Children's coat

Love knitting sent an e-mail this morning that features a darling coat for children in sizes 2-12.  

The project calls for 3-4 balls of main color and 1 ball of contrasting color of yarn meant to be knitted on size 8 needles.  It is shown in Berroco Remix which is a recycled yarn made in France that has Nylon, Cotton, Silk, Linen and has a tweed look.  It is very pretty.  There are 216 yards in a ball and it runs about $11 on both Webbs and Love Knitting.

Too tempting!

My arm being wrapped makes me do too much piddling.....no ambition....

Looking at Noro Shiraito Yarn on Craftsy....I bought several patterns that are a possibility for this yarn.  One is a book of ponchos (PonchiniVol1EBook) that I filed on Drop box in the Poncho file.  The specific poncho that I liked is Ponchini Grande.  Gingersnap on Ravelry says she used two skeins of Noro Shiraito to make this poncho



The other is Boneyard Shawl that I filed in dropbox in Shawls.  The below photo is a version  knit by knitwit3 in Noro Shiraito Yarn that I found on Ravelry.  She used three skeins.



I bought a total of 5 skeins in two colors to make both projects.

The other very nice yarn on sale is Rowan Fine Art Aran.  It turns out that I have already saved the perfect pattern for this yarn.  It is in Dropbox in shawls/cowls and is called Rowan Fine Art Cowl.  The pattern calls for one hank in color Bachata and size 7 needles.





The Paisley Lace Shawl which is shown in Grey in the book:



I could not find this pattern in the book, but it is available on Ravelry by typing in Paisley Shawl.  It is by Ann Modesitt.  I ended up buying an e-book of 27 of the patterns that I have filed on dropbox in Knitting books.

Sally's Gorgeous Yarn

I am not able to knit this week because of my lymphedema treatment.  However, I just can not stay away from the Wild Ramp Knitting Group and the Temptations of the yarn!

Today's Temptations were Sally's Beautiful Yarn and Mary Ellen's gorgeous Jane Austin Book and the wonderful color changing yarn that Linda brought.

First are Sally's Yarn:








The Below says 60% Cotton and 40% linen









Next is Linda's Color changing yarn:

browsing Knit Picks

I love the Luminance Lace Yarn on the site.  It is not on sale.  It is $10.99 for a 439 yards hank.  It is lace weight.  It is 100% silk.  I liked the Zen, Strength, Indulgence, Balance and Benevolence,

I love the Stroll Tonal Sock Yarn.  It is $10.99 for a hank that has 462 yards.  It is fingering weight and suggested for 1-3 needles.  My favorites are Deep Waters, Blue Violet, Wine Tasting,  Pansy, Malbec.

There is a very pretty Fingering Yarn Called Diadem Solid Fingering Yarn.  It is 50% Baby Alpaca and 50%Mulberry Silk.  It is on sale for $10.79 because because there is a low stock.  It is in a very pretty in Ruby.

Reversible Listado Knit Cowl by Laura Nelkin

Craftsey advertised a very pretty cowl named above.  However they were sold out of the color way that I liked.  The other color ways did not tempt me even though they were on sale.  So I bought the pattern and filed it on dropbox in the folder labelled scarfs and cowls,







The designer  suggests  Merino Alpaca Sport Color Change by Cloudborn.  It is knitted on size  6  needles and requires 270 yards of yarn.  She uses a striping yarn with long stripes.

This is a long striping yarn with color changing stripes ranging from about 55 yards to 68 yards, depending on the number of colors in the skein.

Baby's Colorplay hoodie by Lion Brand

This looks amazingly easy and cute.  I downloaded the pattern from Lion Brand and filed it in drop box in folder labelled Babies and Children.













This version is worked on Size 9 needles and takes 3 balls of Lion Brand Amazing.  The two above are Pink Sands and Aurora Colorways.

Finished iPad mini cover

Yea!  I finished another project!  No doubt about the fact that I have totally earned the right to buy yarn and etc at the Fiber Festival in September!  Mitzi invited me to ride with her to Kanawha City to pick up the yarn that she bought from Sarah.  So I took along my iPad Mini case that I knitted quite a while ago.  However, I invented the pattern and it didn't turn out exactly how I had imagined.  I was challenged about how to close the bag when the iPad mini was in it.  I hoped to find some buttons or some pretty closures at the shop.  The minute we walked in, Mitzi suggested just using a shawl pin such a the one Sarah had put on something in the front hall.  PERFECT!  So this project is also finished: