While I was at Knitwitts picking up the 2nd ball of yarn for the Pasa Doble shawl I checked out the 40% off wall and after much drooling I bought 4 balls of yarn for projects I had been thinking about for awhile. (And apparently doing projects in 2’s is becoming a trend). Both patterns come from the book ‘The Pattern Companion Knitting’ that I got from Kroger last year for a buck or two. Pretty good selection of patterns overall.
The Pattern Companion Knitting Book
This lovely ball of yarn is called Etoile from Cascade Yarns in color # 21 and it is going to become a Lacy Scarf. The yarn is 70% Kid Mohair and 30 % Acrylic.
Etoile Yarn From Cascade #21
Lacy Scarf
Aspen Yarn #662 from Feza
Sparkling Mohair Shell
Sorry no update on Friday the 12th – I ran out of yarn for the shawl and hadn’t worked on it this past week at all. So Saturday we took a trip to E’ville to Knitwitts and I bought more yarn than I went to get (of course)!
I’m up to 24″ on the shawl now – only a foot left to go… and wow it dosen’t seem like it went by that fast! That jump from 18″ to 24″ was super quick.
Pasa Doble 24"
Vest Kimono Sides 8"
I broke up the individual characters from the Mario Brothers cross stitch sampler so they could be stitched separately if you want to – or copy and paste them into your own configuration. I also went through and doubled the size on them – so there’s 1 sheet where they characters are roughly 1″ square and another where they are 2″ square. Email me for the pattern – it’s an Excel sheet. Hopefully I can figure out how to post a downloadable file here soon.
Mario Brothers 1" Square
Mario 2" square #1
Mario 2" square #2
Mario 2" square #3
Yay! My seeds came in from Richters! I saved $25 by not ordering the Blood Root or the Goldenseal (can you believe that? $15 for a pack of seeds? Bit rich for my blood, at least this year). But I still got the Agrimony, Yellow Bedstraw, Coreopsis, Elecampane, Dyer’s Broom, Scotch Broom, Coltsfoot, Curled Dock, Garden Sorrel, Golden Margurite, and Tansy. They didn’t sell the Gypsywort anymore, dang it – though it was one of the pricy one’s so I probably wouldn’t have gotten it anyway. All except the Coreopsis are supposed to be perennial (but it should reseed I would think); I am concerned about the Scotch Broom – Cindy M had one and it didn’t come back after the winter. We’ll see! Can’t wait to sprout these bad boys.
Dyer's Garden Seeds
Finished the back of the Vest Kimono – 24″ – Yay! And halfway through the shawl – 17.5″! ‘Course there would have been more progress on the shaw but I spent half the week screwing up one pass, then I ignored for 2 days while I debated throwing a crying tantrum in the floor… and then I fixed it. So kudos for me for not throwing in the towel… or the tantrum
- Pasa Doble 17.5″
Vest Kimono 24"