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Using Diana Natters great video instructions, I made this cute baby blanket for the brand new baby of a dear friend of mine.
I used Caron Boucle acrylic yarn 7 skeins. Love the hand and the drape. It is ideal for a baby, it can go in the washer/dryer without a problem.
Knit on the Mid-Gauge machine using max 60 needles. T 5
Here they are all 19 in all their glory. I wove 4 each with a different tie up and treading. Pressing them took forever!
This is my set, there is one that does not have a partner in the big stack. I wanted mine all different. I finished the hem on all of mine, the rest only have a line of machine stitching to avoid unraveling. Each weaver will finish her own hems.
Alice Starmore patterns are always gorgeous. I used Scottish Fleet 10 skeins and made a fair amount of changes in the pattern so it would fit me.
I love it! I knit it in about a month, earlier on this year. It sat in a basket waiting patiently to be blocked until this past weekend.
For some reason blogger decided to rotate the picture and I am not fighting with blogger today.
No buttons, just a clasp....I never button up my sweaters.
The stitch pattern closeup:
Nineteen napkins woven. The same warp I struggled with here. After I rewound it, it was perfect, no tension problems. Exception made of the of the occasional sticky thread, weaving them was a joy. I had measured 16 yds, for 20 napkins, 21 inches long each. When I rewound it, and due to the tension problems I lost about a yard or so of warp. The final count is 19 with not an inch of warp to spare. The last bit was very difficult to weave in spite of the Damask shuttle.
In the picture you can see I finished with the warp rod 6 inches from the back of the shafts and that is barely enough to get a shed on this loom.
This is my longest warp yet and I am quite happy with the way it all turned out. I am not finished by any means. Tomorrow I will cut the cloth off, sew it together in a tube to avoid twisting and into the washer they go. After that I have to run a seam at the ends of each piece and cut them apart. They will be washed dried and pressed. The hems left unfinished except for mine. Out of the 19 napkins, 5 are mine, the rest will go to the other weavers who in turn will have woven the rest of my set.
The exchange is the second week in November, I can't wait to see the rest!
I will publish draft, structure and finished product pictures later on.
This is made with my big machine:
Click on the picture if you really want to see it. Taking the picture was almost as hard as making the thing!
It was a lot of work, had to hoop 6 times and make sure and get everything nice and straight. The fabric is suede and the piece measures 36"x20".
It will go to DH's group therapy room ..they always start the meeting either with the Lord's Prayer or the Serenity Prayer.
Off to finish up the napkins so I can take pictures! I am almost done!
The reason why we have so many bags is because THE bag has yet to be invented. I am a bag collector like any other fiber artist I know. The only knitting bag I use is one I made a while back it works very well and fits large and small projects.
After knitting, drop spindling is the best portable project there is. But spindles are fragile and have to be well stored. After trying many different things, I 'think' I have come up with the Ultimate Spindle bag:
It is sturdy, will not collapse, it does not have zippers or closures to snag the roving, it closes tight. Fits a 10 inch large whorl spindle or two. Enough room to carry extra fiber and a Nostepinne if need be. Perfect!
I am making more for sale, they can be personalized with or without embroidery customer's choice. Many colors available.
