streetknit

streetknit mary's hats, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.

mary makes hats! www.streetknit.ca

streetknit

streetknit liane's mitts, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.

liane makes mitts!

Rozaneh Vintage Sale

Rozaneh Vintage Clothes: A PRE FALL SALE -JACKETS, COATS, SWEATERS AND DRESSES, AND GENERAL FALL GEAR -COCKTAIL DRESSES, EVENING WEAR AND 1900s-1930s EXOTICA -TEXTILES, YARDAGE, JEWELRY ETC. PLUS CLEARANCE OF SUMMER STOCK WHEN: Sunday Aug 13 11-6pm WHERE: 183 Bathurst Street (just north of Queen, on the East side) Downstairs. Call 416.703.6818 with inquires. See you Sunday August 13 -- please forward this email to anyone who would be interested!

UPDATE

celebrity lookalike shawl diakeito, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.

i'm sorry it took so long to update the blog. I replaced my desk chair with a pilates ball to help my posture (i got the idea on the news last winter. at a grade school in Alberta they replaced kids chairs with balls to keep them in line on really cold days when they couldn't go out and play). unfortunately, it kept me away from my desk. a new, not so comfy but more useful chair has replaced mr. bouncy-bouncy.

a gift for a friend, Stitch Diva Celebrity Look-alike Shawl in Diakeito Dia-Something. The photo doesn't do it justice. i've decided to rip the Diva hobo purse. I was only pursuing it for meaghan and because i'd opened the balls. I'll make some moccasin slippers a-la Berroco Sacha with the yarn (Needful Aton) and be done with it.

check out this new Diva pattern for Clogs and this sweater!

and a new magazine came in the mail from Soho Publishing today. ADORN is the new craft zine from the creative peeps at vogue knitting. they are so smart, they have freebies! oh, and i found this in a Diva newsletter: make underpants from your cool t-shits!

celebrity lookalike shawl cottton stria

celebrity lookalike shawl cottton stria, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.

Finito! stitch diva shawl in Manos Cotton Stria (it took 3.5 skeins).

FREE: Crochet Grocery Bag Pattern

For Full Pattern Click on this Link:
http://www.knitomatic.com

Crochet Grocery Bag Pattern By Haley Waxberg

I designed this bag for utilitarian purposes with myself, my friends & family in mind. It is a sturdy, medium sized mesh bag that will be large enough to replace a regular size plastic bag from the grocery store. It comes out looking small but it holds a mighty load. It is designed to be just the right size to hold heavy groceries (like 4 heavy cans) without hitting the ground or falling out. They are also just the right size to avoid overloading and making the bag uncomfortably heavy. This is NOT a large shoulder bag sized tote. If you want it to be bigger for an all day shop or to hold really big leafy plants see the pattern suggestions for modifications. If you have any questions or suggestions please leave me me a note, I love feedback! :-)

Suggestions

• This is NOT a large shoulder bag sized tote. If you want it to be bigger for an all day shop or to hold really big leafy plants i suggest you make the following modifications: add an extra increase round, add rows in the middle, leave out a decrease round (especially for leafy applications), work 2 or 3 more rounds of sc around the mouth of the bag, add 2 more rows on sc on each handle.

• If you are a very tight crocheter it's a good idea to add a few rows in the middle.

• If you are a loose crocheter go down a hook size.

• The last stitch of the round is worked into the space which the marker is on.

• Count the number of stitches after each increase round and make sure you don’t have extra.

• When cutting or joining yarn leave 4 or 5 inches of yarn to weave in.

• "DK" weight yarn refers to "Double Knitting" weight yarn. You can find out the yarn weight by looking at a yarn's ball-band: 4mm needles will be recommended and and the stitch gauge will be between 20 and 22 sts = 4". For more information refer to yarnstandards.com • When you have finished throw 3 or 4 big cans of food in the bag to stretch it out to it's regular size.

Skill Level Easy

Size Medium, approximately 51cm/20” long by 28cm/11” wide

Materials • 4mm/F crochet hook • 1 skein Super 10 cotton: 3402 nectarine, 3724 lime and 3062 azure. Or 160m machine washable, mercerized & gased DK weight (calls for a 4mm needles) cotton. • darning needle • 1 split ring or locking ring stitch marker to mark rounds • scrap yarn in contrasting colour for markers

Gauge Not critical

Abbreviations Ch Chain Sc Single Crochet Sl St Slip Stitch St Stitch

Crochet Grocery Bag by Haley Waxberg is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.knitomatic.com.

golf club covers

golf club 2, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.

1 down, 4 to go. it kinda looks like a tube sock. it kinda feels like one too!

golf clubs

golf clubs, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.

i've been making golf club covers for my dad's birthday