21 Apr 2006, 11:04am
in decor, knitting
by limedragon
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A Two-Part WIP

Six Sox KAL update: I finished the Sixth Sense socks this morning! I tried a couple of quick snapshots but they were terrible. I haven’t been having much luck with pictures lately… I’ll try again later today.

I’m not going to start a new pair of socks just yet. I do have the orange Madder Ribbed socks OTN and will continue working on that (or frog and start over, I still haven’t decided). Meanwhile, I want to work on a larger project (both in scale and needle-size). I remembered that I had cast-on and knit two rows of the second cushion cover for my parents. Perfect. Since I haven’t blogged about that yet, here’s the 411.
My parents completed their new basement “rec room” just before Christmas 2005. The walls are Martini Olive, with one accent wall greenish-brown (I’ve forgotten the official name). Their new couch is a dark taupe microsuede. If you’ve seen the HOM Furniture commercials featuring Klik-Klak, that’s exactly what they got. It opens up for two storage areas underneath, or you can take off the arms and “Klik-Klak” the back all the way down for a sleeper/futon that sleeps one comfortably, and two snugly. They also got new shelves and TV stand in brown-black from IKEA. Mom kept her old coffee table (big square, great for jigsaw puzzles) that used to be Grandma’s old farmhouse table.
It was clear they were settled in happily with the new room, but I noticed that there wasn’t much in the way of accessories yet. I had just gotten 25 Cushions to Knit by Debbie Abrahams, so I gave it to Mom, saying, “Take a look at it, let me know if theres’s anything you like.” She picked the Hessian pattern and, not surprisingly, requested cotton.
After some searching around for cotton DK, I found Lana Grossa Lino for sale at Herrschner’s Yarn Sale, but it was 70% cotton, 30% flax. Mom liked it though, and chose tan, olive, and brown. Even though this color combination screamed ’70s to me, it’s a great match for the room.
The Hessian cover is formed first with a center square, and then the back panels are picked up and knit from either the bind-off or cast-on edges. I used single crochet to seam the sides together.

hessianpillowcover1_front.jpg

hessianpillowcover1_back.jpg

buttonsforhessianpillowcovers.jpg

Originally, I thought I would be making only one cover, but it appears that I have enough for another cover if I change the back panels to tan and green. So, one down, one to go. : )
18 Mar 2006, 7:36am
in knitting, sweaters, yarn stash
by limedragon
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This arrived yesterday!

Who doesn’t like getting packages full of yarny goodness? : ) I was VERY surprised to find this box at the front door today from Herrschners.I ordered last Saturday, and received my eMail confirmation, no problem. But later this week I didn’t receive any eMail updates, and Order Tracking did not reflect this new order. Seemed a bit strange, but I thought perhaps they were very, very busy with National Craft Month sales.
So, it was totally unexpected that the box arrived today. I found out later that they had trouble sending out a weekly newsletter, so maybe something was wrong with their computer system?

“What did you get?”

Bongo

That’s twenty skeins of white Four Seasons Bongo in the bags. The Addi Turbo US 7 circular needle is the 60″ (150 cm) length; I wanted something this length to work on an afghan I’m planning. In the foreground are soft Clover ring markers in one of my favorite color schemes, green and purple. The DPN set was a last-minute purchase… it consists of five DPNs each in US 000, 00, 0, and 1. I was thinking these sizes would be good to keep handy for sock projects. Funny thing, though, the description didn’t mention the brand name… they turned out to be Susan Bates. I’ll see how they work out.

“But what’s the yarn for,” you may be wondering. (The amount here might be indicative that I have a project in mind, and you would be correct!)

Last Saturday, before ordering, Mom and I went to Jo-Ann to get buttons for the pillow covers I’m knitting for Mom. For fun, we looked through some little booklets at the fringe of the yarn department. Mom showed me a sweater, saying she liked it. I commented that the sweater would suit Grandma.

©Leisure Arts

To be honest, I’m not sure why this is called “cropped.” A quick glance at the schematic-less pattern shows the length to be approximately 19-20″… seems fairly average to me?

So, we bought the booklet and I shopped around for a lightweight worsted cotton in white, light yellow, or beige. I found a couple of possibilities at Elann, but ultimately, we chose Bongo. This yarn has a nice shiny appearance (that surprised me). I’ll see how it knits up while swatching for gauge soonish. (I tried to find a website for the company, Four Seasons, because they were new to me… but no luck. The yarn label has Gründl, Germany on it.)

 
  
 
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