I'd like to personally thank the amazing weather in Austin, TX, for the speediness of the drying of my yarn babies. Here's how they look all skeined up:
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I have about 212 yards of the Pomegranate, and about 90 yards of the random colors yarn. I have no idea what I'm going to do with them yet. But I definitely want to knit them up into something.
I spent another five hours over at HCW spinning, and ended up with about 150 yards of worsted weight yarn. That stuff is outside drying out right now, so I'll take some pictures tomorrow.
At some point last week I decided that I'd crochet a basket for an Easter present. It's finally dry and photogenic, so check it out!
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The pattern is loosely based on Red's Goodie Basket from Uncommon Crochet. I didn't do as many straight rows, I used a thicker yarn and bigger hook, I didn't really follow the handle instructions very well, and I felted it. Basically I just used the pattern to figure out the best way to shape the basket. I'm pretty sure I could have gotten less stitch definition out of the felting, but our hot water heater in the house is not very reliable. About once a week one of us will get a hot shower, and then it'll be lukewarm the rest of the time. I might try felting it again if I can get the washing machine to give me hot water. But for now I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="Pomegranate"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="Colorful"]
[/caption]I have about 212 yards of the Pomegranate, and about 90 yards of the random colors yarn. I have no idea what I'm going to do with them yet. But I definitely want to knit them up into something.
I spent another five hours over at HCW spinning, and ended up with about 150 yards of worsted weight yarn. That stuff is outside drying out right now, so I'll take some pictures tomorrow.
At some point last week I decided that I'd crochet a basket for an Easter present. It's finally dry and photogenic, so check it out!
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="Felted Basket"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Felted Basket"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="Felted Basket"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Felted Basket"]
[/caption]The pattern is loosely based on Red's Goodie Basket from Uncommon Crochet. I didn't do as many straight rows, I used a thicker yarn and bigger hook, I didn't really follow the handle instructions very well, and I felted it. Basically I just used the pattern to figure out the best way to shape the basket. I'm pretty sure I could have gotten less stitch definition out of the felting, but our hot water heater in the house is not very reliable. About once a week one of us will get a hot shower, and then it'll be lukewarm the rest of the time. I might try felting it again if I can get the washing machine to give me hot water. But for now I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
I actually really like that little bit of stitch definition--I think it gives the fabric some of that texture that traditional felted projects tend to lack.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the colours you chose, too--aqua and lime is one of my fave combos at the moment.
I had those colors in my mind's eye before I even went to the LYS. I'm sooo happy they had them. :) I think the basket turned out quite well, and I doubt my 12 yo brother will complain. I'm sending him an Easter basket, and this is the basket!
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