I Dyed That Day (Part the I'm in Love)

Hiya from a.,

Today I have a triangle shawl to show you.  I have started to make a few more of these, mainly if I have a multi-coloured yarn, I like how this shape can show off colours.  It works for striping or just a whole mess of colours, like what I have here.  This is from a fibre that I dyed and spun.  The dye method was just my standard colour dump into my giant pot, I wasn't trying to make something too specific.  I only used strong primary colours (so yellow, red, blue), but there are places where they blended so there is also a fair bit of orange, some green, and a bit of purple.

As usual I spun a two ply and it ended up being a fairly tight ply and shifted colours around in interesting ways.  A close up shot will better show the variety that ended up in the yarn:

You can see all the different colours that this ended up creating.  I am really pleased with the results.

see you space cowboy...

Just an Everyday Bag

Hiya from a.,

I only have one project to show you today, and it is one that I actually made a couple weeks ago, but it was put into use so quickly, that I forgot to show it off.  I made myself a new bag/purse.  It is large, which is why I hesitate to call it a purse (especially as the inside is just a big cavern like a tote bag), but it functions like my day to day purse.  This bag is the product of two fabrics.  One is from one of the ever amazing FLBs (thanks a) who purchased it for me as a gift before leaving the twin cities.  Now I know that this happened awhile ago, but it took some time to find the perfect pattern and some complimentary fabric.  This happened when my next door neighbour (whom I've known all my life) decided to get ride of all the fabric that she realized she was never going to use.  I received some amazing wools, and great lining fabric, and this other fabric that I knew would go perfect with that other gifted fabric.  This is the result:

It ended up being this great round catch all bag, great when I go out with r as it can hold stuff from a library run, the comic book store, or art supplies/yarn.  The woodsy pin up fabric contrasts nicely with the heavier grey/green.  The bottom had been cut on an angle and then you sew elastic in the bottom to add the gathering/circular shape (the pattern is from the original 101 One Yard Wonders).  The inside is also lined with the pin up fabric:

There is more elastic at the the top to hold the bag fairly closed.  I like it, it is fun and also practical at the same time.  The nice thing is that I also have plenty of both fabrics left to play with.

see you space cowboy...

Cross Stitch Skulls

Hiya from a.,

Here is a little cross stitch thing I did last week/over the weekend:

It is from a book called Twisted Stitches that is all skulls and zombies and the like. This is one of the simpler patterns, but as I am skill relatively new to cross stitch, simpler is better.  I am pleased with how it turned out.  It is supposed to be made into a bookmark, but I think I might have r. do some painting around it and we frame it.
And for an added bonus here is a photo of me trying to cross stitch:

I apparently needed the help of a certain feline friend.

see you space cowboy...

Sweater

Hiya from a.,

I made a sweater for Christmas and realized that I have never put it up yet.  I actually made two sweaters but the first was a disaster, so I had a week to make a sweater to wear Christmas eve.  Luckily it was going to be a little lacy and in crochet which means that you can actually get it done in that time frame. 

It is made with Paton's Angora Bamboo, which I have to say is a great yarn to work with, it is soft and takes stitches wonderfully.  Here is a closer view of the stitches:

You can see that it was fairly open which made it go quickly.  It was also a top down raglan style project which has the advantage of being done in one piece so that you can try it on as you go and have very little (if any) seaming afterwards. Here you can see the sweater over the dress that it was made for:

It is clear that r. looks nothing like his family.  I am pleased with how it turned out and have worn the sweater since with other things.

Now this has nothing to do with the sweater, but look - sock!:

see you space cowboy....