Showing posts with label yarns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yarns. Show all posts

Thursday, February 7, 2013

The Big Brown Delivery Truck

After ten days of anticipation the UPS truck finally arrived with my box of yarn from Lion Brand Yarn



I have a custom order for my Knits By Weelambie  

 
and that Poodle Pink yarn is greatly needed along with Duckie and Sweet Pea.
I would like a job dreaming up color names. 

This yummy green is called Seagrass and there is a little baby arriving in April that will snuggle up in it.


That buttery yellow is called Honey Bee it is so soft and chunky.  I don't know what it is going to become yet, but I can't wait to finish all the pink up and get on to the yellows and greens.
I see spring in a box!
Anne

Sunday, January 27, 2013

A Knitting Kind of Night

I love shopping on line for yarns. Look at these beautiful colors
available from Lion Brand here: link

Pink Poodle

Duckie

Sweet Pea
I love them.  I think Lion Brand makes a great product.  Perfect for baby projects.  Soft and washable. Pretty much non destructible.  That is what you want for busy moms on the go.
I will be making a custom order for my Cocoon and Cloche Hat with Flowers .
This will be for my Etsy shop here:  Knits by Weelambie  

There are wonderful yarns available on Etsy.  Special Yarns! The kind of yarns you want to roll around in and drink in. 
Like this one available at Wandering Cat Yarns
Rainbow Brite Alley Cat

Seriously I could eat it with a spoon!

My middle son and his wife are having baby number two in April.  We won't know if this baby is a boy or a girl until the moment it is born, but really isn't this an April kind of a color?
Iced Violets Twinkle Cat
Iced Violets is also available here: link @ Wandering Cat Yarns.  
When I know what this baby is I will be getting some Wandering Cats for sure.
Lambie

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Infinity Scarf Etsy Trends

Etsy is always ahead of me or so it seems.  This am they sent an email with current Etsy Trends and what is "Hot this Season".  One of which is the popular Infinity Scarf or Moebius.  Of course their link directs you immediately  to hundreds of scarfs. link  Mine is not there as it is still on the needles, but I had the right idea to make one.
Amazing!
I am making mine out of Lion Brand's Amazing in wildflowers.   When I was up in Boston I spent some restful moments shopping on line and found Amazing on sale.  I went a little wild.  I love the color ways.  I bought lots of them and wish I had bought more.  I love this one it is called Mesa.

 
I have knit a cowl out of it.  It is so pretty and has some gold glass beads knit into it.  I need to buy more satin ribbon to weave into the eyelet on the top and bottom.  My pattern for this is here. link  I really need to update the pattern. I have learned how to knit the beads in by watching a video on Youtube. link  it is so easy to do and using the wire from the twist tie is great as the narrowness of it fits almost any beads.
 
Here is my Wildflower infinity scarf in progress.
 
 
 
I do not know how to die yarn or make colorways.  It is an endless mystery to me.  One that likely I will not venture to solve.  I know knitters who do this, from yarn they have washed, carded and spun.  Their kitchen sinks full of dazzling glass jars of color as they experiment with their colorfilled dreams. When their colors are set they start spinning these amazing fibers pulling spinning mixing color with color.  Just this skein of Amazing by Lion Brand has me in awe.  I have knit a good five inches of this scarf and have still not come up with a repeat of color.  It started with dusky, dusty browns, shadowy colors and has moved into soft greens and hints of rust.  Look at the inside of that skein up there.  I cannot wait to get to that rich ripe plumb color and that deep rich purple.  It is brilliant.  Appropriate to be making an infinity scarf out of these endless streams of color. 
 
Here are some more beautiful Infinity designs on Etsy.
Eva Miller made this lovely bracelet in her shop KapKa Design. You can find it here.  link
 
And here is a crochet infinity scarf in pumpkin chunky yarn
 
Mandy handcrafted this and you can find it in her shop here.  link
 
 
Infinity
 
My tattoo is healing and getting smooth and soft.  I love it.  So I say to Etsy, "Yes I get it. What is Hot Right Now is Infinity"
 
To infinity and beyond!!
Lambie/Anne