Instead of re-posting what’s on my needles, I’m going to link to yesterday’s post and just say that even though I just knew I was going to get hours of knitting done last night, I never picked up the needles!
Camp Loopy Package Arrived
May 16, 2013 · by
The Camp Loopy package arrived today and even with Vince home, I was able to get to the mail box and get it without him ever noticing that a “Box of Fun” had been very cleverly slipped into the house without him ever seeing it. I’m good! :)
Camp Loopy
There’s the Camp Loopy bag, the yarn (Three Irish Girls Adorn Sock in the Storm Brew color) and my Camp Loopy pin . . all part of the Camp Loopy goodies. A few more items may have been included in the box!
More Yarn
It’s so worth it to spend an extra small amount (well, maybe sometimes it’s a bit more than a small amount) to get free shipping! Why spend $6 on shipping?
We cannot start knitting on the Camp Loopy project til June 1 so until then, I have a few projects to finish up.
Hat
This is the hat that goes with the cowl. Good grief! I started the cowl on April 1 and finished it on April 9 and probably started the hat on April 9 and am still not finished with it!
Then there’s the Cream and Sugar Cowl.
Cream and Sugar Cowl
This is the third one I started. The first one was for me. The second one was for Nicole.
And lastly, and probably not going to happen, I’d like to get my pooling socks finished.
Pooling Socks
For those of you doing Camp Loopy, do you have projects you’re trying to finish before June 1?
Weaving and Craftsy
May 11, 2013 · by
You know I would never try to talk someone into doing something they didn’t want to do .. nor would I want to talk anyone into spending money they didn’t need to spend. I’m really serious! But, I do want to share a couple of things.
The first thing I want to talk about are the classes at Craftsy. Every website I seem to land on has an ad for Craftsy. This is not a paid promotion. I pay to take my classes there and don’t get a dime in return. But, I’m so impressed with their classes. So far, I’ve taken the Rigid Heddle class with Angela Tong. She is an amazing instructor. I wrote on her before that I took classes at The Yarn Barn in Lawrence, Kansas when I bought my loom and though I cannot remember the instructor’s name, she was good. I just didn’t remember much of what I learned because I didn’t use it much before packing the loom away to move. I had written to several folks in the Dallas area about taking classes before it dawned on me to check Craftsy.
With their classes, once you pay for them, you can access them forever. You can make notes along the video stream so that when you want to go back to your notes, there’s a little notation on the feed and you know right where there was a spot you wanted to re-visit. If you haven’t taken any of Crafty’s classes, you really ought to at least check it out.
I’ve made our own pizza for years but took Peter Reinhart’s Perfect Pizza at Home class, which is free. Oh, my! I learned so much in that class. It has totally changed our pizza for the better. Even though I’m 100% pleased with my breadmaking, I think I’m going to take his Artisan Breadmaking class. I’ve been a fan of his for years.
The Craftsy videos are really first class. I have felt like I was right there in a classroom, and getting one on one attention.
The second part of this post is for those of you thinking weaving might be fun. If you think weaving would not be fun . . don’t read any farther.
Weaving is so much fun! I can’t believe I left my loom packed away for so long. I have the Schacht 25″ Flip loom and I have the floor stand but if you’ve noticed, most of the things I’ve made so far have been narrow enough to use the 15″ Cricket. Don’t tell Vince, but I’m thinking about getting one. It’s so darned cute! And it’s so portable. I know . . I never go anywhere but you never know when I might just get on my RTV and ride way back in the woods and spend my day weaving a little project!
When you think that the Cricket loom is $169, if you already have a bunch of sock yarn, you can make scarves and wraps up to 15″ wide and use up that yarn and have gifts for everyone you know. See .. it’s actually going to save you money. If you don’t quite understand my thinking, that’s ok . . Vince doesn’t understand it either.
I have a project in mind and if it turns out like I think it’s going to turn out, you’re all going to be ordering yourself a loom! :)
Another Weaving Project
May 11, 2013 · by
There are quite a few cones of Astra 3/2 cotton yarn in my “weaving yarn” box. I am not familiar with it and didn’t find a lot of information about it on the internet. I decided the best thing to do was just weave with it and see what I think. I’ll get some better pictures of these projects once I cut them apart but I’m pretty happy with the results. I used black and gray Astra 3/2 for the warp.
Scarf
The scarf is long . . I haven’t measured it. I did 3.5″ black, 1.5″ of gray, 2″ black, 1.5″ gray and then repeated those rows.
I wanted to see how that purple sock yarn I almost used for the weft would look so I did a few rows of that after finishing the scarf. This will come out . . and the space there will be part of the fringe for the scarf.
Purple Sock Yarn
I think the purple kinda gets lost in the black but I love the look of the sock yarn with the Astra for the weft.
Then I just wove a little section so I can throw it in the washer and dryer and see what happens.
Piece to be Washed
I would love to make some tea towels with this yarn if it holds up ok to washing/drying.
My edges are getting better and I’m pretty good with that hemstitch! And most important — I’m having so much fun with the weaving.
