Posted by: startigerlily on: March 16, 2011
I fell in love with this yarn, Bernat Jr. Jacquard in Orange Juice, so I bought a skein to make the scarf pattern that came on the label. I was surprised and pleased by how even the yarn’s patterning turned out. The stitch is Shaker Rib, which is k1, k1b, p 1. I cannot tell you [...]
Posted by: startigerlily on: August 26, 2010
The scarf on the left is made with Hobby Lobby’s Yarn Bee Italia yarn in Tuscany. This yarn is soooooo soft. The scarf on the right is made with Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Cornmeal and Red Heart’s Tiki yarn in Leaf. The resulting colorway kind of reminds me of cabbage and noodles. lol [...]
Posted by: startigerlily on: August 11, 2010
I’ve gone fashion scarf crazy around here lately. Here are two I’ve made in the last couple of days. The green scarf is made with Dale of Norway’s Freestyle yarn in Herb and Red Heart’s Tiki yarn in Leaf with size 11 knitting needles. The plum colored scarf is made with Debbie Stoller’s Full o’ Sheep yarn [...]
Posted by: startigerlily on: July 26, 2010
Feeling the need to make more baby items, I knitted up this baby cardigan. It’s a free pattern from the Lion Brand yarn site. That name is Baby’s First Cardigan or something to that effect. It’s a fairly easy beginner’s pattern, which is good because my only knitting experience so far is some scarves and [...]
Posted by: startigerlily on: January 29, 2009
I haven’t been idle with my crafts. The last week or so I’ve been working on knitting this prayer shawl. I’ve even taken it to school to work on when I have unexpected free time. It doesn’t look like much right now, but just you wait. I don’t have a specific recipient in mind. I think I’ll [...]