1. pink and wine



2. tangerine and rust


3. guacamole and grass green


4. mustard and charcoal

5. charcoal and magenta

6. aqua and taupe (taupe is actually a bit darker in person)

7. ice blue and pistachio


8. girly pink and melon



Or, come up with your own color combo and tell me.

Uncle Argyle Scarf

I wanted to learn a new technique, so I started the Uncle Argyle Scarf from the Son of Stitch and Bitch book. The scarf is double knit, which is basically a K1 P1 rib, but it makes the scarf double sided, and it looks like stockinette stitch but it won't curl at the edges. I think it will take a really long time to complete, but hopefully it will be worth it.

KNITTING!!!

I have been trying to cultivate my knitting skills (or lack thereof) for about three years. Up until last Friday, I had only completed two knitting projects--one garter stitch scarf (the easiest knitting project possible), and one stockingette scarf. But last week, I completed TWO knitting projects!!

First, I made this scarflette, or whatever you call those short scarves. The flowers are crocheted, and it's lined in fleece. It fastens with a snap.


I was trying to make it look like this scarf from Anthropologie:


Then, I decided that I had enough practice, and I was ready to learn something new--decreases. So, I chose a hat pattern from Stitch and Bitch that only involved knitting, purling, and knitting two stitches together.
I decided to make a hat for my niece Adisyn, because I wasn't really happy with the size of the crocheted hats I made for her, and a knit hat would be stretchy and would fit better. Because the pattern is written for three sizes, I made the smallest size and used size 8 needles instead of 10 (I think..). All three of the yarns used were Vanna's Choice, since it's cheap, washable, and I really like the color combo.


I'm now making her a matching scarf.


What's my next project? Maybe this crocheted cornucopia for Caitlin. hahahah.

Lots of finished projects!

Since I am still unemployed (which makes me bored and poor), everyone is getting homemade Christmas gifts. All of the Aunts/Grandmas are getting aprons and potholders. I've only finished two potholders so far. I've sort of been using the pattern from the Sugar and Cream dishclothes book. I say "sort of" because I lost the pattern and I had to try to re-write it by looking at a potholder I made a year ago. Here's one:

I'm not sure who will get this scarf. I just wanted to use the colors together. It's a shell stitch, and I did it lengthwise. I've been seeing a lot of shell stitch items in stores lately!
I made this hat for Adisyn, but I got carried away and it's really big, so I think I might give it to my cousin Lauren. It's my first attempt at lining a hat, and I think it turned out nice.


It's lined in grey fleece, so it will keep someone's head extra warm.

I made two scarfs using the "Boteh Scarf" pattern in an old issue of Interweave crochet. I made the tan one first, then I liked the pattern so much that I also made a brown one. I'm not sure who these will go to, but I'm tempted to keep one for myself.

I made this hat for Adi because I wanted to try one of the motifs in the new book Caitlin gave me. I thought it looked like a snowflake. The colors are actually lavender and grey, though it looks blue in the picture.

And there are many more projects to come!!

Ruffle scarf

I liked this scarf from Anthropologie, but I am unwilling to pay $98 for a cashmere scarf.



















So, I decided to try to make my own. I used strips of fleece sewn together, then make two seams down the length of it and gathered them. Then, I cut some fringe for the end. I used fleece because I didn't want to finish the edges and fleece doesn't fray. Mine doesn't look as good as the original, but I like the effect.

etsy hell

I've been slaving away for the past few days, trying to get my Etsy site up and running. So far, I've photographed all of our finished products, designed the site banner, and downloaded Photoshop (free trial version, boooyah). Then, I discovered that all of my photos are horrible!! It's so discouraging.

Our banner:

Here's a preview of some of the items that will soon be added to the Etsy site. Little C hasn't posted anything yet, so I'll add some of her items for her.

This li'l baby hat seems to be everyone's favorite, but I made it just because I wanted to get rid of some yarn scraps.

Cait made this one.

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I (not so secretly) lust after it and always try to steal it.

Look, a scarf! The bobbles remind me of those candy-dot things.

And another one of Caitlin's designs.