Bring the fortune and life of a past finished project up to the present. Document the current state and use of an object you have knitted or crocheted, whether it is the hat your sister wears to school almost every day, or a pair of socks you wore until they were full of hole. Or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘acrylic yarn’
KnitCroBlo! Blast from the Past
Posted in knitting, tagged acrylic yarn, finished object, FO, knitcroblo6, knitting, sweater, yarn on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
FO: Swap Slippers
Posted in crochet, swap, tagged acrylic yarn, crochet, finished object, FO, ongoing wish swap, own, slippers, swap, wool, yarn on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So for my lastest OWS adventure, I claimed JodiLynn85 for slippers. Fast and fun to make, and now I’ll probably make some for myself. Take a look: Pattern: Mary Jane Slippers Yarn: Bernat Alpaca Blend Hook: H8/5 mm Mods: Worked an extra toe round, only used one color. These came out pretty well, I think. [...]
FO: Counterpoint
Posted in knitting, tagged acrylic yarn, cold weather things, FO, knitting, scarf, wool, yarn on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post has been a long time in coming. FINALLY, this is the super secret knitting patten I’ve been talking about since probably July. Pattern: Counterpoint by Jennifer Crawford, available as a free Ravelry download Yarn: Plymouth Encore, one skein of each black and white Needles: US 7/4.5 mm straights, probably from a garage sale [...]
Two for the Price of One
Posted in knitting, spinning, tagged acrylic yarn, calorimetry, cold weather things, FO, handspun, headband, knitting, pillow, spinning, wool, yarn on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FO’s, that is. One I finished rather a while ago, and the other is something I whipped up during a movie because my current project was too complicated for movie knitting. Pattern: None, just a chart of a design I made up. Yarn: Random scraps of acrylic yarn Needles: US 8/5 mm I think This [...]
FO: Razor Cami
Posted in knitting, tagged acrylic yarn, FO, knitting, tank top, white on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pattern: Razor Cami by Katie Marcus. Yarn: Caron Simply Soft, probably less than a skein Needles: US 6/4 mm circ, Knit Picks Options Modifications: Using light worsted instead of fingering, cast on 120 for 10 pattern repeats (which turned out to be perfect), divided for the armpits them did some garter in the front and [...]
FO: Baby Blue
Posted in knitting, tagged acrylic yarn, baby things, blue, cardigan, cold weather things, knitting, stripes, sweater, white, yarn on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Obviously it’s big and awkward on Mr. Frog. Go with it.) Pattern: Green Zebra Baby Sweater at Dove Knits Yarn: Nameless sport weight acrylic my grandmother gave me ages ago. Needles: US 8/5 mm Knit Picks Options circ. Mods: None, really. Accidentally knit the sleeves on US 6/4mm needles cause I forgot what needle size [...]
FO: Tank Top
Posted in knitting, tagged acrylic yarn, bamboo, FO, knitting, tank top, yarn on June 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pattern: Tank Girl by Vickie Howell, from a summer issue of Knitty Yarn: NaturallyCaron.com Spa (75% microfiber acrylic, 25% bamboo) in Ocean Spray, about a skein and a half. Needles: US 6/4 mm Knit Picks Options circular needle Modifications: Knit in the round, left out the color change and the drop stitches, didn’t continue the [...]
Ongoing Wish Swap
Posted in crochet, sewing, swap, tagged acrylic yarn, crochet, fabric, FO, food, organizer, sewing, swap on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More on the Ongoing Wish Swap: I had two claims in a short-ish period of time, and since they both received, here is what I made: For Leighi123, a crochet sandwich: I used random scraps of acrylic yarn I had lying around and made up some patterns. There’s lettuce, cheese, hard boiled eggs, onion rings, [...]
FO: Cabled Summer Bag
Posted in knitting, tagged acrylic yarn, bag, frogged, knitting, UGH, yarn, yellow on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Unfortunately, this did not come out how I wanted, despite modifications, so it’s headed for the frogpond (or, well, hibernation I guess because I have a metric fuckton of yellow RHSS and I can’t see needing the yarn from this bag any time soon). It’s not so bad though as I didn’t really need another [...]
