Every piece of yarn art starts with the yarn aisle. When you have a project in mind it doesn’t start until you find the right texture; the right colour; the perfect shade.
Often we fall in love with the yarn and then find a project to celebrate the yarn! 😉
Part of my Wooly Wednesday series. Celebrating yarn from my stash. Soon I’ll be adding photos from my wish list. I’ll soon have a semi-regular blog post and a new Pinterest board<3
Welcome. Pull up a chair on my porch. Would you like an ice tea (sorry, I’m Canadian it’s not iced tea) maybe an ice coffee? June’s Yarn and Coffee is a wee bit later than planned. The construction next door cut my phone line and we had to wait until today for it to be repaired.
I’m feeling very good about this month. I finally finished those wraps and a couple other new little projects!
made with Impeccable by Loops & Threads (FERN) / trim done with Vanna’s Choice by Lion Brand in Radiant Lime
made with Caron Cakes – Lemon Lime
made with Soft & Shiny by Loops & Threads – Royal Blue and Yellow
My oldest nephew graduated from high school and I couldn’t be prouder! Lots of awards and a few scholarships! So I had to make him a scarf with his universities colours!
I’m trying not to blink because when I do he’ll be graduating university as a mechanical engineer.
A few months ago I bought some new curtains. I just got around to making some tiebacks for them. So I guess I should add this project to the finished the PHD projects 😉
In July I think I’ll work on posting some more details about last months projects and working on my “Molly poncho”.
What came off your hook this month?
Did you make a gift for someone?
I do so love hearing about your yarn adventures. In my Reader, I found Tanglewood Knots highlights for June.
Often the younger kids at the school I work at forget /loose a mitten or two.
Just as often they only have one pair of thin gloves that just don’t dry out by second recess. So I’m using my odd balls of yarn to make mittens (and some scarves).
Our mascot is the Lion. I’m making mittens to keep those little paws warm!
I found a nice basic pattern that I’ve used as inspiration. The kids I’m making mittens for are 7 – 10 yrs, so in the pattern the children’s is too small and the ladies is too big. I have small hands so I’ve been just using my hand as a measurement and …well… eye balling it from there. What I really liked about this pattern was the idea of a longer cuff. Playing in the snow is much more fun when your mitten is securely tucked in your sleeve and no snow gets in.
Regardless of what pattern you use I highly recommend a stitch marker!! You can buy them or use a safety pin or even a contrasting piece of yarn. (mine is near the ! in the photo below)
At the moment I only had this light blue one. It would have been better with a different colour for this mitten. I only had that one left 😦 they are like bobby pins and socks…. they mysteriously disappear!
This is my first summer with no bigger projects. I started with projects because of the many hours I used to spend sitting and watching / waiting for my kids. It used to be 2 to 3 hours at swim lessons 5 days a week plus 2 to 3 hours of baseball 4 / 5 nights a week plus trips to the pool with their cousins for several hours every couple of days. I had A LOT of time to work on projects.
Now my babies are more grown up. Swim lessons are done, baseball is down to just a couple nights a week (and being score keeper my hands are busy), my oldest has a job and they don’t need Mom to be at the pool any more.
So far this summer I’ve made a baby blanket to get ahead of things. Last fall/winter that’s all I did!
I made a few scarves, one for daughter and one for Christmas gifts.
I have a baby blanket the I started for someone at work but she’s left that job. I think I’ll finish the body and leave the trim. The sunshine yellow and elephant grey is trendy. I’ll personalize it when I have someone specific to give it to.
I t
ried to make a shawl but had a very difficult time following the pattern. I gave up on the pattern and free formed it. Did NOT like that. So I just made a lap blanket.
I also got a wonderful bag of possibilities! I’ll save that for another post.
A little while ago while wandering through Pinterest I found Petal Pens (a crochet project)
Well, the end of the school year is fast approaching so I starting making them. I bought thicker yarn than the pattern calls for, used a smaller hook than the yarn suggests, made some minor (stitch count) alterations to the original pattern and voila! {Tip: I found having a pen or pencil inserted made doing the stems much easier. }
