Knitting Dragonflies

Is Lazy T Crochet , I’m primarily a knitter, but am attracted to her crochet designs. And she has great prices also. Good for some handcrafted gifts. Cute Beret for $20.00 I like this Cool Blue wrap, great for summer and those icy restaurants or theatres great price of $28.00 You know I’m a bag girl, this one would be great to hold my knitting mags and go get coffee. And it is on sale at $16.00 She also has some patterns and a selection of other interesting items. She blogs here …http://lazytcrochet.blogspot.com And has a destash etsy shop here: Lazy Stuff Have fun shopping!! Technorati Tags: Lazy T Crochet , Lazy Stuff , Etsy Bloggers , Lazytcrochet.blog

I usually carry my knitting in plastic bags, free totes, my purse and zip lock bags. I decided that I am buying a real knitting bag (ta da! bugle sounds here). Is there anyone out there that has found a great knitting bag? If so please share. I suspect this is like finding the perfect purse, a quest for the holy grail. So I will put my armor on and jump on my faithful steed and start. Here are my contenders: Deb Donnelly Designs on Etsy, these have dividers, pockets (inside and out) different prints, and look well designed, concerned they might not be able to stand alone, (i dislike a bag that falls over), handmade and one-of-a-kind, loaded with pockets for needles, scissors, patterns, center divider for separating yarns (on large bag only), feeding hole keeps yarn in place, easy-clean vinyl interior, over the should straps and come in different sizes, also good price range 35-90$ US. I’m: Seriously considering . Colorsong Knitting Bags I found these on Knitter’s Review fo...

I have been knitting, frogging, knitting, and frogging. Now I’m knitting again. Syd agrees, “not quite right?”. I saw the “Knotted up” Bag from Bags that Rock Book (this is a felted bag pattern) and picked out some lovely yarn. It is Araucania Nature Wool Solids   from manufacturer “this 100% pure wool is carefully kettle dyed with the subtle variations in colors only hand dyed yarns have it's individual beauty emerges as the artisan carefully blends the colors in a kettle to create it's several unique shades.” Yes it sounds lovely.   Perfect for the bag I had in mind. You know the feeling, yarn + pattern = greatness. Ha. I started knitting the first time on the bag, which is knitted in 5 sections, front and back, bottom, and sides/straps. After knitting the front, I looked at the amount of yarn left……I had only used a tiny amount. I had cast on with one strand, many felted purses use two strands of yarn held together. This pattern didn’t “say” use two strands. ...

Here are some cool things I have found while bopping around the web lately -This is a cool idea to recycle those 2 liter bottles into a self watering pot for your plants Self watering recycled plant pot for growing herbs and flowers - More DIY How To Projects -Want to knit pretty jewelry from wire? This book Elements Of Style: Creating Jewelry with Wire, Fiber, Felt, and Beads by Rosemary Hill, looks like it can get you going. Price $22.95 -If you would rather felt some jewelry, check this book out, Hand Felted Jewelry and Beads: 25 Artful Designs by Carol Huber Cypher , Price $21.95 -Felted Flip Flops by Kelly Jensen sold on Etsy   $6.00 or on her website -This Knit kit is something I have never seen. The Knit Kit is a great new product designed to keep all of your knitting accessories in one convenient little kit.  Includes:  tape measure, crochet needle, scissors, stitch markers, point protectors, stitch counter and thread cutter. $19.95 -I like ...

While on Plurk I saw that Yarn Piggy from flyingpigknits   knitted a cute tea pot cosy . The Mistake Rib Teapot cosy by Frankie Brown. It’s a free download and an easy fun knit. Frankie is a great knitting designer and has many free patterns on Ravelry she just requests that you consider giving to Children’s Liver Disease Foundation www.justgiving.com/frankiesknittedstuff . Check her out. I had happened to buy a new teapot one day, while shopping around. A cup of tea is great to accompany your knitting. Here I am working on my grey lace shawl. So I thought, yes my teapot is dying for a cozy. I found some unknown yarn in my stash, a turquoise, (I think it is Manos ?) in a pretty turquoise. I love blue. Yes that looks nice. Quick to start and knit along with a good podcast. At home on my shelf. The pattern allows you to knit the tea cosy up to the lid or just to it. Now I need more tea!! May your needles fly as fast as Dragonflies. Technorati Tags: Frankie B...

I won some nice wool yarn from Where Is She Now? All of the way from India Some beige and grey yarn. While this yarn is lovely, it didn’t know what was in store for it. In the meantime, I ventured into Kool Aid dyeing. After my first attempt, I decided I could take the beige and make it purple. But…..I would sprinkle the Kool Aid on it. Sooooo….. I soaked the yarn, and then put it in a plastic container and put it in the microwave for 2 min. Then……..I opened up my grape Kool Aid (well generic kool aid) Then I sprinkled and heated and then tossed and repeated until I was happy…. Sprinkle, sprinkle…..and heat toss and sprinkle and heat… And pretty soon it looked all different hues of purple and blue. So then I let it cool, rinsed and washed it, then hung it out to dry. Pretty, and the yarn told me it wanted to be socks. But I didn’t have enough, so I went back and looked and the grey ball….I had some left over Kool Aid, so I over dyed it in the microwave . Well a tes...

This is for all of my Hawaii knitter's who are always knitting in paradise. We all envy you!! Knit and enjoy. The island of Moloka. Sunset

I have a new wheel, a Lendrum folding wheel from Paradise Fibers, I love it, of course it’s the only wheel I know or how really used so I’m biased. I started with roving to play with, then I had purchased about 12 or so oz of white merino at a fiber fair. I decided I would spin all of this and ply it. My logic was after that I would have a good idea of what I was doing. Which I think worked fairly well. Some snaggles at first. My first three skein of plied handspun. Woot…. Well I’m not sure what I had planned for this, but I just fondled them for a while, they were so soft and squishy, and made me smile. Some where along the line I decided they needed color. (I know some of these photos I have blogged before but I am so enamored by Kool Aid dyeing that they are having a encore presentation) Numerous online bloggers recommended Kool Aid for my first foray into dyeing. Even so, I was a bit uncertain as I started, after all this was my first, plyed handspun yarn. Off ...

The lace weight yarn goes to…… Marie from Knitted Gems , Syd is pleased Send me your addy and I’ll post it off to you! Congratulations! I’m digging in my stash for the June give away, I’ll let you know shortly. May your needles fly as fast as Dragonflies. Technorati Tags: Knitted gems , May give away winner Knitting