Posted in Felted Knits, Lessons Learned!, On the Needles on July 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I was hoping to post a photo of a lovely finished tote bag and spent yesterday afternoon scrambling to finish. After I pulled my tote bag out of the wash I realized my mistake when the two different brands of yarn I used shrunk at different rates! I really wanted to make a tutorial for beginner [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on July 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been busy as a bee having a ball with this little project. Here you can see the first half of the bottom of the bag, knitted up with Noro Kureyon (No. 134). The top rim of the bag will be in the same along with the handles so all the trim matches. I was [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns, On the Needles on July 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve had this felted tote bag on my wish list for a few years now and finally decided it was time to give it a try when I saw this yarn. I am doing a test of sorts to see if this would be a great first time project for knitters knew to Fair Isle/Norwegian knitting, [...]
Posted in Baking on July 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Before I knew it this pie was ready for the oven and I didn’t even know he was watching and learning the last time we made this together! I’m still sort of giddy from the pleasure of eating warm blueberries with a slight tang of lemon. It is so relaxing and heavenly to be treated with such a wonderful [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on July 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I ran into the cutest pattern book today for home accessories by Rebecca, the pattern division for GGH yarns- sooooo cute!!!! I just couldn’t wait to share because these patterns are just so cute and adorable and are wonderful for using up left over yarn or for practicing a variety of knitting techniques on smaller projects. I [...]
Posted in Norwegian Patterns on July 16, 2007 | No Comments »
You know, I had never really thought about it before, but you could use any fair isle or norwegian knitting pattern and just start knitting a square of an indeterminant size without worrying so much about how big it will be precisely. When its finished you can simply sew it right sides together (reinforced with a second [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on July 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
While browsing around through the craft section of our local Kinokuniya bookstore I Came across a really rare find today while browsing through our local Kinokuniya bookstore after admiring so many amazing Japanese craft books in the blogosphere and stumbled across this spectacular boutis pattern book by Kumiko Nakayama-Geraerts. There are incredible patterns inside for [...]
Posted in Patchwork on July 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m calling this my ‘Crate N’ Barrel’ quilt because I had always wanted to make one like the kind you see in their stores - simple geometric shapes, and modern contemporary colors and prints with lots of white space in the background. The coral is a color I’ve loved for as long as I can remember [...]
Posted in Felted Knits on July 11, 2007 | No Comments »
After doing a little bit of digging around I found a few sources of supply for finishing a handmade felted purse:
http://www.bag-e-bottoms.com/ - This cute little online boutique sells acrylic inserts in all kinds of sizes that you can place on the bottom of your fabric or knitted purse to help keep the bottoms firm and flat. The [...]
Posted in Felted Knits, Lessons Learned! on July 7, 2007 | No Comments »
I never thought I would make one of these but now that I have, I’m sort of happy I gave it a try, although it wasn’t my original intention when I purchased the yarn that I used to make it. Its more of an experiment at this point but for a first try, I’m pretty [...]
