Thursday, May 20, 2010

A couple of things I've been working on...

Finished this cute little cropped pant for a new baby. The pattern is from Leigh Radford's "One More Skein". She calls them Drawstring Hemp Shorts, I made these from a cotton wool blend, and of course I cannot find the label to tell you which yarn it is, however, I remember it had 'Quattro' on the label. I will go searching for it. I thought it was going to take two skeins, however as I approached the turning row for the facing at the waist I realized that if I used a different yarn for the facing I would have the second skein left to make another pair or??? So I used a little bit of red cotton classic for a contrast and added the pretty ribbon, et, voila. Baby isn't born yet, so, yay!! Something done on time!
Found this cute little felted spinning wheel bag on Ravelry somewhere and thought, that's just what I need to keep my spinning wheel oil and accoutrements in. Here it is pre-felted and here it is after:

After felting in the washing machine I used a sandwhich bag box to block this in a rectangular shape. Very pleased with the way this turned out. And of course this is Noro Kureyon.
Am still working on finishing up other things, including getting back to Madli's shawl, so even if it doesn't look like it, despite spring fever, I have been getting a very little done.
Cheerio!

2 comments:

  1. What cute cropped baby pants! Any baby would enjoy wearing these. And I like the idea of the fulled bag for the spinning wheel. I'll look for that pattern on Ravelry. Doesn't it feel good to finish up a project?

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  2. Yes, yes,yes! It feels great!

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