This is the slouch hat I made. I used an ‘unknown fibre’ yarn that was very fuzzy. It’s not my picture taking abilities – the yarn is fuzzy. A bit thick too, I thought. I might try this again, with a finer yarn. 100 stitches on 5mm round needle, 6 rounds (1 knit, 1 purl) ribbing, stocking stitch (plain knitting in the round) for 12 to 14 inches, then decrease by 7 stitches every 3rd round (I had to switch to double pointed needles). Draw the yarn through the last 24 stitches and sew in the tails of yarn.
Slouch hat pattern
August 21, 2010 at 3:44 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: fuzzy, knit, pattern, slouch hat, stitches, yarn
Windmills in Spring
March 12, 2010 at 1:34 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: cutting mat, fabric, quilt, quilter's, robin, sock, spring, swans, windmill, yarn
Windmills in Spring! So nice a thought… Spring. Fresh smell of light rain, a lovely breeze moving the spring flowers just starting to pop up. The robins and swans are coming back to Southern Ontario. Sigh!
But! Be Prepared!
It’s only the first half of March! And you know what they say about March coming in like a lamb… It will go out like a lion! So, be prepared! Have sewing and knitting to do when you are stuck in the house! Re-dreaming about spring. Sure, surround yourself with gardening books and dream again of working in the garden, while vibrant fabrics and lovely yarns can be your plants for an any season garden creation!
Which is a great reason to take a class just now.
This week started a new series in making a lap quilt by hand and knitting a sweater from the neck down.
Quilting class has lovely friends and classmates began their new project 12″ first windmill block. Some really branching out and planning bigger quilts than originally designed. Fabulous colours and combinations.
I’m still getting through my graphed lace shawl. And I’m almost finished a spiral cuff sock in tan and brown variegated yarn.
I’m binding 2 quilts and piecing a third. There is also a Quilter’s Project Bag in the works that holds an 18″ x 24″ cutting mat and has pockets for stuff.
Phew! There is stuff to do! Even in the rain.
February 8, 2010 at 6:16 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: class, fabric, knit, lesson, needle, quilt, shawl, yarn
Over the weekend I had been trying my hand at knitting a charted shawl. The yarn I chose was a beautiful dark green and was very fine. I’ve never followed a chart before, so this is a personal challenge for me. After many starts and repairs, slipped stitches and restarts, I had a good 7 inches of the lovely lacy shawl when the whole works slid off the needle in mid-row and unravelled before I could save it! With a ‘grrr’ I started over … again, but it kept sliding off my comfortable Aero 3.25mm circular needle. I figured I would have to switch to bamboo or rosewood needles, but not today. The challenge is doing the pattern from a graph. I’m just going to start over with a different yarn. ‘Sigh.’ I’ll let you know how it goes.
Monday Night Quilting Classes:
Wow! We’ve done 2 Barn Door blocks, a Prairie Flower block, 2 Appliqués (1 heart and 1 shamrock), and a Canadian Garden block. Tonight we will be doing a Foundation Braid block 2 times. The colours everyone has been using are brilliant! I went with a green colour wave, because green is my favourite and we’ll be done this runner before St Pat’s Day. It just works for me. I designed this runner to be done in a single colour wave with a feature fabric, a light, a dark and 4 medium shades. Reds would make a great Valentine runner. No one in the classes picked reds! Mostly they went with their own thing and I am always enchanted by the diversity of colours. Of course, green is best!
Keepin’ in stitches!
Carrie
Carrie's Quilting & Knitting 