Monday, January 21, 2008

New project

A baby blanket for my friend's baby shower.

Yarn: Blue Sky Cotton
Color: 618 (light plum)
Needle: size 9
Pattern: my own



The rug from the last post has been finished. will post pics, hopefully.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

My yarn smells like dingleberries.

My lovely friend in New Mexico gifted me some weaving yarn for my birthday.
2 skeins from www.handweavers.com/

The colors of the yarn are great and are from natural dyes.

Skein 1: Dk Bacterial Indigo
Skein 2: 2BA Osage Orange over light bacterial Indigo

Love the colors, strongly dislike the dingleberry scent.

I've decided to knit a rug with the yarn. I will be using the "short-row pinwheel" pattern from Barbara Walker's "A Fourth Treasury of Knitting Patterns"