This one has a few 'fancy stitches' thrown in, which I find really pretty!
Posted on 08/01/2021 8:39:20 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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I made a lot of clothes for our daughter from toddler to full grown, I had a lot of scraps, mostly cotton. Same thing -memories.
Too stinkin’ CUTE! :)
This one has a few 'fancy stitches' thrown in, which I find really pretty!
Diana: Just wanted to thank you for keeping this monthly thread going. I need to get back to my “real life”, which included plenty of sewing.
Most yo-yo quilts (actually coverlets) that I have seen used yo-yos that are around three inches across as a finished size, either laid in straight rows or alternatiing to fit together more closely:
But one that I saw was incredibly intricate, with finished yo-yos between the size of a fifty-cent piece and a quarter:
Lace Knit Project #1: I have finished knitting the Valley of Lilies blanket. It's done in Pound of Love, pastel green. I love this more than I thought I would and will definitely do the pattern again. The bind off gave me 'heartburn'. After you put in so much time, getting it off the needles is a big deal and not only that, I wanted both edges, initial & final, to be as close as possible in the way they looked. A regular bind off is distinctive, with a flat ridge of stitches. I got into the youtube videos & after watching several on the topic, decided to bind off “in pattern”. The pattern is seed stitch, but turned out to be easier than I thought and I am MORE than pleased with the result. If you hold the two edges together, they are not exact, but for anyone who doesn't do that kind of specific comparison, you would not see an obvious difference.
Here's what the bind off looks like & the overall pattern:
Lace Knit Project #2: This was the pattern I really wanted to do first, intending it to be a baptism blanket since I had yarn (Simply Soft) that was close in 'grist' (yards/oz) & the right color: white. I chose to do the other one first to iron out any knitting 'how to' issues & 'bugs' and I have added a tremendous amount of knitting knowledge from both projects to the bare basics of knitting that I already had (self taught - lots of things to correct like hand positions & still working on this). I am finding lace knitting to be extremely satisfying (if a bit time consuming LOL). As it turns out, it appears this blanket will just go in my “treasure trunk” of completed crochet/knitting projects until the right situation to make it a gift comes up. Shockingly, it looks like my knitting matches the pattern gauge, so the blanket should turn out to be 36” x 36”. One lace pattern is 20 rows – I have about a pattern & a half to go (30 rows) plus 8 rows of border (seed stitch again). Coming down the home stretch!!
My best friend and her sisters go NUTS every year, entering items in county fairs. They send her stuff to enter in her fair & she sends them stuff to put in theirs. Ribbons abound with that bunch.
Several years ago, I gave her a pocketbook I had crocheted as a gift. Unbeknownst to me, she entered it in her county fair - got a 2nd place which was a huge surprise & a happy one for me.
Well, just talked to her the other day - the fair is coming up & she wants to know what I'm entering. I have a hairpin lace scarf I never finished - really pretty pattern & colors. I told her that after I finish the baby blanket currently in progress, I'll finish the scarf for the fair. The biggest problem, it appears, will be finding the d@rn thing!! I've searched twice to no avail ... looks like an in-depth, getting into baskets/bags I was hoping to avoid, is going to be necessary. Still, I don't recall seeing many hairpin lace items at the State Fair, so at least I know I'll have something "different" to submit.
Here's what it looked like before I put it away i.e. the last time I saw it:
Color is called "Stained Glass", which seems appropriate.
I hope you have great good luck with your items and bring home the ribbon loot! :-)
I am late as ever, but what an awesome convergence 😂
You’re entirely welcome! It gets busier when most of us come in from our gardens in the Fall, LOL!
I am just settling down to work on my afghan some more this evening. :)
It’s pouring cats/dogs right now .... actually, heavy enough we have flash flood warnings. I wish it would slow down & soak in more.
That being said, we’ve had so few rain days that it was a good time to do a serious search for that half-finished hairpin lace scarf. It turns out that it was on top of one of my yarn baskets (I use laundry baskets for storage that I can get cheap at Goodwill) & I had just not recognized it previously.
Now that it’s found, I have to go back to the pattern instructions and figure out where I am and what to do! The edging stitch is rather complicated so it’s going to take a while to get back in the swing of things. I originally put it away because it was all over the dining room table & we had company coming - just never got back to it. I checked the date & I last worked on it in October of 2019.
That’s a ‘super special’ quilt.
Wow on the tablecloths made into dresses!
Very special quilt thanks for posting hope you make it through the storm last night.
I LOVE that! What a cool piece of art! :)
That’s amazing! What circle did you start with to get them to turn out that small—a drinking glass or a tin can? Your framing is a nice way to remember such a detailed piece of yoyo work. I have set aside a couple of crocheted Victorian collars from great-Grandma to be framed—someday! (sigh)
I used to watch Project Runway a lot. I remember some of the contestants using yoyos in their designs. One of them got scolded for it because she did it more than once, but one of her pieces I remember as very stunning. She used various sizes of black satin yoyos, grouped and fitted together as a shoulder decoration attached to a strapless eveningwear bodice. I liked it!
I just made a few smaller cardboard circles until I got one small enough that I could still manage. I’ll have to dig out a couple of pictures. I want to post tomorrow.
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