Why do I have to find something in the middle of the night that I have to make right then! I started this at about midnight last night and finished just shortly after 1am. I know that one of my "button" holes for the ribbon is a bit to high, but that is what you get at that time in the morning, but I am in love.
here are the photos!
Oh yes, just about forgot, here is my progress photo on my socks, a few more colors to go!!
Thanks to Debbie, a test knitter I am able to post up this new pattern for you!! I have had little time to knit my own dishcloths, busy with other things, I have published this on Ravelry, but here is a PDF of the pattern for all the non ravelry people...
Photo taken by Debbie
Download A Dish Monkey PDF Pattern
The Cairn Hat and matching gloves pattern in Whimsical Little Knits book my Ysolda Teague is awesome!! I love it so much that i have made it twice now!!
Here is my second one, this one is made to match my pink and grey jacket that i bought while i was in Regina with my friend Karen. This time i also modified the top of the hat so that it was just knit instead of knit one row then purl one row, i think i like it this way better.
Starting in January, and now it is complete, not to bad if i do say so myself.
here are the long awaited finished pictures!!
Enjoy! I know i sure did!
Slip Knit Inchy Scarf
Yarn: Misti Alpaca Hand Paint Suri & Silk
Needles: 5US/3.75mm
gauge: not really important, other then it is fairly skinny scarf measuring only 1" across
Cast on 10 sts
Row 1: sl 1 st as if to purl with yarn in front, (k1, p1) to last st, ktbl
Continue with row 1 till you have a length that you like.
66" is approximately what you need to wrap around neck once, and 84" is approx what you need to wrap around neck twice.
cut yarn and weave in ends
Download PDF Version of Slip_Knit_Inchy_Scarf to print on just one page!
More Friend Tips!! How exciting, one of my friends told me to use straw bits to mark my clapotis, I was going to use some pretty stitch markers that i made, but after them falling off and on to the floor about 10 times i resorted to the straw bits! and let me tell you, especially if you are traveling with knitting there is nothing worse then dropping a beautiful stitch marker on the floor and not being able to find it!!
so, take a straw and a pair of scissors and cut away!! you can make tons of them!! and the best parts of the straw stitch markers:
1. you can make them wide or skinny, your choice
2. if you travel with your knitting there is always a fast food restaurant around that you can run into and pick up a new straw if you run out and they are FREE!
3. if you drop it on the floor, just reach into your container and get another one, no guilt!
4, if someone else is in need of a temporary stitch marker, not that i wouldnt give away one of my hand made one, but it is a quick fix!
5. they come in all sorts of colors, yellow with red stripes, green, black, white, clear and the list goes on, so if you have a projects that you need a bunch of different ones for different reasons they have you covered!!
How could anyone (that knits or crochets of course...lol) pass up the chance to knit with friends. I love getting together with my knitting friends and chatting about anything and everything while we knit! Spending time with people that like to do the same things as you is very rewarding, and even though we all protest i am sure great for the stash enhancement and load of WIPS.
Case in point, today knitting with my friends one of them was making a Clapotis. Now, I have looked at it, and thought yeah maybe some day with the right yarn and alot of time...lol...i would do this, it doesnt look hard, its basically stockinette stitch and you drop some of the stitches on purpose. Ok, I can do that, I just dont think I have anything I would like to do that with, and then i would push it aside. I hadn't even added it to my Ravelry Queue.
Well getting back to today my friend was knitting one, but a modified version (skinnier version) in a very lovely Tape yarn called Bonsai by Berroco. oh it is soooooo lovely, she picked an awesome colorway too, nice colors. WELL, she let me and one of our other friends pull the dropped stitches, and from that moment on i knew i had to make one.
So on with my Clapotis, which by the way almost everyone has made at some point...lol with 
and rising it is a popular project.
Mine, will be made out of the tofu (4101) colorway from Berroco, it is a whitish color with bling, very nice, i figure i dont have anything made in white and i love the look of it in the skein.
I will also be making the mondified version, skinnier then the original, so that i could wear it as a decorative scarf.
Oh yes and also I worked on my Cairn Hat today, and after I got home and changed needles i finished it off so here it is!!
I am giving it to my friend Karen, she just loved it, and I will make a pink and grey one to match my new coat!!
I was also going through some of my containers tonight of yarn and remembered i have this cute project just about done so i will finish that off over the next week i think.
it is just about done, i think why didnt i finish it!!!
Oh yes and
Do you Twitter? I ask only because I just started, I was on Plurk, but found the Karma pressure too much for me! if you do twitter, look me up, I am using my WoW(World of Warcraft) Screen name on there, simply because I couldnt think of anything else...lol...
it is...
Don't ask me how I came up with that name in the first place, it just came to me, well sort of, I love Mork and Mindy, and when you join WoW you tend to use names that you think would go, well most people do, I have seen some weird nicknames on there that is for sure.
Anyways back to twitter, if you don't know what it is, well its kind of like the facebook status application just all by itself, people can respond to what you are doing, or what you are asking, and you can post photos with your tweets (i think that is what they are called...lol)
Ah well. I will knit and read twitter when i am bored, and perhaps post a photo or two, but definately not tonight!
I took a few days extra, busy with life, you know how it is, just trying to get things done!
I have opened my shop, while it is pretty bare bones at the moment, I will be adding new products soon, I have some new stitch markers in the works, some more cards, and other things as they come about.
I will have some time and hopefully some nice natural light over the next few days to shoot some of my new products and get them up for you.
If you look on the bar to your right, you will see an artfire mini shopping bar, click there to see what else I have or on the My ArtFire Store link at the top of the page.
Have a great day!
While I do like Etsy and how it is designed, Artfire is FREE for listing up to 10 things at a time, and since my store is really tiny, and will probably only list that amount at a time, I am switching over.
Watch for my new store in the next few days!
