Lustra Feather and Fan Scarf

For this scarf I used Berroco Lustra yarn which is 50% Peruvian Wool and 50% Tencel Lyocell. It's a wonderful yarn to work with and the feather and fan stitch works great with it!

January 14, 2012 2

Countryside Ruffle Scarf

For this scarf I used Sundance Countryside yarn which is Acrylic/Mohair/Wool and used a simple ruffle pattern. It's a modified version of the LoDo scarf pattern on Ravelry.

January 14, 2012 0

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,500 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to... Continue Reading →

January 11, 2012 0

Pink Ruffle Baby Blanket

Delivered this commissioned pink ruffle baby blanket yesterday. I made up the pattern and used Caron Simply Soft yarn.

December 24, 2011 0

Earrings

Finished making 8 sets of earrings today!

December 24, 2011 6

First batch for BellaDonnas

I finally got around to taking 3 scarves, a wrap and a shawl to BellaDonnas to sell. Hoping they get sold! 🙂

December 23, 2011 1

LoDo Scarf

I found this great pattern from the yarn shop in Summerville, SC - The Village Knittery (which is a great shop by the way). The person working there found this scarf pattern on Ravelry and printed it out for me. I used two skeins of Berroco Ultra Alpaca and modified the pattern slightly so it... Continue Reading →

December 18, 2011 0

Owl hat

made this little owl had for Dashiell Finn's 1st birthday gift 🙂

December 5, 2011 2

Cinnamon ripple scarf

This scarf is really wider than I had planned but I went with it anyway. It is super soft yet really thick. I used two strands of yarn: Regia sock wool and Nashua kid mohair in cinnamon. It turned out really nice 🙂

November 13, 2011 0

Ripple scarf

This is my first attempt at a double crochet in back loop ripple stitch. I used countryside sundance yarn and a J hook. I decided to switch to a wooden hook and liked it better than aluminum. I had never tried to do a dc2tog stitch until now and learned on YouTube. Overall it turned... Continue Reading →

November 2, 2011 0