tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292530892024-03-20T10:46:48.608-02:30Kelly's StuffA collection of crafts made by someone with
a) too much time on her hands
b) an overactive imagination
c) someone whose creative side feels stifled by her science job/background
d) all of the aboveKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.comBlogger382125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-32357801927200371882019-04-01T23:38:00.001-02:302019-04-01T23:45:30.595-02:30I Believe in UnicornsHave you noticed that unicorns are a thing once again? Back in the late 80s/early 90s they were a thing. I had a roommate in university who collected them. She had so many figurines and posters and wind chimes and mugs and you name it - she had a unicorn plastered on it. So much so that I kinda began to resent the mythical buggers. <div><br></div><div>I work in retail so I sometimes notice trends starting to creep back. I was not prepared for unicorns to once again become a thing. I was still harbouring resentments from the unicorn clutter of the 90s. These newer unicorns are different. They’re cuter. They’re sassier. </div><div><br></div><div>My good friend Debbie has a six year old granddaughter who loves unicorns. Mia is also a good friend of my grandson Reagan. I found a bunch of really cool unicorn patterns on Ravelry. So many cool and cute things to make. I couldn’t resist crocheting this sweet little headband. </div><div><br></div><div>She put it on right away when I gave it to her today. I should have taken a photo of her wearing it. Instead you’ll have to settle for a photo of Finn wearing it. He’s pretty special. (I have two new puppies! More about them in a later post)</div><img id="id_9e5f_d559_9d6e_e6b9" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=1gRJu7gPVUa9zAvBtLX9UYXHde2F6Xn2a" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ea60_a352_72bc_ef58" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=15xk0pP4PgzfZ5Ndg7H4IopA_TuhQvqZ2" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-37576034428692169142019-02-04T23:09:00.001-03:302019-02-04T23:09:26.289-03:30Trigger Mitten FrenzyThere’s this new book that’s been recently published. It’s called <i>Saltwater Mittens from the Island of Newfoundland. </i>It’s written by two ‘famous’ Newfoundland knitters. One is Shirl the Purl (Shirley Scott) and the other is the owner of Spin Drift (Christine LeGrow). <img id="id_8120_83da_efc0_5b71" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cw90I9TbhLs/XFj3TMkPRQI/AAAAAAAACqo/39lUl8bSfFUGg2PhzsQ0SGjvVUveQGIFACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><div>The focus of the book is on ‘double ball’ mitten patterns. The ladies have been collecting mittens and pictures of mittens knit in this style for years. </div><div><br></div><div>The cool thing about this... I’ve been doing that too. Every time someone came into the pharmacy wearing a pair in this style - Id quickly take a pick. </div><div><br></div><div>So far I’ve knit three patterns from this book. It’s not the first time I’ve knit Trigger mittens but it’s the first time that I’ve been completely happy with the fit. They also have trigger mitt patterns in all sizes - including youth. My grandsons are thrilled - especially Morgan because he has recently developed an interest in hunting. </div><img id="id_ac56_1a50_b0a4_c07a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9HybEjNw6f8/XFj3T73fd6I/AAAAAAAACqs/jqDiLrCACboLhyGaplNPb7RABggBZ_q_ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>These are the pair I made for Cooper!!<br><img id="id_fca9_b3da_a5c_a051" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SU6nggMMaD8/XFj3VvWRt-I/AAAAAAAACqw/HG3WUW0h3eQkGa-Wx1i83-YL-kCvLIT9ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>These are the pair I made for Morgan. I used a stitch pattern called “Pulse” from a stitch dictionary called “<i style="font-weight: bold;">Alterknit” </i>by Andrea Raegel. <div><div><img id="id_af36_c000_64c5_fa96" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dMHKewVsasA/XFj3XAT_m-I/AAAAAAAACq0/aTgAqsHz-20ruDoIWVCHcOjJfw9GNM8mACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 343px; height: auto;"><br>These are a pair made to fit an adult male. I gave them to a local charity who put them up on auction. They made the charity $53!! I was pleased with this amount.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Of course all three are made with 100% wool. </div><div><br></div><div>Next up is another pair of trigger mittens for Reagan. He wants red skulls on them!! Good thing I’ve got that stitch dictionary. </div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-70677816680857553682018-01-19T23:27:00.001-03:302018-01-19T23:27:37.523-03:30Felting and other adventures<img id="id_f4a8_ed34_c291_9569" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yb3SZ6XtJsc/WmKv2vZqwtI/AAAAAAAACmY/r0WGGj7yiDI5HCVD3vL8jv8qnB7qZpR9QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>A while back I ran into my boss and his wife out shopping. She was wearing a gorgeous felt hat. I told her that I liked her hat. She told me how much she loved it and that she wished she had thought to buy more in different colours. I told her that I could make a very similar hat and asked what colour she would like. <div><br></div><div>I’ve worked for this man and his family for over 20 years now and no one has ever asked me to knit anything. I was happy to make something for his wife (it helps that she’s a total sweetheart and really appreciates hand knitting). </div><div><br></div><div>I finished the knitting. The hat was huge but thankfully it felted down to the correct size. I’m always pleased and surprised when I get such great results using my front loading washer. But looking at the plain grey hat, I realized that it needed something. Needles felting was the answer! </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_1da3_f516_2317_b806" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QfG0u4QOlv4/WmKwH9m4Q3I/AAAAAAAACmg/F7YJnFZiL98C-xUFB4wRSQAdVHY-c8oCgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_a83d_ca41_555_99cf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PCSRffDrUY8/WmKwAmI7oxI/AAAAAAAACmc/wGjlutheTEw9MnZ3hDqPGGCtwZqyqYJHQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div>I’m very happy with the final result!! My bosses wife was thrilled. And now I’m debating making one for myself </div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-74797495443748855632018-01-04T02:04:00.001-03:302018-01-07T01:08:11.274-03:30Christmas TraditionsThis is the fourth year that I’ve made Christmas ornaments for my four grandsons. This year I made them each a little knit bird. <img id="id_a292_c7c9_f65a_bfee" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ajl3bzzEMhA/WlGj9em0T7I/AAAAAAAACl4/bwVDbftRm_owyg5NU1wJjawqQ6XlLrdDwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><div><br></div><div>From left to right - Cooper’s red bird. Reagan’s light blue bird. Morgan’s bright blue bird. And Max’s charcoal grey bird. They really liked them! It always surprises me when they like something so much that they will fight over it. You’d think I’d learn after four years that I should make them EXACTLY the same so there would be no one ornament that is better (in their eyes) than the others. </div><div><br></div><div>Here is a reminder of the ornaments from previous years. </div><div><br></div><div>Year 1 </div><div><img id="id_5cdf_9b21_ace8_a197" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cY2__GVm1V4/WlGkEfssDmI/AAAAAAAACmE/Kae7tqNfEp0V4j0oGQBbug0S_m73MsC3QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div>Year 2</div><div><img id="id_138_be68_5f8c_f8a5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bm65VNoDpus/WlGj_0XKNWI/AAAAAAAACl8/mWaZ8uJ4iREU3vFDZ9WOlvLqH5GKEuIpwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>Year 3 </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ab81_2cb8_d2fa_bede" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VZrEAPJzjG8/WlGkA2RJxpI/AAAAAAAACmA/Imd74IfF4YcpYC-truKwLFT21n7RW4towCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Looks pretty great seeing them all together. My original goal is that by the time my grandsons are grown and move out on their own, they will have a bunch of handknit ornaments made by their Nan that they can start their own Christmas traditions with. And of course they will always have a tangible reminder of how much their Nan loves them. Four years in and it’s looking pretty good. I’ve already got ideas for next year. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div>In other Christmas knitting traditions - I’ve knit my annual socks for my daughter’s boyfriend. I started doing this the first Christmas that he came to visit. So this is his fourth pair of socks. </div><img id="id_3c57_4b8b_9955_6bfb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jCY5OXDPoX0/WlGkMcYqTYI/AAAAAAAACmI/4T5rXJdivtEclZfxRjycy60sp_eN-66CgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><div><br></div><div><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Max loves knitted socks. He loves them so much that he wears them year round. He wears them so much that the first pairs are developing holes. He wears them so much that he only wants to wear handknit socks and because he only has the four pairs or so that I’ve given him - he’s decided to knit his own!! How amazing is that? I knew this kid was a keeper. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-3288265216751699992017-12-29T00:03:00.001-03:302017-12-29T00:05:37.801-03:30Secret Santa <div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I don't know why I do this but every year I participate in the annual secret Santa gift exchange at work. I hate it. I usually get someone I don't know very well and it is so difficult to get a decent gift for a work colleague that you don't know very well. And let's not forget that the gift has to be in the price range of 20$ - 25$. It's not easy. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">This year I nearly cried when I saw whose name I had drawn. At least it was someone I know very well. I picked my <b>BOSS!! </b>Don't get me wrong. He's a wonderful man, but he is a man. He is well into his seventies. And he is pretty well off so anything that he needs or wants that falls into this cost bracket, I'm pretty certain he is well equipped to get it himself. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">So what's a girl to do?? I decided to do something that I know he can't do himself. I decided to do something that I don't think anyone in his immediate family could do for him. I decided to make him something unique - that wasn't mass produced and couldn't be purchased in a department store. I decided to knit him a hat with the logo of his favourite NHL hockey team. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Here it is with the knitting all finished. There wasn't a pattern online that I was satisfied with so I used the graph for the logo from a scarf pattern that was published on Ravelry. </span></div><div><img id="id_22b2_46af_bc6c_6b41" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QghDfRAOQ9k/WkW3ghR4YfI/AAAAAAAAClk/jr7W_VgfpNY8zAgjpWzAqoTgBzI8Q97XgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">As you may be able to tell, I didn't knit the logo into the hat. This technique is called duplicate stitch and it makes for a much neater design.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I must say that I used to hate to do duplicate stitch until very recently. Remember the little knitted birds from a few posts back? They made me competent in duplicate stitch and as a result they made me fall in love with the technique. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_e5e8_acaa_a741_5314" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oie_zHJGFGE/WkW3g9APlpI/AAAAAAAAClo/JauNmy11mUkC78thYLcRsfJ_T976OnCdwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div>It's hard to get a decent photo of the whole logo because it is so big. I decided to add a pompom too. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2c40_d9ae_b12c_c741" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MVCw5-pV8iQ/WkW3b2We9MI/AAAAAAAAClg/fmv71MwOrIEjkWoEMsJyqyhWwSA1kEAuQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>Overall, I'm very happy with how my gift turned out. I think my boss was happy too. </div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-84832584056269783102017-11-08T00:10:00.001-03:302017-11-08T01:07:44.181-03:30Arrow Caterpillar <div><br></div><div>Arrow Caterpillar may sound like a strange title for a blog post. It's the name of the pattern of the sweet little shawl that I just finished. The original name is 'die Pfeilraupe' I think that's Swiss but I could be wrong. The pattern is by Ravelry user Alpenrose. She has a few patterns available but this one is by far her most popular</div><img id="id_77c1_4e37_b40b_ab9f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IK5hqRiZr-0/WgJ8o2CRjsI/AAAAAAAACkU/90qadXmLEbM1DpClr3qw60kC9IfezjnOgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;">I<br><br>I had a couple of goals when knitting this project. One was that I wanted to try this new fade technique that is popping up in knitting patterns everywhere. The whole point of this technique is to alternate your colours in a certain way when transitioning from one colour to the next. The colour change is meant to look gradual and nonjarring. <div><br><img id="id_56a1_89f5_46c6_ac8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t7ftxEizzjQ/WgJ8pn1xpoI/AAAAAAAACkg/uzAtXzB71VIFpXK83dbK9n0ZP5SCbfU3gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>The second thing that I wanted to achieve by knitting this project was that I wanted to use up some odds and ends of handspun yarn that I had left over. I managed to do this! I used a lot of my odds and ends were just too precious to part with. </div><div><br><img id="id_96ef_1272_2680_5fc2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y8MnaIKXI80/WgJ8pM8JhrI/AAAAAAAACkY/5zbVHqCT2kAdbqTlXOX9YI1dlISUzNfcgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>I made a major modification when knitting this shawl. It was meant to be a much deeper triangle. The length is correct but I didn't get it to the specified thickness. Halfway through the project I miss placed a stitch marker and made an educated guess as to where it went. I have no doubt that I guessed wrong, very wrong. As a result I didn't do nearly as many short rows as I should have there for the end where the holes are aren't as deep as it should be, I'm actually missing a hole. But this may be a happy accident as I'm very pleased with the final project. It's just right. I love the many ways that this simple little garment can be styled. I think that I'll get plenty of wear from the Caterpillar shawl</div><div><img id="id_af9e_2969_e69d_1ad0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BrLdyMxbhfI/WgJ8pfK8uSI/AAAAAAAACkc/tvACC4JKrWIcx-ypG4rKNAPQgNEW36P5ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br></div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-50467571380829482632017-11-03T00:55:00.001-02:302017-11-03T01:08:40.797-02:30Sketch boxBack in September I decided to treat myself to a little birthday gift. I decided to subscribe to something called "SketchBox". Each month subscribers get a box of goodies that are of interest to artists and sketchers. I've gotten two boxes since then and I must say - they are so much fun!! I'm trying products that I'd never have tried before and I'm loving them. I love the idea of these subscriptions. My girls gave me a Yarn Box subscription last year for Christmas and I loved it. I think I'm gonna spread the love this year and perhaps get my nephew Riley (who loves to draw) his own sketch box subscription for Christmas. <div><br></div><div>Here are a few of my drawings and quotes so far. <br><div><br><img id="id_2b02_78a8_c45e_31d8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tMzviTtFb_g/WfvkvZe0LLI/AAAAAAAACjs/4E63akoXCQ4YE1O0uRQCaABvgk9lOSEXACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_e866_6539_a655_e091" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-89hXEF4-J2k/WfvkuFG-o0I/AAAAAAAACjo/95HhCT5v2Dc3RyRp6_ReIeWGxQiyWyV5QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ca9e_a416_18c2_9efe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/---BEZ85l5hQ/Wfvkv2MSkJI/AAAAAAAACjw/9iMxS-cuDqsSU8hFSzZjtRCtmYZTVnXHQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br> </div></div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-89080839977424943632017-10-27T10:04:00.001-02:302017-10-27T10:04:56.868-02:30Something a little different <img id="id_3540_227c_4640_a4d7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PoEQbRF8EF4/WfMn7HO8JpI/AAAAAAAACjE/azG_MXoCMy452nUgWchktzuugq_51LDfgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ea0e_514a_8758_44c8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gccoiti29Lg/WfMn7s0KaOI/AAAAAAAACjI/iQVoaH9jBzIM9Y4ORDU2Mb41XKbjAV3GACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_b2c4_9ed4_1c64_ea0c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HrKqc_Gi1aM/WfMn7wkevBI/AAAAAAAACjM/zCLY-v63hikbFGPTEI8jL88R0rDMzNXSgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;">I saw these wreaths and how to make them on Facebook - in particular George Takai's Facebook! I love him for many reasons. I wasn't expecting to be introduced to a new craft by him! (he posts a lot of cool and interesting things). I made one for myself and one for each of Kevin's girls. I'm crazy about them!! I especially love the eyeballs one! It's perfect. I bought most of the supplies at the pharmacy! crazy right?? They cost next to nothing! I foresee a wreath for every season - that's how easy they are. The trick is to make them full. The centre one isn't as full as the other two and isn't as aesthetically pleasing. Next up - Christmas wreaths!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-77507675796155308252017-08-16T20:39:00.001-02:302017-08-18T02:59:40.483-02:30Knitting friends are the best!<div><br></div><img id="id_c970_706_8472_1b0e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YFpVUydrgkU/WZTUPluxX2I/AAAAAAAAChY/AOyJGcZ3gOMSOVqIrgsIVi6Jk4X_0B-4QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 141px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">My friend Flo gave me this great little book. I'll be honest, this is not a book I would have purchased on my own. It is a little more whimsical than the books I usually purchase. I was so thrilled when she gave me this book. She gave me this book for no reason. It wasn't my birthday, I wasn't sick, I hadn't done her any outrageous favours. This was a gift in the purest sense. She saw the book and was so tickled by it that she bought one for herself, one for me, and one for our knitting friend Jesse.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I don't need too many excuses to be distracted from whatever current project I have on the go. Believe me, there are many current projects on the go. When I saw the little birds in this book I just had to cast on for something.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">The wonderful thing about this book is that the projects are finished in a matter of hours, they knit up that quick. You get to try out some different techniques on a very small scale. That way you won't feel as though you've wasted hours of your time trying a technique that you hate or knitting on a project that you can't stand. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">So here is the first of what I predict will be many knitted birds. This guy features the sweetest little ear flap hat with some duplicate stitches on the tail for good measure. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I adore him!!!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><img id="id_87f2_7a3c_276_30e4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vbwv0h0tUug/WZTUPXIpAWI/AAAAAAAAChU/Co5jSDgbYCIdLMsBGZ3H68jUyZVSLmJuwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><img id="id_ac98_81f7_90b1_780a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wGnzpLUFxbo/WZTURAofpLI/AAAAAAAAChc/X2vDiuXzcfEFkvP2xIEDWuwx_6IQ3RRxwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_d9cb_7026_1b19_582c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DyGmMsWJ3LQ/WZTUOBTSQCI/AAAAAAAAChQ/jhdPocPl3MQvfqiHJw8wbMwtRffO0bDhQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_d43d_6e2_ff72_d336" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H6vFmjufXLk/WZTUcJduWsI/AAAAAAAAChg/uOwTcS2h_7oy4AyYrzjVT293vnbydC0WwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br> </div></div><div>Those are knitting needles propping him up. 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I want to knit all of the things. We were away on vacation. We took Max to Prince Edward Island for a week long hockey camp. While Max was at camp I had quite a bit of downtime which I used to do a little painting and a little reading and a little knitting. Overall it was a wonderful time. And I got to spend ample time with my oldest grandson. We went tuna fishing and zip lining and we visited a wax museum and a Ripleys believe it or not museum. WE went to amusement parks and water parks. And we even spent the day at Parlee Beach in Shediac, New Brunswick. My grandson Max hamming it up. It's getting harder and harder to get a decent photo of him <div><div><img id="id_b158_ed1b_db30_d275" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V9Pcl0ryvmA/WYpqgEQxvvI/AAAAAAAACg8/N7JPFKAARo4w5vN25EUjytoKxT-MYczOwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div>I managed to do a little yarn shopping. Downtown Charlottetown has a lot of unique shops. I was overwhelmed when I walked in to what I thought was a little boutique selling handknits. It's called Northern Watters Knitwear - and it's so much more than selling knitwear. At the back of the store is a full fledged knit factory going on. There are huge knitting machines cranking out the most glorious hand knit sweaters I've ever seen. And there are handknits sweaters ready for purchase in just about every style, colour and size you can imagine. They also sell woven fabric, pottery, and souvenirs. But for me, the big attraction was the wall of locally dyed/milled yarns. Loads of Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden but others too that I hadn't heard of. They are definitely worth checking out. I bought two separate Fleece Artist mitten kits. One called the "Favorite Soft Mitts" which basically involves holding a strand of brushed mohair with a regular spun BFL DK yarn. The resulting fabric is amazing and soft and cushy and warm. Of course I've started already.</div><img id="id_585f_b224_2f49_c08f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wtC6t7JCMN8/WYpqhzfntBI/AAAAAAAAChA/mXeCaSuJtNM1mz534gmwTxELTOLvQe4GwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><div><div><br>This pic doesn't really do it justice but I'll be sure to take a better pic once their finished. I'll write about the other things/kit I bought as I knit them. </div><div><br></div><div>I finished a pair of socks while traveling. These are my standard after thought heel socks </div><div><div><img id="id_2a0d_f654_b56_799" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fculzHCB-0k/WYpqe69ZaxI/AAAAAAAACg4/ptDPm3TYgUkKMnaiSWD3HCyYY6WpkXgeACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>I love them. The yarn is from Turtlepurl girl or at least I think that's her name. She is a Canadian dyer currently based out of Moncton. She does these fabulous kits called turtle toes and they are wound into individual cakes for each foot. That way both socks should match perfectly. As you can see mine are a little off. It started right from the cast on. Oh well. If I wanted perfect socks I wouldn't be knitting them right?</div></div></div></div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-57956290783073127322017-08-08T23:15:00.001-02:302017-08-08T23:15:06.653-02:30Lone Pine When we went to PEI this summer, we went to a store in Charlottetown called Northern Watters Knitwear. It was a fabulous spot. They sold gift ware and pottery and the most beautiful woollen knit sweaters. They had employees working on the knitting machines in the back of the store. They were churning out sweaters lickedy split. <div><br></div><div>They also had a fairly large selection of yarns for sale. Most of it was 'local' yarns. Fleece Artist and Handmaiden and the Mineville Wool Project. I had such a tough time deciding what to buy. I wanted it all!</div><div><br></div><div>I did limit myself to three skeins - two of which were actual kits! I've already cast on both kits. That's how gorgeous this stuff is! </div><div><img id="id_a7f3_d4f3_acab_da70" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EQK2Jee_Ql4/WYppISqmxFI/AAAAAAAACgs/clXP1LJI5BIE14sbiHQFLgd09UhGwd96gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>I cast this on this past Friday- so three days ago. Now we have had a long weekend so I did have more knitting time than usual. This pattern is called <i style="font-weight: bold;">Lone Pine Mittens </i>and it's by Todwick Studios. </div><div><img id="id_4de6_3194_4df1_b79" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BtpcT4Q8y3A/WYppB2aETpI/AAAAAAAACgo/NHz8Ybz4Fm04NZe9ZEwcA2Uqmj29bJAXgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div>I love it!! I'm currently finishing up the thumb on the first mitten. This is going to be a beautiful pair of mittens. </div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-68604690740962869242017-06-25T00:27:00.001-02:302017-06-25T01:25:43.024-02:30BootiliciousI've been on a booty making kick lately. Wait till you see how many baby bootees I have made in the past few months. There's a good reason for it of course. A friend of mine had a baby and usually that's reason enough to make a pair of booties. But my friends baby got sick, real sick. And I thank God that she is well and healthy and thriving today. But she did lose a foot. She is too small for a prosthetic but her mom likes to put bootees on her. So she asked me to knit some for her. How could I say no? <div><img id="id_f3f0_a7cf_33af_2183" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nt8Q9-zAIy0/WU8mlYW3oYI/AAAAAAAACfY/pLZvNMADvmIOGMfSdkqdDgMs22C_iQcXQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div> This is the most recent pair that I finished. The pattern is from The Yarn Harlot. I love them. I love the look of garter stitch in variegated yarn. The yarn is socks that rock by blue moon fibre arts. It is so vibrant and beautiful. And I just love those little pom-poms.</div><div><img id="id_6264_2908_9eb8_942f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GjTnu0VkdBo/WU8qptkRtuI/AAAAAAAACfk/b7a9SkjuhSIElBDx-hGDzJNR2H8IT8qtACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> This pair is also garter stitch. This time in a worsted weight yarn from Rhichard Devrieze that is speckled. Speckled yarns are all the rage right now. The pattern is from <i>The knitted slipper book </i>by Katie Starzman (which is an absolute joy by the way). There are so many great patterns in this book!! I knit another one from this book too. <br></div><div><img id="id_da06_dc8_749f_f031" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Www_iWVtz6A/WU8zxC4I37I/AAAAAAAACf0/2B3rcqdnpJASGS7mNy_l95E5G-6t1EOhgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <br></div><img id="id_79f5_4217_fa9d_b176" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mE6ErD9I82Y/WU8z41iwnTI/AAAAAAAACf4/CQUWuR0gLksqE2omj0kijSC5O9xYgP18wCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <div>These little slippers are knit and then felted down. They also come from Katie Starzman's book. I love the needle felted flowers. My daughter gave me some textured paint to use on slipper bottoms along time ago. This is the first time I've ever used it and I love it. Reagan tried these out and they definitely make for a no skid surface. They aren't sized for a baby of course. These were for the baby's older sister. There was no way I could gift a bunch of baby booties and not have something for the older sibling. That's just not how I roll. </div><div><img id="id_2282_13bb_3af3_7605" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bR93TXanu50/WU80M-DtWuI/AAAAAAAACgA/BSbB04GegKwRGbSrc12Hjo1gC6my5CYOgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div>Now these mock shoes are to die for!! I love love love them. Whenever I talk about them my voice automatically switches into babyspeak and it's several octaves higher than it should be. I can't help myself. Amy says there's an actual name on this phenomenon. People do this all over the world. It's been studied extensively by linguists. Good to know i'm not the only crazy person out there. I thought they couldn't get any cuter and then I sewed the Daisy button on. Swoon!!! The pattern is by Bekka Knits and it's called Baby Merry-Janes. </div><div><img id="id_7cfc_8804_536f_caa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kmHnGL2aPMI/WU80KpIHT3I/AAAAAAAACf8/g15ErK5q9cMh1npWFZNNlq1lURhwx5hNgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div>These also have the potential to make my voice go several octaves higher. Just look at those tassels. The pattern is from a Norwegian designer named Heidi Pettersen. It's called <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Lillebrors vintersko. </span><span style="text-align: center;">I knit them using Spud and Chloe Sweater yarn. This yarn is super wash and it's a wool/cotton blend.</span></span></div><div><img id="id_f426_9cf4_632e_bc1c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hTVi232Vcs4/WU80OcCUUmI/AAAAAAAACgE/gi65nXbGrDgFF2Gn0bsEaVEQaVWj8yo-ACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">These aren't quite finished yet. There is no pattern for them. I'm making the pattern up as I go along. I love the way the bootie looks. I'm sure when there's two of them they will look even better. I'm crazy about the picot edge. It's so much fun to knit. I'm worried they may be a little small for my friends baby. But that's ok because I'm gonna need some test knitted when I decide to publish this pattern. A larger size will fit the bill. </span></font></div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-62564157783423282842017-04-10T21:28:00.000-02:302017-06-24T17:14:49.997-02:30Keep on trying <div>I mentioned a while back that I'd been dabbling in other mediums. Mediums other than fiber that is. Believe me, that is really really branching out. My daughter introduced me to this thing called "masking fluid". The point of it is that you use it as a resist. You paint it on an area that you want left unpainted. Then you paint around it and when all is dry, you peel off the now dry (and almost rubbery) masking fluid. It is such a satisfying thing to do!!! I've been really enjoying playing around with it. </div><div><br></div><div>So far, I've done these little leaves on water colour greeting card paper. I'm smitten! I plan on doing a lot more!</div><div><img id="id_d69_693e_d92a_4480" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zKhtqu5ttSk/WU7AXz_M84I/AAAAAAAACe8/eVycKqYcaFYwo4lAbCortcIEBQnNb2KaQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br>You can sort of see the masking fluid being peeled off in this picture above. </div><div><br></div><br> This is the leaf after the masking fluid is peeled off. They are so satisfying to paint. They are done on watercolour cards so they will be used as greeting cards for some occasion <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">at some point. </span> <img id="id_796c_7f31_8c44_b04d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dvgn6d_vbhg/WU7AZwlkCzI/AAAAAAAACfA/L0eP5bSt-l0IoNgmGexHW6V3EaZQi9EDQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> Here is the most recent leaf. I love how the colours bleed into each other. This is what you call wet on wet technique <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">in watercolour. I will be exploring more of this technique in the future </span><img id="id_4dcb_3c9b_6193_bc34" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ineGDKShNwY/WU7BMLpzZeI/AAAAAAAACfI/tMCIzdmbUksnvF4qzegPK_MwR3oD5RnCwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-37955685597488842542017-04-04T22:37:00.000-02:302017-06-24T16:52:48.293-02:30Mittens for Cooper <div>
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I have SO.MUCH.YARN! You think I'd be embarrassed by it, but I'm not. I'm quite proud of it, to be honest. I jokingly say that I'm getting ready for retirement. But, when I actually think on this, it might really be true. Kevin is retired already. Granted, he is A LOT older than me (not really, just 10 years) and he did start work very young and worked for the provincial government for many many years. He also is incredibly hard working and managed to save a lot. As a result, Kev has a decent pension and was able to retire comfortably He's been asking me to consider retiring as well, or at the very least scaling back on my hours so that we can do things together - travel being the biggest thing on his mind. <br />
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Until now, I haven't given it a lot of serious thought. I love my job and can't imagine not doing it. It is nice to know that if I were to stop working then I'd have enough yarn in my stash that not only would I not need to buy any yarn for many years, but I'd also be able to try new yarn out on a regular basis. It is a little ridiculous how much I've accumulated. One day I'll be brave enough and actually post pictures of it all. Until then it is my own private embarrassment. <br />
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So far this year, I haven't felt driven to start something new. I have felt the need to finish off some of those half completed projects that I have everywhere. I'm actually thinking of not starting ANYTHING new, unless I finish an older FO. Meaning, I can't cast on anything new until I've finished something old. Maybe by doing this, I'll get a bunch of things finished.<br />
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My first FO is a simple pair of after though heel socks that I've knit for Amy's boyfriend Maxime. He really loves handknit socks and really appreciates them. He's an easy guy to knit for and so knitworthy. The yarn is a worsted weight, self striping by Regia or Opal - I cant remember where. His birthday is in March and Amy may even be going to visit him during his March break. He is currently doing his PhD in Maryland USA. Not really worsted weight sock weather there, but he is a native Montrealer, so he can appreciate things to keep warm.<br />
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The cowl is very beautiful. The pattern is in Romi Hill's recent books called <i>New Lace Knitting; Designs for Wide Open Spaces </i>I've currently got the body of the cowl finished and am working on the short rows for the back of the neck. Then its on to the lace edging and I'm done. After that, maybe I'll cast on two new projects. Or maybe I'll take a look around and see an aran weight cabled cardigan that is 1/3 done, or I'll see those striped mitts that have one finished and the cuff done on the second. Or, I'll see the bulky weight dropped stitch cowl that's half done. Sadly, I could go on and on and describe about a dozen other projects.<br />
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So, here is to 2017 and the hopes that I will clean out some of the old half finished or even barely started projects. And, who knows? Maybe, I'll get bitten by the 'startitis' bug and cast on a dozen new projects between this post and the next one. I'll be going with the flow in any case. Wish me luck!!<br />
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Yes!! I cant believe how fast this year has gone. It's that time of year where start thinking about what ornaments I want to make for my four grandsons. This is the third year that I've made handcrafted tree ornaments for my boys. The first year I crocheted snowmen for them. The second year, I knit the cutest snowball reindeer. This year, I've decided to knit little elves!</div>
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The pattern was written by Susan B Anderson. She is a wonderful designer - in particular she designs great toy patterns. I've knit several of her toys in the past and always with great results! She does a fantastic job.</div>
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All four of the elves knit up very fast. I couldn't be more pleased with them. I'm pretty sure that my boys will like them too, and really that's what its all about, right?</div>
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Merry Christmas from my house to yours!</div>
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<br />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-33707183586933899012016-11-18T21:21:00.000-03:302016-11-18T21:52:38.546-03:30Baby WallMy favourite blogger, the yarn harlot has often written about how when she knits for babies that she feels a responsibility to finish the knitting in a timely fashion because it seems as though the babes somehow delay their arrival until the knitting is finished. <div><br></div><div>So with that in mind I started knitting these super sweet overalls. They were a little fiddly but oh, so worth it. They are knit using Julie Asselin's superwash DK weight yarn called Leizu. A great yarn for babies in my opinion. </div><div><br></div><div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_W3d7o79M9w/WC-pV8am_3I/AAAAAAAACbE/kwygVlCBe1c/I/photo_651333.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div>The pattern is from Judith Durants book <i>One Skein Wonder - Baby</i> I own all of books in this series(I think) and I highly recommend them. This pattern took a little more than one Skein of the Leizu but thats ok. I've got some left over that I can do a hat or some booties for baby Wall. </div><div><br></div><div>This little guy is going to be the first baby of my fellow pharmacist Melissa. They have been waiting for him for a long time. I didn't want to delay his arrival at all if there was anything to this knitting myth and really cracked down hard on the knitting and got it done in a reasonable time. </div><div><br></div><div>Just look at those little butt pockets!!</div>L<div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EePtxCagd1A/WC-pXXvDtvI/AAAAAAAACbI/jknnRBEoO_g/I/photo_96372.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><br></div><div>She is currently 10 days overdue and it's totally not my fault. The knitting is done!! </div><br> <br> <br></div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-90281462227362711112016-10-09T20:46:00.000-02:302016-10-10T13:30:14.861-02:30Sweater Love <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H4tS7h6daco/V_u64uQcA-I/AAAAAAAACaI/WUbvrzw98jw/I/photo_381606.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div>I finished knitting my sweater from the Carol Feller KAL. I am very pleased with the finished result. I was right about several things in this KAL. The fact that I could see other Knitter's finished projects being posted on a daily basis really inspired me to want to finish my own cardigan. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--lkAtXiK8Bk/V_u68Ll7fdI/AAAAAAAACaM/x5Is9viZ6rA/I/photo_714996.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div>Also, the yarn!! OMG! It's a 50/50 silk merino blend from Blue Moon Fibre Arts and its stunning!! I kept wanting to knit and knit just to get to the next colour just to see how it would look next to the previous colour. </div><div><br></div><div>I am so pleased with how these colours slowly transition. This is a real ombré cardigan. I noticed that on some of the smaller sized finished objects the colour changes are more abrupt. I think it's because their kits contained fewer skeins and hence fewer colours. While I knit the largest size using all six of the colours in the kit. I have a fair amount of this left over too. I'm surprised. I didn't knit my cardigan as long as the pattern called for so I know this is where the extra yarn came from. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fW_-KBZno4U/V_u7B4B6oZI/AAAAAAAACaQ/mkDgphVCbyU/I/photo_889243.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div>Overall, I'm very pleased with this cardigan. I'vet already worn it a lot. I hope the yarn hold up well. Now all I have to do is figure out how to better use a selfie stick!</div><div> <br><br> <br></div><br><br> Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-78830278453500924552016-07-28T22:03:00.000-02:302016-10-08T22:07:29.480-02:30Carol Feller KAL <div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BeHiPhCYctc/V5qvN5kUlGI/AAAAAAAACXc/h25YNJjS6T8/I/photo_124559.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg">I</div><div><br></div>I'm so excited to be participating in a KAL hosted by knitwear designer Carol Feller. I bought a book of hers last summer called "Short Rows" and I fell in love with her esthetic then and there.<div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jc7F0pFjM8M/V5qvShmXHSI/AAAAAAAACXg/eNKiX4I-YFE/I/photo_923453.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div>Here is the sweater that I'm currently knitting. It's called <i>Santa Rosa </i>and it's beyond gorgeous. I've ordered a lot from <b>Bluemoon Fibrearts. </b>Check out their blog post about the KAL here. http://blog.bluemoonfiberarts.com/2016/05/03/carol-feller-santa-rosa-kal/</div><br>While waiting for my yarn to arrive I started knitting a different Carol Feller design called <i>Traveller. </i>Not as feminine as the Santa Rosa Cardi but still gorgeous and so wearable. As are all her designs. </div><div>I think the yarn in the Santa Rosa cardigan is the big appeal. I'm all about gradients right now and Man! This kit does not disappoint. Just look at how these colours transition in my chosen colour way - scarlet begonias. </div><div> <br> <br><font face="-webkit-standard"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lo-s8LSzmls/V5qvlrBdaQI/AAAAAAAACXk/E5AHl-GS59w/I/photo_778415.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></span></font></div><div><font face="-webkit-standard"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">So stunning. I'm past the yoke now and I'm hoping to do a lot on this sweater this weekend. We shall see. </span></font></div><div><font face="-webkit-standard"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font> </div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-29851248003272397452016-05-21T15:20:00.000-02:302017-12-29T00:19:57.496-03:30A Little Fox <div><div><font face="-webkit-standard"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YPaSO5d7wQs/V5qpGNPrxEI/AAAAAAAACXE/edB7Z-Q9Wbw/I/photo_648366.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg" id="id_f0ed_6538_fec5_50ec" style="width: 400px; height: auto;"></span></font></div><br> See this sweet little girl fox. I made her using a pattern from Rebecca Dangers book <i>50 yards of Fun. </i>If you haven't seen this book yet, I strongly encourage you to pick it up at your local book store. Have a look through it. If you are inclined to knit toys at all then this may well be the book for you. I've already knit at least six of the wonderful critters contained within this delightful little book. </div><div><font face="-webkit-standard"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oV9b_16freY/V5qpDzhl8BI/AAAAAAAACW4/7vNuhqfFb30/I/photo_895639.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg" id="id_3be_4ef3_6a85_39d4" style="width: 200px; height: auto;"></span></font></div><div><font face="-webkit-standard"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TUcPXxKRBQo/V5qpEpt13kI/AAAAAAAACW8/pCV1_JiFHCY/I/photo_378759.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg" id="id_28b3_d86f_473a_26d5" style="width: 200px; height: auto;"></span></font></div><div><font face="-webkit-standard"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jPzhG6wRMg0/V5qpE6Tvf5I/AAAAAAAACXA/5a-ou1-yH0E/I/photo_293849.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg" id="id_3444_6c0a_89d3_e639" style="width: 200px; height: auto;"></span></font></div><div><br></div>I made her for some friend's daughter that I was hoping to spend some time with this spring. The visit didn't work out but the knitting did. She says foxes are her favourite animal and purple is her favorite colour. I think I did ok. She will be travelling to the north via Canada Post I think. <div>Speaking of favorite animals - one of Kevs nieces was lamenting to me about her daughter loving platypuses and how hard it was to get stuffed toy platypus. Now I pull out my trusty book of <i>50 Yards of Fun </i>and find just the pattern. </div><div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lNeM68Uf0UQ/V5qpjuvQt4I/AAAAAAAACXI/QaQc1-Kza54/I/photo_242561.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg" id="id_78ed_d708_a64_eeca" style="width: 147px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><br>He's so cute no?<br> <br></div><div><br> </div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-28067317765079556072016-04-16T22:28:00.000-02:302017-12-29T00:22:48.003-03:30Knitting Bucket List Most of us are familiar with the concept of a 'bucket list'. The idea - made popular by the Morgan Freeman movie - is that you compile a list of things that you want to do before you die (or kick the bucket). I would bet that for Knitters (knitters with a capital K means serious business knitters) their bucket lists are pretty fiber-centric. <div><br></div><div>I recently posted a picture on Instagram and I hash tagged it #knittingbucketlist and I wasn't surprised there were others out there like me - knitters with a capital K. </div><div><br></div><div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FmRjmoF9lQc/VxLht2cXRQI/AAAAAAAACUw/HBjTYpbNPCc/I/photo_843282.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg" id="id_5dc9_dfb2_a913_63b6" style="width: 539px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div> </div><div>This is a picture of a skein of quiviut that I've just wound with the intention of knitting it into a lacy little cowl. Knitting with quiviut is on my bucket list. </div><div><br></div><div>Seeing other knitters Instagram photos of their bucket list has gotten me thinking. What other things would I put on my knitting bucket list? </div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. A trip to Rhinebeck (during the wool auction of course)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2. Attend a Stitches event (any of them would do, but <i style="font-weight: bold;">if </i>I were able to chose - Stitches West seems like it'd be real fun!)</div><div style="text-align: left;">3. Since I'm thinking about knitting festivals/events I'd also love to attend a Vogue Live Knitting event too. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now of those three if I had to pick just one, it would definitely be Rhinebeck. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. I'd also love to go to Iceland! Not for any particular event, and really not <i>just </i>for the knitting and the Lopi sweaters and the Icelandic sheep, but also for the scenery and the hot springs and the culture. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">5. I'd also really really love to go to the Shetland islands - for most of the same reasons that I'd like to visit Iceland. I love to spin Shetland wool. And I love Shetland lace! So yeah! This place is on my knitting bucket list of places to see. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">But a bucket list is more than just travelling to new places. It's also about experiencing different things too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">6. That's why quiviut is on my list. Quiviut comes from muskox. They are massive creatures with a very thick coat. On their bellies they grow this insanely soft fibre. I believe is the 'softest' and 'finest' fibre in the world. I think experts have determined this by measuring the micron count of the fibres. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Micron count is a fancy word for how thick (or coarse) a strand of hair is. Apparently muskox grow some of the finest. It is also quite pricey! Think about how difficult it must be to harvest the underbelly hair from these beasts! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">I read somewhere that they (their owners) actually collect the hair since they shed their coats periodically. I know that they don't harm the animals at all. I'm not sure about brushing them. Maybe that's part of the harvesting too. I <i style="font-weight: bold;">do </i>know that is <i style="font-weight: bold;">not </i>on my bucket list. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">A lot of people using the hashtag knittingbucketlist were listing techniques that they wanted to try. Brioche was a popular one. I can honestly say that I can't think of any techniques that I haven't tried. I also think I could master most of them too, if given the time and inclination. So for right now there aren't any techniques that I'd put on my bucket list. There are designs that I'd love to try though. There are also certain designers that are definitely worthy of being on a bucket list. A lot of the instagrammers had Elisabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket on their lists. I can see why!! This little sweater is so unique and different and is classic EZ. I've made several.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">7. What I'd <i style="font-weight: bold;">really </i>like to do is knit right through her Knitter's Almanac in a year. I'd like to start in January and follow along in her sweet little book (my favourite of all her books) and knit each of the patterns mentioned. I'm not sure I could do it, but I'd love to give it a try!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are so many other things that I would include on my Knitting Bucket List. I think I'll save it for another blog post. There are so many designers Id like to meet! There are knitting celebrities that I'd <i style="font-weight: bold;">love </i>to meet. (And <b>yes</b>, there is such a thing! <i>Just in case there are any non Knitters or even knitters without a capital K reading this blog) </i> There are so many challenging designs that I'd like to try. And there are things that I'd like to try to push myself on too. There are ideas for potential designs that I'd like to get out of my head and onto paper. There are classes that I'd love to take! So many things but only one lifetime. What a gift we have. We have to use our time wisely and with fibre! </div><div><br> <br></div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-57297625462959279872016-04-04T21:05:00.000-02:302016-04-16T22:35:47.975-02:30Is There Room? If you look back over the history of this blog you will notice that it started out as a general crafts type of blog - that is there are all different sorts of crafts documented there. Sewing, painting, stencilling - you name it. <div><br></div><div>As the years progressed I've kind of fine tuned my crafting as I've been drawn to the fibre arts. I no longer consider myself a beginning spinner. I'm quite good at it, even. (That's really hard for me to say for some reason). My knitting is quite good as well. There isn't a technique out there that I'd be hesitant to try. (... There was a time when I thought cables were hard ... I know ... crazy!). Actually with respect to knitting there aren't too many techniques that I haven't tried. I've mastered most of them too. My brioche stitches have some tension issues but I know that's something that could be worked out with practice. I still crochet. I still weave. I've even tried processing fleece and dying yarn. I've done needle felting and wet felting. </div><div><br></div><div>I adore the fibre arts and I've felt my crafting heart was full. That I didn't have room for another love. But then, something started happening. My grandsons love to draw. And they love to colour. And they love the fact that Nanny can draw pictures of them on skidoo and pictures of them on a dragon and pictures of the dragon pooping and breathing fire and pictures of the dragon with magnetic feet that only works on trash and ... Well ... You get the idea. </div><div><br></div><div>Spending time with these kiddos and sketching with them and talking to the older ones about light and perspective and colour theory - well, it's kind of ignited this little desire to draw and paint again. I used to paint a lot (acrylics) back when my daughter was a baby. </div><div><br></div><div>My daughter isn't a baby anymore and through some separate process - (perhaps Pinterest or maybe even the gorgeous adult colouring books that are everywhere) she has been finding herself equally interested in exploring watercolours and sketching. </div><div><br></div><div>So we are doing this together!! We are taking craftsy courses and looking at YouTube videos and we are excited! Every couple of days we text each other photos of things we've tried. Painting with watercolours is so much fun!!! </div><div><br></div><div>It feels like the old days where she would find a tutorial for something new and fun and cool online and we would get excited and try it out and it would be awesome and in the end we were not only closer as mother and daughter but we'd have a pair of pants made out of a t-shirt! </div><div><br></div><div>Except this time she is in Ottawa and I'm in Labrador. But this time we have more experience (and money lol). And it's still bringing us closer together as mother and daughter. And this time - she's better at it than I am. But I am a little biased. </div><div><br></div><div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v7xqw7ODqz0/VwMEVNnRsOI/AAAAAAAACUA/0kfNeMpsLqw/I/photo_629116.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br></div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3a35L74yy2o/VwMEWO9uNZI/AAAAAAAACUE/2p8RxFVv4qg/I/photo_630609.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><br> <div><br></div><div><br></div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-47633323025221504082016-03-10T00:57:00.000-03:302016-03-17T20:11:53.978-02:30I Love Fair Isle <div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dxrtu62GURA/VusykQxT0TI/AAAAAAAACTg/ooCS3BYTZhY/I/photo_938601.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div>Off to a great start! </div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J_9HcpiZ5rs/VusymvwvQkI/AAAAAAAACTk/UnDr9erp3FY/I/photo_444628.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div>A little more.... Just minutes later!</div><div><br></div><div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mKKdTeywbu0/Vusypy-OASI/AAAAAAAACTo/YVz8IYSCRGA/I/photo_693331.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div>And more ... An hour later!</div><div><br></div><div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sjlFdpZhlC4/VusysEWYBXI/AAAAAAAACTs/JfSoj3S9vOs/I/photo_491088.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><br></div><div>All done!!</div><div><br></div><br>I really do love stranded knitting. Any sort of colourwork knitting really speaks to me but the technique of Fair Isle is something that makes my heart sing. I really think I could knit a full sweater sized garment with the entire design (not just the yoke or edgings) done in stranded knitting. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure that there are a lot of great designs out there that have this that would actually LOOK nice enough but ... Maybe someday. <br> <br></div>So in the meantime I'll have to be satisfied <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">with knitting a fair isle hat. This design was so much fun to knit. It practical knit itself. The colour gradient yarn makes the fair isle extra special I think. </span><br><br> <br></div><br><br> <br><br> Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-84895476905442470842016-02-28T22:53:00.000-03:302016-03-07T21:37:20.116-03:3025,000 Tuques<div><br></div><div><div><div><div>I've been on a hat kick ever since I heard about the charity called 25,000 Tuques. Here is the link,if you are interested. </div><div><a href="https://m.facebook.com/25000tuques/" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000" face="-webkit-standard">https://m.facebook.com/25000tuques/</font></a></div><div><br></div>This is something I feel very strongly about. I feel so bad for people being forced to leave their homes. So when a lady in Quebec started a movement to knit hats for every Syrian refugee coming into Canada, I thought this is something I can do to help out. </div><div><br></div><div>So I've been knitting hats like a mad woman. I think Canada is expecting it's the last refugees in April. This coincides with the end of winter. So I need to send my hats now. I've got five done and my friend Jesse gave me two as well. I may send them to Montreal or I may send them to St. John's. There are groups collecting hats in both cities.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, onto the knitting. The first Hat was this fair isle lovely thing. The pattern is a freebie from the Purl Bee. I love this one so much and I love the pom-pom even more. The trick to a good pompon is to soak the darn thing in water. The pom-pom fluffs right up </div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DEBWyABJGzg/VtTw9oOTw1I/AAAAAAAACSQ/ycQTD36ig_U/I/photo_521914.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><br></div><div>The next hat that I made is a pattern by Jared flood and it's called turn a square. This was a very simple hat and had the added benefit of using up scraps of handsoun that was too precious to throw out but too small amount to really do anything with. </div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yaJC1hUuwBA/VtTw_cjqISI/AAAAAAAACSU/GuB-xbMXSTU/I/photo_967771.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br>I was hooked. I couldn't stop knitting hats. I finished three more in quick succession. I have two more on the needles nearly done too. But I'm starting to realize the time is come to get these in the mail.<br> <div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P9khCkLqVzE/VtTxArM-FWI/AAAAAAAACSY/w8tZSArcVF4/I/photo_454750.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><br></div><br> <br><br> <div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bSwLTv9PoUs/VtTxDsSFgoI/AAAAAAAACSc/UK80aqaVzqM/I/photo_785650.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wfNU-sIlYfo/VtTxHwjf8AI/AAAAAAAACSg/871ZuFC7Kvo/I/photo_880295.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><br> <br><br> <div> </div><br><br> <br><br> <br> <br></div><br><br> <br></div><br><br> Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29253089.post-17038979005726841812016-02-18T19:48:00.001-03:302016-02-28T22:49:44.980-03:30I've done a little travelling<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Last month Kevin and I went to St John's. Kev had a doctors appointment. All was well. After the appointment we decided to go to my hometown for a visit. My mom turned 70 last year and I couldn't get out there to see her. This year everything worked out perfectly. We spent almost an entire week on the island visiting with my family and Kevs. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I had started knitting a hat that I wanted to donated to an organization called 25000 toques. Their goal to present each Syrian refugee that comes into Canada with a hand knit hat to let them know that they are welcome and cared about here in Canada. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As a supporter of Canada opening its doors to refugees this was a charity that really spoke to me. Sadly, the hat I was knitting really spoke to my mother. She claimed it as soon as it was off the needles. I didn't tell her that I had decided to give the hat to a worthy cause because she likely would have not taken it. But I'm glad she did because it really suits her. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </font></div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_1Mx3Ws5T1o/VtOqpncvVzI/AAAAAAAACRc/F5oMobESIz8/I/photo_674556.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And I bought lots of pretty yarn at the nicest LYS in all of St John's to make more hats. See the green and grey in the centre of the pic? That's already on the needles - destined to be one of the 25000 toques! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9UF4BRJXKhs/VtOqrKv09gI/AAAAAAAACRg/FAwJBQh0u6Q/I/photo_396359.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><br> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And if you ever doubt that I grew up in one of the most beautiful spots on the planet - well, here are a couple of photos to let you know that Trinity Bay North is indeed Gods country - even in the dead of winter. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iNFNIJz2LOQ/VtOqs-Q7avI/AAAAAAAACRk/SExVb0-t9U0/I/photo_403222.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kJpaZtX_Zr8/VtOqvXa5PqI/AAAAAAAACRo/QltSl2WPQag/I/photo_9502.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><br> <br> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18087115061085135863noreply@blogger.com0