Tuesday, April 25, 2017

NEW SHAWL DESIGN ON THE NEEDLES

This Shawl Design is inspired by the kids t-shirts from the 1950's and I found the perfect yarn. Started kitting about 2 weeks ago.  Making progress!




Sunday, April 16, 2017

YUMMY BABY BLANKET

One of my dearest friends just had her first grand baby and I needed to knit a blanket super fast since I waited to the last minute.  I’ve wanted to try Loopy Mango Merino No5 and this was my opportunity. This blanket only took me 3 hours to knit and it was very enjoyable to boot!
 SIZE: 25” X 26”
 YARN: Loopy Mango Merino No5, 100% Merion Wool, 74 yds., 68 m, 5.3 oz., 159g. 1 hank of each-Color A-Polar Bear, Color B-Iceberg, Color C-Sunshine.
 GUGE: 5 sts= 4”
 TOOLS: US19, 32” Circular Knitting Needle (you need the circular for the length), Yarn needle.
 STITCH PATTERN: Seed Stitch Row 1: knit 1, purl 1.  Row 2: purl where you knitted and knit where you purled.


                                                LISTED ON Ravelry



Monday, April 10, 2017

My Most Fun Repair Job

                     A very naughty Puppy used this toy Elephant as a Chew Toy.  I used two                                          yarns to make a subtle Visible Mended patch.

                                                 
                                           
                                                               All Better!
                                   My knitting patterns can be found on RAVELRY

Friday, April 7, 2017

Loopy Mango Baby Blanket Design on the needles

I started to knit my Latest Design --- A baby blanket using Loopy Mango!!! This is the best selling yarn at The Little Knittery where I work several day a week but this is the first time I've knitted with it and I don' know what took me so long! I love this yarn and it is such a pleasant and Fast knit.. The blanket and pattern will be available in just a few days.