rain, rain go away
i could use a sunny day. maybe the sun will peek out later this afternoon. after all, i can't very well wear these if it is pouring out. and i really want to wear them! drat.
i did some shopping (as you can see) and knitting this weekend. i did a little stash enhancement on friday. i will post pics of it when i give you a looksie at my stash (i am saving it for a day when i have no other pics to share). let's just say there was some rowan, some ggh and some manos involved. i didn't have major plans for any of it, i was just in a cotton mood.
that night i decided to cast on for the newsboy hat in snb nation. i picked up the book a couple weeks ago and that pattern was the main reason (and it was cheap at costco). so i am not that happy though with the way it turned out. as my friend denise said, something just isn't quite right. take a peek yourself
i used araucania nature wool chunky in color 114. what do you think? it might have to be frogged. we'll see. i don't want to waste the yarn if i won't wear it. i apologize too for the stupid head shots when i do hats, it is me in my bathroom mirror :)
by the way, this
is a pattern using the worsted version of the nature wool yarn that i am in love with. it comes from transitions by cornelia tuttle hamilton. when i was in leavenworth with my girlfriends my friend showed me this at a lys. i didn't buy the book so i don't have the pattern (i wasn't in love with anything else). does the stitch look familiar to anyone? i may have to buy the book.
follow ups..
the mini clapotis was knit following the instructions on the pattern for making it more narrow or more wide. i knit until is was about 9" wide and then did 18 of the base rows (it calls for 12). This took about 390 yards of the alchemy yarn in all.
the handpainted yarn comes from ebay seller id 100purewool. i haven't received it yet but i'll give a review when i do.
i did some shopping (as you can see) and knitting this weekend. i did a little stash enhancement on friday. i will post pics of it when i give you a looksie at my stash (i am saving it for a day when i have no other pics to share). let's just say there was some rowan, some ggh and some manos involved. i didn't have major plans for any of it, i was just in a cotton mood.
that night i decided to cast on for the newsboy hat in snb nation. i picked up the book a couple weeks ago and that pattern was the main reason (and it was cheap at costco). so i am not that happy though with the way it turned out. as my friend denise said, something just isn't quite right. take a peek yourself
i used araucania nature wool chunky in color 114. what do you think? it might have to be frogged. we'll see. i don't want to waste the yarn if i won't wear it. i apologize too for the stupid head shots when i do hats, it is me in my bathroom mirror :)
by the way, this
is a pattern using the worsted version of the nature wool yarn that i am in love with. it comes from transitions by cornelia tuttle hamilton. when i was in leavenworth with my girlfriends my friend showed me this at a lys. i didn't buy the book so i don't have the pattern (i wasn't in love with anything else). does the stitch look familiar to anyone? i may have to buy the book.
follow ups..
the mini clapotis was knit following the instructions on the pattern for making it more narrow or more wide. i knit until is was about 9" wide and then did 18 of the base rows (it calls for 12). This took about 390 yards of the alchemy yarn in all.
the handpainted yarn comes from ebay seller id 100purewool. i haven't received it yet but i'll give a review when i do.
5 Comments:
I am so with you about the rain. I'm in Bremerton and it's been on and off all day. I love those shoes way too cute. I found your blog a week or so ago and I really like it.
Oh those shoes are so cute! Sorry it's rain, it definitely seemed like it wouldn't stop here either! Luckily we finally have a nice couple days to look forward to! By, the way, I actually like the hat. It looks good on you, but if you don't like it I say frog it, why waste good yarn on something you're not going to wear?
I think the hat looks cute on you! But if you don't feel like it is "you", then maybe frog it or gift it. Or keep it around and see if you like it after a week.
Evonne
I think the hat is cute on you too...that color always looks good with blond hair. When I knit things for myself, they just look like a blob of yarn thrown together to me...it never looks like a real sweater, hat or whatever. It's part of being an artist...it never turns out as perfect as we ARE. I bought SNB Nation to do that pattern as well...When I try it, I'll post a pic too and see how we like it.
I really like the hat. It doesn't look "off" at all to me.
I've been hooked on the Nature Wool myself lately. (There is a lime green color that I just love!) I was a bit disappointed too that none of the patterns in the book really called out to me.
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