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9.26.2006

Slippers!

Here are the first two pairs of slippers (Fibertrends felted clogs pattern) made from the cardigan yarn. The red ones are for my friend Lena: I felted them already. Today I took them in to where she works and gave them to her. They lost some dye in the washing machine but still look good and red.

The blue and red ones are for my Mum, and they are waiting to be felted. There will be enough yarn for a third pair for my friend Deb... I started them already! But maybe I'll give you all a rest from hearing about it for a while :-) Mary

SLS at 6:17 AM :: |

9.19.2006

First cotton bag


Here is the first cotton bag, made from the Magknits pattern Saturday Market Bag, by Jodie Danenberg. It is not much like hers! I used 8mms for the body which produced a really nice texture. But on the weekend I got a pair of 10 mms, which is what she recommends, and have cast on another which looks so different! My knitting group came over last night and one of them liked it so much I gave it to her.

I am in awe of people knitting jumpers/sweaters and such... I am still dedicated to socks and other small things :-) Hope the Hallowe'en projects are going well... Mary

SLS at 9:09 AM :: |

9.12.2006

Once was a cardigan!
















I decided to dye the wool from the cardigan using non toxic food dye (seems to be a bit like the Kool-Aid process, except I have never seen Kool-Aid for sale). So here are the three skeins each dyed a bit differently. I've never tried doing this before so couldn't resist experimenting! And here is one skein rolled into balls and ready to go... I am feeling more confident it will turn out well now I have seen the balls! Mary

SLS at 2:34 AM :: |

One cardigan


This cardigan came to me after a cleanout at a friend's. The knitting in it was lovely and it is made from handspun which is cream with small darker fibres in it. It just didn't work as a cardigan somehow... the shape was all wrong for the intended recipient and I got it when he decided to let it go.

I'm planning on making felted slippers from it using a Fibertrends pattern. I've made two pairs so far and requests have started coming in! Mary

SLS at 2:28 AM :: |

Cotton bag project continued...

Last night one of my friends helped me turn one of those skeins into a huge ball, so here is the bag on the needles. I didn't have the size needles the instructions called for, but decided to try it out anyways... Mary

SLS at 2:25 AM :: |

Cotton Bag project

Hi! I have been visiting this blog for months but only just got a camera! So here are some things I am working on, with hopes that I won't make too many new-camera-user mistakes...

I love the idea of the Halloween project... but I've never celebrated Halloween, it isn't such an event here, so these projects are not part of it.

This is some 100% cotton that used to be a HUGE jumper that was completely stretched out of shape. It came from an op shop near where I work in Adelaide, South Australia.

Here it is in giant skeins... Mary

SLS at 2:05 AM :: |

9.03.2006

FINALLY finished!!

I started this... a year ago? For my husband. Finished it just in time for his birthday yesterday!! Such a relief to have it off of my needles and I'm so pleased with how it turned out!



From recycled lambswool sweater in a lovely, almost tweedy green (he picked out the yarn from my sweaters-to-be-recycled stash.) I purchased the buttons (GASP!! In my defense, I didn't have anything in my stash that remotely matched in a way that wasn't girly.) I seamed it up with black embroidery floss because the yarn was weak (being plied but not twisted as is almost always the case with recycled yarn,) and I didn't want the seams to break.

Yay!! Now I don't have any more UFO guilt!

The slightly-amusing timeline from UFO to FO in 3 days can be found on my blog here

Margo (beanmama)

BeanMama at 9:07 PM :: |