March's Knit-a-long

I am adding a new feature to my blog to try and make it more exciting! Each month there will be a new knit-a-long and I will be giving a list of materials and other details needed for the knit-a-long! Hope you have fun knitting with us. Please leave a comment for the appropriate knit-a-long saying that you have your materials and are ready to go! Hope to see you join us!


March's Knit-a-Long:

Katarina Sweater, by Julie Weisenberger of cocoknits

Skills Needed
CO, BO, knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing.

Pattern Includes
•Detailed, thorough instructions (with pictures).
•Size:Small (medium, large, x-large)

NOTE: The open design accommodates a range of sizes. It can be left open in larger sizes or closed with an inch or so of overlap in the smaller sizes.

Finished Measurements
•Bust: 33-36 (36-39, 39-42, 42-46)"
•Length: 19 (21, 23, 25)"
Materials
Yarn
7 (7, 8,9) skeins Queensland Collection Kathmandu dk yarn. (85% Merino Wool, 10% Silk, 5% Cashmere, 50 g, 147 yds) Color on model is #400.

OR
Jo Sharp’s Silkroad dk Tweed (85% Merino Wool, 10% Silk, 5% Cashmere, 50 g, 147 yds)

Needles
#7 straight ( I would also get a #7 circular at least 32 inches long for the collar) needles or size needed to obtain gauge.

Notions
Optional brooch for closure

Gauge
16 sts and 24 rows = 4" square in st st on #7 needles.


I will be using Plymouth Yarn Galaway Color# 753 and Cascade Yarns Bollicine, Sissi Mohair for this project and I am going to be knitting these two yarns together.

Look What I Did........

I am sorry that I have not been posting as regularly as I promised, but I have been extremely buisy. I am going to start posting at least once a week now.

Anywho there is a picture of what I have made during my Olympic knitting. I have made:

3 Pairs of Socks

1 Shawl/ Wrap

1 Sweater-vest

1 Felted Knitting bag

1 Alpaca Knit Hat

Buisy, Buisy, Buisy!

Since I had this past Friday off I decided that I needed to occupy my time wisely. Thats why I dyed 6 hanks; 4 worsted weight and 2 fingeringand kept my hands buisy knitting! I will be posting pictures soon of all of the projects I recently completed. I am currently working on desiging many projects of my own and am, so far, very pleased with how everything is coming out! Today the fireplace is roaring and the weather is rainy/snowy and just the right kind of weather to sit by the fire and knit up something nice. Look forward to the near future for many interesting posts!

Grandma's Embroidery

Here are the pictures ( not very well taken on my part) of a few of the flour sack dish towels my Grandmother Embroidered today !

Sock Wars V !!! Its Almost Time..... MWhahahahah

Get ready everybody time to sign up for Sock Wars V is almost over. Its the deadliest knitting competition in the world!

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

No matter what your religion, or the holiday you celebrate its the time for giving. Whether you are knitting up a pair of socks for Uncle Joe or crocheting up an afghan for Little Sue everyone is frantically getting their gifts finished. I know that I haven't blogged in quite a while but I have had many evening activities and have been knitting as well as crocheting my many Christmas gifts. This past Thursday was our Little Christmas party at my LYS and it was a blast. Christmas is definitely going to be white this year as the snow storm that hit Wisconsin has pretty much covered the entire nation with a thick blanket of the white stuff. But rest assured it just means to look forward to a nice green and fresh start to the upcoming year. Speaking of the New Year stay tuned to see many more projects as well as maybe a possible Christmas/ New Year giveaway!

All of my Christmas baking and candy making is finally complete. As a matter of fact i just finished today. I made a batch of delicious and moist Stollen and some spicy yet sweet gingerbread tasting Lebkuchen. To German recipes that are now added to my collection to stay for good.

As the New Year comes around I will be much more active eon my blog than in the past few months so stay tuned for some great things!

Hope everyone's holidays are merry and bright! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, God Bless !

The Biggest Contest Yet!

I was talking to a friend while doing some community service. We were cooking at the salvation army and together came up with this great idea.

Here is the contest:

Since it is beginning to get kind of frosty outside people are going to be wearing mittens,hats, scarves, and what not, right? Well the contest is......

Knit or crochet as many mittens as you can in all sizes( larger ones for adults and teenagers are better but child and infant sizes are also needed, since winter is right around the corner and send full pairs to my address. The person that will be chosen to win is the one who makes the most mittens and sends them before November 17th! The prize will be a hand dyed hank of worsted and sock weight yarn, a set of handmade stitch markers, a pair of dpns, and a sense of knowing that you helped a lot of less fortunate people out this season.

The fine print...... All entries must be postmarked by November 17th to be in the contest. When sending entries be sure to include your name and address in with the mittens to help me keep track of your count and if you win to send you your prize. All entries will be handed out at my local salvation army center to those in need. All sizes are acceptable but there are more older people in the salvation center usually than younger ones. And have fun making them!


I hope you will enjoy this contest and good luck!