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Star Crossed Slouchy Beret

Jess — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:37:50 +0000

I’m not much of a hat person, but I fell in love with the Star Crossed Slouchy Beret that I found on ravelry. I wanted to practice with dyeing yarn, so I bought some bare yarn from Knitpicks, some dyes and did some research. After coming to the conclusion that it can’t be as hard as it sounds, I dyed up my first skein of yarn. unfortunately I don’t have a photo of it And then I dyed up more yarn and more yarn and more yarn.
This has to be my favorite. While I’m still perfecting the coloring and how to get the pretty pooling, I’m having fun.

And this is the Star Crossed Slouchy Beret. Knit up with my first skein of hand dyed yarn. And I LOVE the finished hat. While I would prefer it in a solid color, I think the variegated coloring works. I love how it turned out.

Now I’m doing a scarf with the two skeins of yarn that I dyed up the other weekend. Same colors, it’s going to be just as pretty!

knitter’s love

Jess — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:43:21 +0000

It’s astonishing to me how much I have grown to love knitting. For only doing it for a years time, it’s become my most loved hobby. I carry a knitting project everywhere with me and I often bring it out at work and knit a few rows on my lunch. I don’t get embarrassed or think of it as “the granny hobby”. The only time that I don’t like knitting is when I’m working on a project and I decide that I want to keep it. I decide that giving it to it’s rightful owner will kill me, so while the needles are flying, I’m putting together a plan so I don’t have to give up the knitted up. Like these….

Simply known as the purple longies. But if there was a way to be in love with a knitted item, I have found it. They are simply gorgeous. Just look at the colors and the pattern that the variegated yarn forms!

This next photo shows more true to life colors. And the cuff. The best part. A garter eyelet stitch cuff. And while I’m a fugly garter stitch hater, I’m a garter eyelet stitch lover.

But, I’m going to share some joyous news. I’m almost out of the yarn. This yarn. Cascade 220 Superwash Paints. In Grape. Such a scrumptious name! Cascade Superwash Paints is a wonderful yarn. Soft, machine washable, even though I would probably just handwash them. I mean, if the longies were mine. And I wish that they were. But then that means that I would need a little baby girl to wear them…..
Anyways… so I’m down to about 40 more yards of the yarn when I need at least 80-100 yards. So I ordered some more of the yarn (since I can use it for a super cute stocking cap to sell on my Etsy). So while I’m patiently waiting for the yarn, I’m enjoying my limited time with the longies. Gazing longingly at the colors and the sweet cuff. Admiring my stitch work. It really is nicely done.. Sigh… I really hope the owner loves these longies as much as I do…

Itty Bitty Leggies

Jess — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:58:50 +0000

So I’ve been busy lately…
working, Skyler, life…
and of course, knitting.

My current project is pretty fabulous.
At least I think so.

Because anything with drawstrings and pom-poms are pretty fabulous.
And I know a lot of people will agree with me.

Introducing…..

Itty Bitty Leggies!!!

Soon to be in my shop. Here is style numero uno. Next I’m going to knit style numero dos.

I love baby items :)

need… more… crack yarn…

Jess — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:03:28 +0000

I am so in love with Malabrigo yarn. So in love that I find myself gazing longingly at it. I find my eyes tearing up when I see the shrinking ball of yarn and I realize that soon I will be done with this project. Soon I will have to move onto another project where I must replace the malabrigo with a different yarn. And yes, I have been getting a little upset with this thought. -sigh-

It’s also a little upsetting when I realize how many times I have scrunched up with this scarf and snuggled up to it’s softness and thought of how warm it will be. -deeper sigh- I want to keep this scarf as my own….

Even though the colors are not really my favorite and at first I really didn’t like the look of the pattern, it’s grown on me and I love it. I simply adore it. But I guess that’s how I feel about anything that I have knit. I known how much hard work and how much time goes into each project, so in the end it’s hard not to love it. And what I don’t love gets frogged in the end so I can knit something better.

And what’s even better is finding clients that will care for and love the projects as much as I do.

And since I love showing off pictures of my Skyler, here’s one I took this past Saturday at the library.

LOVE this library. They have HUGE windows built along the front of the library so it has the most amazing light. I love bringing my camera and taking photos because I know that I can turn the ISO way down and still have a great shutter speed. And photogs all know how important it is to maintain a high shutter speed while keeping the ISO down is. I’m not that much of a lame-oid to get giddy when I think about it. Ok… maybe I am…

Project List

Jess — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:17:52 +0000

These are projects to be completed. Will be crossed out when completed. Bold is currently working on.

You have to click on the “more” to see the projects. I don’t want this post taking up too much space.

pink striped diaper cover
“Stormy Skyler” newborn pom pom hat
stitch markers
VJ – contest
Kimberly – contest
Tiffany – PIF
Christine – PIF
Robyn – PIF
Jacque – PIF
Stephanie – PIF
Rhonda – PIF
knitted easter eggs
Calorimetry