More Bookmark Pictures!

Here are the rest of the bookmark pictures.  I made a total of 14, one which seemed too thick, so I kept it for myself.  It was made with Red Heart Luster Sheen, not even sure if they make this anymore, mine is about 20 years old!  I tried to press it out to open the pattern a bit, but that didn't work too well, so...learn by trial & error!

Doing the bookmarks & having so much fun with the faggotting lace stitch gave me an idea for my daughter's scarf project.  Since I was having so much trouble finding a stitch that didn't use too much yarn for it, the faggotting stitch seemed ideal.  It really doesn't use much yarn at all, & it still has enough body to give some firmness to the scarf.  I knit up a sample & my daughter loved it!

Needless to say, the scarf was whipped out in just a few days.  She really liked it, & snapped it up immediately to wear.  I wanted to do something a bit fancy with the ends, but she wanted it plain, no fringe or edgings.  I was pretty proud of myself for coming up with what I thought was a unique scarf idea.  Then, the next day, the Knit Picks catalog shows up in my mailbox.  Guess what type of stitch pattern they show for a scarf????  Well, their's has fringe.   

Now if only I can get it away from her for a little while so I can get some pictures to show the cyberworld!  I hope to have some in a few days!  But in the meantime, enjoy the remaining bookmark photos!

Bookmark Fun!

Here are more pics of the bookmarks.  These were really so much fun & so quick & easy to make.  The really lacy ones were made in just a few hours knitting.  Not too bad, plus they just look so pretty.  Here is another pattern, too! 

Bookmark Patterns

 

Bookmarks The Spot!

The secret is out of the bag, or wrapping paper in this case!  I made some bookmarks for the ladies at work.  These were very fun, & I used a lot of pretty lacy stitch patterns that I just loved.  I had some fine white baby cotton left over, perfect for bookmarkers.  I also used some multi colored sock cotton, but I didn't have a lot of it, plus it is a bit...wild!  Since they had few stitches they worked up very quickly & I was able to have them completed in a week.  Many thanks go to my sweet husband for making up little envelopes for them, since I was still knitting them late Tuesday evening! 

Many of these feature the lacy faggotting stitch that I fell in love with during my stitch pattern search.  All have relatively the same stitch count, but the sizes vary due to lateral spread of the lacy stitches.  I tried some different finishes also, some have tassels, others have beads, some have twisted cord, some have I cord.  Some patterns will follow!  Hope you all like these as much as I did!  Merry Christmas to all! 

Lace Bookmark Pattern

Newsflash!

All scarf knitting has been put on temporary hold.  I'm currently in the process of knitting some last minute gift ideas, but I don't want to spill the details here.  There might be prying eyes! 

I need to make 13 small objects, & I have 7 completed so far.  I started this past Wednesday evening, so I'm doing pretty well considering.  I trying to have them completed by this coming Wednesday.  I have to block the objects, so I need to be sure to have time for that as well.  I'm very excited by this project, so I'm motivated to complete them.  Of course, I will take pictures of the items & post them here after the recipients have them. 

Cross your fingers for me & say a little prayer to the Knitting Goddess above to grant me speed!

Offline to knit away!  Be back soon!

How Many More Times?

Well, maybe one more.  Again, I've started, gotten a good way in & realized I still won't have enough yarn to finish.  My daughter doesn't want a really lacy pattern, otherwise that would probably work.  So we settled on making it much narrower that originally planned.  

My discouragement with this project is reflecting in the fact that I just haven't knitted much on it.  I finally snapped pics of what I had, then...sigh.  I frogged it & started over.  I'm using the same stitch pattern shown here, just using only 2 repeats.  I'm a good few inches into it so far, but I'm not sure this pattern will work on such a narrow scale.  So that means more swatching.  Sigh. 

I'm sure we are all alike in that we want it to work the first time.  I was just going to settle for making a hat from this yarn, but I'll give it one more chance.  If it doesn't work this time...its hat city!

On The Lily Pad...

On my scarfing adventures, its been a challenging time.  First was massive swatching to figure out what pattern I wanted to use.  I want to use something rather lacy because I only have two balls of the yarn.  I also want something that will be nice looking on the reverse side.  So I finally figured out the stitch pattern & received Daughter approval, although she said it was a little boring on the back side.  So I threw in a small 2 stitch twist on the back side.  Looks nice & easy to do.  I figure out my calculations, putting a seed stitch border on the bottom & the sides.  And we begin...

But, I got caught in one of the oldest problems in the history of knitting.  My seed stitch border spread out more than my main stitch pattern.  This resulted in the border making a nice little "wave".  Ugh...I know better!  So I frogged.  I re-evaluated my number of cast on stitches, starting with less at the beginning & increasing right before starting the main pattern.  Yahoo!  It worked great, looks good & things are moving right along.  Until...

I get almost to the end of the first ball of yarn.  I am NOT going to have enough to make a nice long scarf like my daughter wants.  ARGH!  It is coming out just lovely, she really likes it, I have fun doing it, even both sides, but it won't work.  So now, off to the Lily Pad for a little more frogging.  I took some pictures to preserve my work for all eternity...before I rip it!

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving! 

Scarfing It

My teenaged daughter doesn't ask me to knit much for her.  Last week, she came home wearing her friend's scarf.  It was a simple cable scarf, store bought, done in a very soft but inexpensive yarn.  Therefore, it was pilled beyond repair.  But she really liked it.  I was checking it out myself & of course, I said I could make that.  She then asked me to make her a scarf!  Yahoo! 

So off to the yarn stash to see what we've got.  I found a lovely cream wool leftover from a previous project.  I just loved the yarn (still do!) because it is so soft & creamy.  It makes my hands softer as I work with it too!  Then to the stitch library for a nice reversible pattern.  I'm a bit afraid I may not have enough (only 2 balls), so I think a lacy pattern will be best, since it won't use as much.  A-swatching we will go!

After much searching, swatching & deliberation, we settled on a very simple yarn-over rib-type stitch pattern.  The back is rather plain, so I may try to experiment with it to see if I can add some interest without altering the effect on the front side.  Of course, I will post my trials & tribulations here.  I haven't started it yet because I was working out the details of the scarf, but I hope to start it today.  I'm really looking forward to it, but I hope I don't become too bored with 5 feet or so of the same thing back & forth!  Hopefully it will go quickly!