My arts & crafts blog – by Curtis Rogers
I actually made this shawl all in one day. I made it while I was at the Purl's Yarn Emporium spring knitting retreat in Black Mountain North Carolina. There were three skeins of this yarn on the gift table so I used it with a 5 mm hook and worked up this basic shawl all... Continue Reading →
I started this scarf back in November when I was at a conference in St. Louis Missouri. It is now April and I have finally finished it! The yarn is a wonderful blend of baby alpaca and bamboo and they are naturally undyed fibers. The yarn is incredibly soft and was very easy to work... Continue Reading →
This project utilizes crochet stitches working in the round and the majority of the stitches are in half double crochet knit stitch also known as half double crochet through the third loop. Other stitches are single crochet and double crochet shell stitch for the edging. Materials, approximately 50g of Aran weight Irish wool, approximately 50g... Continue Reading →
Made this cowl in half double crochet knit stitch. This yarn is great to work with!
Made this from a variety of acrylic "donations" to my stash that I would otherwise never use. The colors seem to actually go together quite well. Glad to finally have it done!
Finished this hat and it's super thick because of the HDC knit stitch in the round. I ran out of green so added blue and went to 11 inches. Fits just fine!
Made this in a weekend! This bulky and incredibly soft yarn really worked up fast.
I made this cowl with two skeins of this lovely Malabrigo yarn. This was the first time I used the HDC knit stitch in the round and it turned out pretty good!
I found four skeins of this yarn in my stash and decided to use the tried and true mini bean stitch with it and it turned out to make a great scarf!
