Knitting Dragonflies

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 this cute cat

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 Brown

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