Hello! I hope you all are enjoying last week's free pattern! If you didn't see it pop on over and give it a look! Next month I will release the companion pattern to this one, I'm so excited for you to see it! In the meantime I thought I'd update you on some personal projects I've been knocking out! If you remember back when I took a trip to the knitting and crochet conference I came away with quite a yarn haul! My favorite was a skein I bought from the StevenBe booth that was a Beach Bum hand dyed beauty! The color way was Weeping Angel, which is a Dr Who reference I believe (not my particular nerd-dom) and it was beautiful! I started working with it right away crocheting a granny shawl, but when I got home I decided it deserved a much nicer pattern!
 | A quick perusal of my options on Ravelry lead me to this gorgeous pattern! Its called Heavenly Lemon by Elna Madsen and its a really fun pattern to work! It didn't take me long to realize that one skein was not going to cut it, but thankfully the yarn was still in stock on Etsy and I was able to get a second skein with no trouble! I love the pops of colors in this yarn! |
| Here is a different shot of it worn wrapped around the front, which is how I typically wear it! You may also notice that I've learned how to photoshop in new backgrounds...which really opens up the world of taking photos in my cluttered craft room and being able to wipe all that out and put in a silly brick wall! I know it doesn't look "real" but it tickles me and gets rid of the distractions and that's what matters! |  |
 | This has become one of my go-to everyday scarves! To prove it, here is a photo of me and the scarf/wrap/shawl in action! In this one I happen to have just won the WWE World Heavyweight Title with the support of my loving husband and manager! JK! Its a replica, but I'm so tough I swear! I'm quite sure with a little practice I could win it no problem! |
As it turned out, after finishing that pattern I still had a good amount of yarn left! Those hand-dyeds aren't cheap and I didn't want to let it go to waste! I took a guess at how much was left and found this lovely pattern called Feathers of Pharaohs by 10 Hours or Less. In the end I had a very stressful game of yarn chicken and just barely had enough to finish this pattern!
| Here is the back view! In hindsight it might have been nice to pick a complementary color and do the color changes as in the pattern, but I still like how it turned out! This was a very challenging pattern for me! Although the stitches weren't difficult, the changes made it hard for me to follow and I had to check off each step of each row! Very satisfying result though! |  |
 | Here is how it looks from the front. I'm not sure the finished piece is actually my style to wear, I'm not one to wear something that is only decorative but doesn't serve a purpose like warmth usually. I'm hoping to change that a bit and work this and other things like it into my wardrobe! I think once the yarn is worked up it looks like you're wrapped in a galaxy! |
| I also wanted to show you this adorable shawl pin that my husband got for me for Christmas! Its a kitty!! Its from Etsy, you can get one too! I don't know this person, so this is not an ad or anything, I just think its cute and you should know how to get one! I actually find in general that most shawl pins are a bit "Elves of Rivendell" (love the elves, don't want to dress like them) for my taste, so I was happy to find something quirky! |  |
For next week I'm hoping to have a pile of one-of-a-kind items up for sale! These will be things I've either made to try out fun yarn, or made to test patterns and a person can only wear so many scarves so I need to clear some things out! I'm not going to put them on my Etsy since they aren't really part of my line, instead they will likely be in a photo album on my Facebook (so make sure you "like" me!) that you can comment on to buy, first come first serve! I will also make these available early to my mailing list, so if you aren't signed up, do so now!
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