Saturday, January 31, 2009

quirky valentines



candy heart from the book Domniknitrix or download it as a PDF for 2 bucks from the dominknitrix herself
an even more live not live heart from Knit.1 magazine Winter 2006/2007





valentines freebies

Image of Amigurumi Love Birds
amigurumi birdies from lionbrand


handhearts

mochimochi hearts




baby freebie

Baby wearing a knitted cardigan

cute Debbie Bliss baby cardie from her Cashmerino 2 book, gratis Prima




Friday, January 30, 2009

Sunday, January 25, 2009

freebies!

from CRAFT mag
 

twinkle by chia wenlan


vickie howell

Sunday, January 18, 2009

freebie, freebie, who's got the freebie?

Lacy cropped knitted cardigan

Lacy Cropped Cardigan

it's a Rowan pattern


handmaiden bias shawl by you.
I finished a Bias wrap in handmaiden Silk Rumple for my mom/store sample. it was a very fast & satisfying knit!

i suggest using addi turbo lace needles
 (or any pointy needles)


rainbow sock by you.
these are my noro silk garden socks. should
have cast on with smaller needles, but otherwise
 also a very satisfying knit!


Saturday, January 17, 2009

my mom's hat

Caveat: all links go to Ravelry. If you don't have an account it's time to get one! It's free, what are you waiting for, your mom to do it for you? While you are waiting to get your invite you can use the store account:
login: knitomatic2, password: knitomatic

rainbow hat by you.

mom asked me to make her a hat & neckwarmer set and gave me a few skeins of Noro Iro shade 18 to do it (procured a few years ago from me). the think is, the colour is obnoxious and it was hard to come up with a style that wouldn't be completely trumped by the colours. i wen't with a twinkle stlye Aspen button/flap hat (which was knocked off by Banana Republic and then subesequently deconstructed by several knitters, like the Robin's Egg Blue Hat, the Republic Hat and the Banana Republic Hat Knockoff.

I'll publish the pattern when I get a little time. I bought a little notebook computer (just a wee 8.9" thingy) for home and about town and i'm hoping that i'll be able to get more of this stuff done on my days off, because it just doesn't get done while i'm at work.

Anyway, one caveat, what you are looking at is a bit of a construct. I started the hat off with the colour that would look best on my mom (she's an autumn and red is best for her), but that was not the colour that was at the start of the skein. Also, as the hat got smaller i cut the colourways shorter to keep the height of the  colour bands relatively consistent.

rainbow hat 2 by you.


Friday, January 16, 2009

really nice things

really nice things forthcoming from Berroco Spring 2009

http://www.berroco.com/images/282.286/282/282_ankara_lg.jpg
Ankara from Latitude Booklet 282, Spring 2009
this is the one for me!

http://www.berroco.com/images/ng4/ng4_tuck_lg.jpg
Tuck from Norah Gaughan vol. 4


http://www.berroco.com/images/282.286/283/283_sheelagh_lg.jpg
Sheelagh from Book 283, Spring 2009
i'm not really a vest person, but black is beautiful!


http://www.berroco.com/images/282.286/286/286_barnard_lg.jpg
Barnard from Booklet 286 Mica
looks like a yarn that will knit up pretty! not for the large of breast, but an excellent use of ribbing at the waist!


http://www.berroco.com/images/282.286/286/286_cover_lg.jpg
Courant from Booklet 286 Mica


http://www.berroco.com/images/ng4/ng4_peace_lg.jpg
Peace from Norah Gaughan vol. 4





Wednesday, January 07, 2009

DIY Needles

Well, I'm paying bills today and may not get the chance to show you my latest & greatest, but Craft mag via my google reader sent me something cool this morning!

resinneedles1.jpg


DIY resin knitting needles.
i don't really think this is a great winter project, as resin tends to be noxious smelling. but still very cool.



Saturday, January 03, 2009

I Can Finish Things!

Caveat: all links go to Ravelry. If you don't have an account it's time to get one! It's free, what are you waiting for, your mom to do it for you? While you are waiting to get your invite you can use the store account: login: knitomatic2, password: knitomatic

rainbow socks by you.
I finished my noro kureyon sock socks !

hottie by you.
I finished John's hot water bottle cover! mmmmm, snuggly ....



manspun hat by you.
And here is a picture of the Hat knit in Manspun.