Projects! Projects! Projects!

Project : Napoleon by Berroco (Blackstone Tweed #288 Booklet)
yarn: from a goodwill sweater
needles : US 6

My gauge wasn't quit right so I did a little fudging from the pattern here and there. Love it!!

The best part is...

the braid and the edging. I used a smaller crochet hook than what it called for because it was the only one that I had and I didn't want to buy another one. It worked out fine.

The second best part about the sweater is that it only cost $15 total (booklet and yarn)!!


Next.

Project : Rosamund's Cardigan by Andrea Pomerantz, Interweave Knits, Fall 2009

Yarn : rummage sale sweater

Yarn content : half wool / half cotton

Needles : US 6 / US 8

Buttons : JoAnn Fabrics

My youngest boy helped pick out the buttons. They were rather expensive. $5.50 per button. But they look great with the sweater and I love how they fade from black to gray.

Total for this sweater : $0.50 (sweater) + $11 (buttons) + $.00 (magazine = free trial) = $11.50 for this lovely sweater that I will be wearing a lot of.

Oh yeah, there are hooks and eyes holding it together down the front. I used 5 sets that I stole off of something else. So again, free!! Loving it!!!

I have started working on some more Christmas gifts for people. These are door organizers that I blogged about here.

These are handsewn together. I didn't have double sided fusible webbing so I used single sided and just stitched all the way around instead of just around the pockets. I also stitched around the holes at the top for more stability when they are hung.

I made 6 but my boys stole two of the camo ones already. They have no pacience!!

And you probably can't see it but the two in front have a paisley design stamped into them. I had no idea felt could come that way. This felt all came from Hobby Lobby.

Another Christmas present. This one is for my sister-in-law. It's a pair of Fetching made from some Malabrigo that I received in a trade. They are almost done and ready to wrap!

And the last one to talk about today.

A pair of socks that I started knitting for the mother in law. They are knit from the tow up. There are 68 stitches here. After the ball of the foot I started a 1 x 1 twisted rib. Then every fourth row, I k1, YO, k2tog, k1, p1*. I am going to continue in this pattern till the ankle and then switch it up.

The yarn (Patons Kroy Sock / color : 205779 / Glencheck ) is something that I picked up from Hobby Lobby too. Bought 4 balls of it. She has BIG feet.

Not the greatest yarn in the world but it is very warm.

Stay tuned, more tutorials to come as well!!

addiction / obsession

I am an addict.

I can't get enough. I just want to recycle every cheapo sweater out there I can find. It is fun and soothing to unravel some machines hard work. My boys even love it.

So here is another sweater that bit the dust.

A $0.50 rummage sale sweater of 100% cotton. very soft stuff.

These balls are small sections of reds, greys, greens, golds, and dark blue that made up the striped section of the original sweater.

These following balls are the dark blue main sections of the sweater. love this dark color.

the next yarns are from a trade on ravelry. the other thing that i love doing. trading something i am not using for something else super cool.

like these, hand dyed beauties.

and some malabrigo. love malabrigo. destined for another foliage so that maybe i can keep the other one!!

lastly, my mother-in-law is addicted to buying me buttons. so here are some that she picked up from JoAnn Fabrics.

last day for the giveaway

I go this in the mail the other day and it had some great knits in it.

there was this, which i just saw on craftzine how to make out of an upside down sweater!!


and this one...

and my favorite!! i want to try and make this sometime. i don't have the yarn for it right now though so it will have to wait.

and some new yarn. hopefully enough there for a pair of big socks for my mother-in-law for christmas.

this is a cotton blend sock yarn from yarntopia.

the color is starbucks.

winner of giveaway to be announced tomorrow. You guys have a pretty good chance, since not too many signed up!

more for the giveaway

an added item for my giveaway. merino. spun by me. one 3ply (@60 yds). one 2ply (@60 yds).

see post below for more details on the giveway for my 100th posting!!


i spent this weekend recycling a couple of sweaters from goodwill.
can't remember the company for this one.
but it was a large striped sweater.
this is 100% cotton in lots of strips because of the stripes.
but should make a really cool sweater for a baby or little person.

more 100% cotton yarn. for US 7 or 8 needles.

from a sweater from target. Merino brand name.

lovely chocolate brown.

hoping to make a vest or sleeveless sweater from this.

ideas are circling in my brain.

must finish napoleon first though.

son's 6th birthday was saturday.

he wanted a ghostie cake that he saw in the martha stewart

halloween magazines.

ghosties made from large and small marshmallows and chocolate icing.

it was a big hit with everyone.

he also wanted a red velvet (blood red) cake.

here he is looking oh so excited before blowing out the candles!

GIVEAWAY: 100th post!!!!

Here it is ... what you could win...

4 skeins dk weight plymouth encore yarn in a rather vibrant green and Knit 2 Together by tracy ullman.
to win post a comment here about why you like blogs or blogging and i will choose a winner at random. you have until thursday oct 29 to comment. friday i will choose a winner and let you know. please make sure that i have an e-mail or another way to get ahold of you !! thanks.

here's a close up of the yarn. sorry, it is rainy here so the lighting is bad.

this huge (well you can't tell but it is a big box) of alpaca fiber is going out today!! glad to get rid of it and make someone else happy. traded someone for a yarn i have never tried through a group on ravelry. man you have got to love that site!!!

napoleon is comin along well. i am pretty much finished with the lower back portion. i did the puckers a little differently to help make up for the fact that my gauge is different.

i made the puckers 5 rows of knitting by using short rows so that i wasn't adding too much to the width of the bottom portion. i also made the first 2 puckers 10 stitches long, the 3rd and 5th puckers 12 stitches long, the center one 14 stitches long and the last 2 back to 10 stitches. in the pattern they are all 10 stitches long. i didn't like that. but i liked the way they now form a V. we will see how well that works out for the final look.

goodies from recycling

First up, t-shirt backpack from one the the cool t-shirt recycling books that I have picked up. one i posted about last week. this was cool skeleton t-shirt.

the pack is double layered for sturdiness.

it's ties are also from t-shirt material knotted through holes in the bottom.

the boys love it.

second, goodwill sweater recycling. sweaters from goodwill not as cheap as from a rummage sale but way better selection. this sweater had 7 cool buttons too.

it is a orange tweed. made of 55% ramie, 30% nylon, and 15% wool and it is made by baxter and wells. perfect for size 7 needles and Napoleon by Berroco.

third, another recycled goodwill sweater. this is more size 3 needles or 4. it is a gorgeous green tweed. 50% acrylic, 25% wool and 25% nylon. very soft if you can believe it.

fourth goodie, my niece. in a snow cat hat!! free prize pattern from cosymakes.

sorry, she wasn't a happy camper for the photo shoot.

but thanks over there at cosymakes!

more goodies

Another FO. This is the Quickie Cowl (again can't link it from here. stupid computer).

Yarn: Misti International chunky
color : this fun pumpkin orange
needles : US10.5
It took next to no time to make and is absolutely gorgeous. and soo soft and scrunchy!!!

It can also me a headband/earwarmer.

Got this yarn in a trade.

Plymouth Royal Cashmere (100% fine Italian cashmere)

yardage: 154

color : 0747

lot : 247

and this yarn... hate it. does anyone want it??? check my stash page for details but it is Trekking Pro Natural. It is in shades of brown (that is kind of hard to tell in the picture). my mother-in-law wanted me to make her some socks out of this but i can't stand knitting with it. that just happens sometimes with me. i will have to find her some other brown sock yarn to use.

e-mail me or PM me on ravelry if you are interested. i love trading.

And this is the new addition to our family. her name is still up for grabs even after a week. the hubby says Cheeky. The boys say Naughty and then Mini Pod cause she is a mini version of our other dog. Then the boys said that her first name is Naughty and her last name is Mini Pod and they haven't come up with a middle name yet. Hopefully something sticks soon her she will be confused later in life.