June 2005 Archives

New (small) yarn purchase here. Karabella zodiac for the One Skein wonder. This is already almost done- trying to get it finished to wear to a wedding this weekend. Then just some Caron simply soft in Papaya for Lelah to work on the plane. Also got some thicker cotton crochet thread to re-attempt the wedding garter. The other stuff I had was just too damn slippery!



Also purchased but not shown. 2 Skeins of Pakucho Organic Cotton in Vanilla. I really should've ordered more of this stuff. These 2 are intended for a hat I've designed, but I love their colors. Would really like some Avocado, have several ideas for it...

Here it is- my first finished garment! Made a few adjustments to the pattern do to the sizing issues with the Deco ribbon substitute. The plan I typed out below worked out, see previous post for the details. Basically decreased to 82 for the waist then back up to 90 for the xsmall size and followed the pattern from there. I also added an extra inch to the length.

Another FO.
Finished the Headline News- cabled Newsboy Cap a couple of weeks back, just getting the photo up. Overall I really like it. I used the Blue Sky Alpaca the pattern called for, love this color. I plan on making more but I would make the bottom ribbing tighter, probably go down another needle size. Think I'll add 1 more repeat of the pattern too, since the hat is a little shorter than I would ideally want.


and a rather blurry pic



Update on Ribbon X-back. After having to frog about 4 inches (pattern got off) I'm almost ready to start the straps. Ended up going down to 82 stitches on like 10 needles for waist shaping after CO was looking to be too large. I've tried it on after increasing back up to the 90 for the xsmall size and it looks like it should fit. woohoo.

Also just purchased Glampyre's new pattern One Skein Wonder. Excited to cast on for that, plan to wear it with my new dress for my rehearsal dinner for my wedding. :D