This Christmas I am planning on making ugly sweaters for my family.
This scrap yarn sweater is a knitted top down Regan pullover, for my niece. Its not that ugly. I’m pretty confident that it is not overly huge for her.
It was really fun to knit!
A martha stewart knit and weave loom kit. It was missing the crochet hook and yarn needles. But it’s not like I don’t have both running around the house.
I used the kit to make a simple loom to weave a trivet before running errands today.
Here it is finished.
Here is the helper he’s 8 weeks old and super cute. But always trying to be on my lap.
6 rows
Now I’m working on making large woven squares to sew into a blanket for my father. Using scrap yar it makes a great colorful square.
15 rows
About 1/3 done with the first square.
When i stopped working on the square last night.
The The finished square this this morning.
These are my successes of dyeing this lady month.
Mohair, wool, nylon blend. Left to right: Stormy skies, frosted berries, grips of rath, frosted meadow.
Cotton: wisteria
Wool: northern lights
Cotton:lily pad
Nylon mohair: Glacier
Wool: unnamed
Then I made my own cute tags.
These are really looking more professional then the basic white tags, I’d been purchasing.
Another cable item, head warmer, made with hand dyed yarn.
May your day be filled with color.
There are a few crochet cable items that I have been eyeing to make. But I am always afraid that the yarn I in vision making it in would be to soft or bright or just wrong. I have been playing with this Cable Hat Pattern. I am quite pleased with the results. I feel like I have been doing a color study for art class, with making 3 in different shades of blue.
In this photo it shows the first hat almost finished. It is made with a nylon acrylic blend that is extremely soft. It is dark horse yarns fantasy. In a olive green color. I do love this yarn. The cables are a little on the squishy side, but do not look bad. I really think this yarn would work to make a cabled sweater, vest, or jacket. It as I stated is very soft and would be fantastic to wear.
This hat is made from one of lions brands newer yarns Heartland in the Glacier Bay colorway. The cables do show better do to the heathered appearance of the yarn. It also is a little heavier of a yarn then the Dark Horse Fantasy. Once again a great yarn to work with.
This one really is fun. The cables are fantastic on this one. I did not choose the color on this one, my boyfriend did. This is Red Heart Super Saver in Macaw. Fantastic, but still something was missing in the cables.
This photo sucks but this is the hat, Vicki Howell sheepish yarn rocks. Flat out my favorite of these hats. Great to work with, soft, plush, great color, and great body. I’m keeping this one for me.
Good night and may your dreams be filled with color.
Wahoo, I just designed a new pattern I cannot get it tested til a later date. But it is a very fun and quick stash busting pattern. I may have to make several pairs of these up to have as on hand gifts this year. This pattern came about because I didn’t find a pattern for fingerless gloves I liked for Xmas presents. There are 2 people on my list getting these. They are just so great, fast and easy. I also think they’d look great in stripes!
I know it’s a horrible picture. But it’s going to have to suffice. I love this yarn. I don’t know what it is but I love it. May the colors always be bright, and have a good night.
These ones have an almost swirling effect of animal print and solid colors that are very appealing. You can also shop her jewelry at http://silverdivajewelry.mybigcommerce.com/. Below you can see a better effect of the scarves.
Thank you everyone, The colors are calling.
These were made to be used for brooches, Using self stripping Sock yarn, it makes the best flowers. These are really good, for putting on hats or hair pins as well I used the pattern here at cut out and keep, another great pattern with pictures. The colors are Calling me Again, until next time.
Black Pink And White Scarf!
This lovely scarf was made to be warn different ways and was my first project with a spool knitter I am very happy with the way it turned out. I did not however get pics of me using the spool loom. Although I found it quite simple and am really happy I purchased one. Handles for purses will be forever even. I purchased mine from Wallmart, for just under 6 dollars and with the patterns online for it the possibilities seem rather endless.
It can also be warn, as a necklace, a Scarf, a neck warmer, or a headband. This cute scarf is available here!
The colors are calling.
This lovely necklace is a great way to add plenty of color to any outfit, any time of year.
I love wearing these, my sister has some as well, we get more comments on these then if we are wearing new jewelry. These do not take a lot of yarn to make a simple one. The one pictured above was done as a prize for a friends raffle, and got rave reviews. It was made up of entirely specialty/novelty yarn. Which as we all know is not inexpensive, but even if you have just scrap lengths of complementary colors it makes a really cute fiber necklace.
The one pictured above is available here I do love wearing these as I have said. They also are simple to make, any crocheter or knitter can do it. All you need is a crochet needle, yarn of your choosing, and a yarn needle.
chain as many to meet your length requirement, I like mine long enough to loop around my neck once and still have some drape.
Join the first chain together with a slip stitch. tie off.
repeat with the next yarn until you have enough chains to make your necklace. I use from 4 to 20 depending on the bulk and color of my yarn.
With a yarn needle lace the chains together tie off. Weave in ends.
Now here is the fun part you can leave it like that or choose a yarn to wrap around or crochet around the laced together strand.
I know my explanation is quite plain, and extremely bland but my this pattern is very basic and easy so please feel free to use it and have fun if you find a way to make it better please let me know! And Once again the colors are calling.
Vintage yarn dish cloths, made with 100% cotton that was made in the usa. many colors.
So I spent the last few days working on this, starting with looting my yarn stash! Nothings better then digging threw your yarn and finding exactly what your looking for. In my case it was vintage cotton yarn to make wash/dish cloths with a pattern i found at cut out and keep, http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/dish-rags. I have been asked by several friends for wash cloths and decided to find a quick pattern, that could be easily customized with different trims. You will notice the brown with aquamarine, the green with yellow, the brown with cream, and the green with cream and purple. I love using several colors for washcloths so even bath time or doing dishes is fun! These make a great Christmas or everyday gifts. I fold them into thirds, then fold in half and tie with a cute little bow! This basket I might add was purchased for fifty cents at a local thrift store. The plain basket makes the colors pop even more. I will post even more about wash cloths as I go and review the many free patterns on the web. The pattern I have linked in this post is very simple and easy to follow. I did not find a problem with this pattern. Once again the colors are calling me!
Everyone knows I love color, and that colors call me. But These Scarves are great, They are sold by Silver Diva Jewelry you can find them on facebook, by typing Silver Diva Jewelry into the search bar. They have tons of fun colorful scarves my personal Favorite is the teal leopard print shown above. 
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