I found this yarn at one of the Greenville South Carolina local yarn shops called Yarn and Y'all at the recent Southeast men's knitting retreat. I used one skein to make this scarf in a crocheted linen stitch and also used a size H 5 mm crochet hook.
This is a hand crocheted V stitch scarf made out of knitting fever's chromatic self striping yarn. It is a number two fine yarn made out of acrylic and wool. I used a size e-crochet hook.
I'm pretty sure this is alpaca yarn but I've been working on this scarf for so long I forget exactly what kind of yarn it is. It's a lace weight yarn and I used a 4 mm bamboo hook to crochet a basic shell stitch. It's incredibly soft and I think it turned out really... Continue Reading →
Well I am back home after a wonderful weekend at the southeast men's knitting retreat at Asbury Hills Methodist campground in Greenville County South Carolina. We had a great turnout with 20 attendees and I got lots of projects worked on and some new project started. We visited two wonderful yarn shops in Greenville. Yarn... Continue Reading →
I was invited again this year to submit a jewelry item for the South Carolina Library Association annual conference scholarship for diversity fundraiser. I decided to use a mix of beads and various colors. They range from lampwork beads to Stone to glass and copper and seed beads. The clasp is handmade copper. I hope... Continue Reading →
I decided to try a different tuck stitch pattern and used every other needle on the machine. Look through the pictures and you can see the various stages of its development from blocking to being finished.
I tested out this alternating tuck lace stitch with red cotton. Not really happy with it. Might be better with the tension dial at 3 or 4...
I found some sale yarn I bought months ago and thought I'd try it on my knitting machine. The result? A great little summer scarf. Here's a description of the yarn: Rowan Purelife Revive Yarn - Color: Marble; Color Number: 466; Dye Lot: 3604; Yarn Weight: DK / Light Worsted [3]; Fiber Content: 36% Recycled... Continue Reading →
I had some beautiful silk and wool yarn blend that I decided to make a tuck lace shawl out of on my brother KX350 knitting machine. I used 60 needles and started with an E wrap and did the first 10 rows plain then for the tuck lace stitch I put on hold every third... Continue Reading →
I made this small wrap for a retirement gift. I used Italian mohair and wool yarns crocheting them two strands at a time in a half granny square motif. Then for the border I used two strands of gray wool in a single crochet.
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