Sunday, June 14, 2009

Pay it Forward

To all you fellow knitters out there......Want to receive a handmade item????? Well, I read Fiber Experience's blog just in time. If you are one of the first three to comment on this blog entry, you are eligible to receive a handmande itme from me within 365 days.
If you comment, please make sure I have your email and blog name, so I can get the item to you. You must also post on your blog that you will send handmade items within 365 days to the first 3 commenters on your blog, thus Pay it Forward.
I think this sounds like a lot of fun.....and you have a whole year to do it. Even for a procrastinator like me, this is achievable.....whatcha think?????
Now if I can just get enough of you to read my blog........he...hee.....

Just have to show you the yarn for the scarves...

Estes Park Wool Market

Well, I said I was not going to go, but hubby felt like going to the mountains and I decided "why not?". Well, I ended up buying far too much yarn but.....it all needed a good home. I bought some lovely silk yarn to make the Cheryl Oberle Kimono Shawl after seeing a finished one in a lovely orange. I love orange, but it is not my color, so I bought some lime green. Also bought a pattern to make a cardigan and turquoise yarn. At another vendor, I aquired two skeins of beautiful yarn to make some lightweight scarfs. I will have to go into more detail about color and fiber content after they are finished, ( in due time.....right?) Anyway, enjoyed the festival more this year. Then I went to Stitchin Den in town and acquired two more patterns and had the silk wound, hate to wind silk..... It was a fun day......

Montego Bay Scarf

My Irish "Paddy" on my Wool Peddler's Shawl

So I'm Knitting Again.....

Three months of having a 2 and 4 year old underfoot 24/7, really cut into my knitting time. I was reduced to very simple things, you know, like dishcloths. Love them, they are practical and my daughter Jenn took several to her new home in Nebraska, but I am over dishcloths......over....over....over.
So what else have I accomplished. Well, I finished a beautiful Montego Bay scarf in the Handmaiden Sea Cell, color is a bright turquoise and has a beautiful blue running through it here and there. Although the fishnet lace pattern was a bit tedious with all the K2tog's, it was easy and I love the yarn. Light as a feather and so silky......
Nest I finished and blocked the Cheryl Oberle, Wool Peddler Shawl. This is a project that I and my good friend Gail, bought to make shawls for an upcoming trip to Ireland next year. She picked a burgundy wine color and I picked a beautiful teal green. We used Cascade 220 Superwash, great yarn and blocked beautifully. Would use this yarn again for worsted weight projects.