LINK TO THE TEXILE ARTS RESOURCE AREA LOCATED BEGINNING AT POST 100 IN THE NOVEMBER TEXTILE ARTS THREAD!
There’s an ear worm that won’t go gently into that good night.
One of my nieces sent me some hand knitting machines this last week, in three different sizes. Since I’m still unpacking, I’m not sure when I’ll get around to trying them out.
She buys “broken” ones, greases them and sells them. She offered to send them, I offered to buy them, but we settled on shipping costs.
A new hobby! It’s a good thing there are knitting machine groups on Facebook, or I’d be lost!
Temperature blankets – saw this post for those who are wanting to make one. The start of the year in our area is “interesting” ..... high of 72 yesterday, snowing to beat the band this morning!
I’ve been mostly doing knitted and/or crocheted tree ornaments. Most of them are lace, but I did a knitted death star for my sons in law and beaded hedgehogs for my daughters.
Now I’m addicted and can’t stop. Currently I’m making crochet Octopi ornaments. Pretty sure I am going to have to sign up to do a craft fair or two next year.
My latest project has been a pair of arm warmers for my friend whose 86th birthday is the 15th. She's a "walker", which is how she stays healthy & strong. I planned on taking a very plain pattern & adding a cable to it from another pattern.
What attracted me to the particular cable I chose was the way the cable flows out of & back into the 2 x 2 ribbing on the cuff - I love that detail!
Here's a pic of the result .... I like the way it turned out. The arm warmers are straight off the needles, so once washed/blocked, the stitches will smooth out a good bit. I have them with hand/arm ends side by side. The arm end is a little bigger & slightly ruffled since I used a slightly stretch bind-off.
Links to the 2 "Handy Little Me" patterns used:
Je Suis Prest Arm Warmers Knitting Pattern
Lallybroch Fingerless Mittens Knitting Pattern
I think I'm going to make a Hobby Lobby 'run' this afternoon for more yarn. The Vanna's Choice Dusty Rose yarn used for the arm warmers was frogged from a project I was never going to finish. I'm not liking the feel of the yarn so much. My friend's favorite color is purple - I have the time to make another pair in purple & in a softer yarn like "I Love This Yarn". This pattern lends itself well to knitting 2-at-a-time so that's how I would do it. With more "weather" (3" is current forecast for more snow) on the way, this will be conducive to staying inside & knitting another pair. :-)