Hexie Puff 7 - Shawls 0

Hexie Puffs 7 - Shawls 0

Yes, I've joined the swarm who are buzzing about

The BeeKeeper's Quilt

Seems the Queen Bee in this instance is

Tiny Owl Knits  Stephanie Dosen

You've seen and heard about these 'tiny wonders' all over the interweb.

The Tiny Owl Knits Rav group 

is more than 4,000 strong.

And, I know there are many, many more knitting these hexie puffies that aren't on this Rav group.

It's a simply wonderful way of knitting up those sock yarn scraps.

The happy aspect of this activity is that

every color and weight yarn is a candidate.

Caution:  these lovely puffies are addictive ! ! ! ! ! 

That's the reason behind the lack of progress on my shawls.  

They've had very little love showered on them this past week.

oh, oh, I know you want it!

here's the link to the Hexie Puff pattern

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From my Grandma's Postcard Scrapbook

Notre Dame Cathedral 

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from her brother Raymond

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

hugs

Autumn Projects

Our Sycamores have been dropping leaves for more than a month now
and a just beginning turning to rusts and golds.

Crepe Myrtles have been in bloom since the beginning of August and are as lovely as ever.
This is the first year they've come into their own.
Nature must have treated them just so.

These bee Sedum.
Have I told you how much I love my Sedum  ?
They reward me from the time they break ground first thing in the Spring,
blooming during the summer,
fading to a beautiful brown for the winter months,
and acting as snow catchers in January and February
looking as though there's a flowerbed of snow flowers.

If I'm not mistaken DD#2 mentioned just last week that these are her most favorite flowers.
Isn't that so, sweetie?
ker-choo


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Guess you wanna know
What's In The Bag

First off is

Boneyard Shawlette

designed by Stephen West 

Knit in 

Knit Picks Bare

Superwash Wool and Nylon

in a fingering weight

size 8 circular needle

What?????   Size 8 ! ! ! ! ! 

First time in a very, very long time that I've knit with any needle this large.

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What with Autumn here and cooler weather approaching

another shawlette is on the needles

Woooeeee ! ! 

Love these colors! 

Love the yarn !

Fibernymph Dye Works

in the Bounce base of 

80% Merino, 20% nylon

4-ply fingering

HOT CHERRY PINK

Storm Grey

This shawlette is designed by Kate Elsa

Multmomah

named such by Kate after

Multnomah County, Oregon

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enjoy this beautiful time of year,
hugs


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Finished Cool Weather Goodies

My Wish Shawl

designed by

La La's Knits

It was my very first time 808 yards was used in one project.

Wowzerrs ! ! ! ! 

I love the way it looks against my Salsa Red car.

Just so you can get an idea how big an 808-yard shawl can get

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I like to keep my ears warm when that North Wind blows

So, I knit this

Hurricane Hat

A view from the top

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and then

just because I can

I knit this Cowl

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This pattern is in

Wendy D Johnson's newest book

Wendy Knits Lace

It's Elizabeth's Cowl

and

from the same book

Poor Poet's Fingerless Mitts

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Both the Hurricane Hat and Elizabeth's cowl

were knit from

Malabrigo 

Worsted

kettle-dyed 100% Merino Wool

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I notice that there's a big color difference in

these photos

and will not even attempt to correct it at this point.

I want to get this posted . . NOW!

hugs

Finished My Wish Shawl

Finished ! ! ! 

My Wish Shawl

designed by La La's Knits 

Yarn:  The Sanguine Gryphon - Bugga - Green Long-legged Fly

&

The Loopy Ewe - Solid Series - Butterscotch

That's it, that's all.  

This shawl concludes my summer knitting.

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I've posted my photo to The Loopy Ewe's Photo Gallery and once the photos are published you'll be able to see all of 

the Camp Loopy Project Three entries.

Hundreds upon hundreds of items knitted [some crocheted] and entered.

In the meantime, why not take a look at Project One and Project Two in the Photo Gallery 

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Have already begun to think of autumn now that I've two shawls 

as a result of The Loopy Ewe's Camp Loopy

In prep for fall knitting several projects have been 'frogged'.

The yarn re-wound and awaiting it's opportunity to become some finished project soon.

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Thanks for visiting,

won't you leave a comment .  .  .  .  

hugs

Half-way

Here's a pic of My Wish Shawl

This pattern is very easy.

While the first section is Stockinette Stitch

it's going pretty dern fast.

Not at all boring.

I'm into the 'lace' section and find it's moving along much faster than I imagined.

I'm looking forward to cooler weather this autumn.

Yummy ! ! ! ! 

hugs

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Camp Loopy Project 3

My color choices for the last project for Camp Loopy this Summer.


Green Long-legged Fly, hand dyed by
independent dyer The Sanguine Gryphon 
&
Sunshine Yellow - Solid Series
both purchased online from The Loopy Ewe




Our challenge for this project
is to


use 800 yards of yarn in one project of our choice.


Any of my usual projects would be a pair of sox
which normally uses somewhere 'round 400 yards.


Eight Hundred Yards sounds overwhelming.
Sure, there are cardigan sweaters that would use that much yardage,
but me knitting a sweater??????
I think not.  
No way do I want to deal with having such a garment fit me or anyone.
Not on this gal's schedule.


After spending a week looking at pattern after pattern
- mostly in Ravelry's Pattern Section -
I've chosen
My Wish Shawl
designed my Laura Linneman of La La's Knits


All proceeds from this pattern until August 26 will be going to the wonderful LynnZimm 
and her Make a Wish Fundraiser.


A shawl is something I can handle.
Our cast on date was August 15th  
and the deadline is September 15th.


Photos will be posted when I hit the half-way mark.


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hugs

Would Two Pair Make a Post

If so,

then I've got a post !

This post is totally LINKED.

Where ever you see the purple-y font there is a link that

will take you to the very website I used.

Here's my

Camp Loopy Project 2

[organized by The Loopy Ewe]

that required the use of CABLES in our project.

Sunshine-Sunshine 

Using The Loopy Ewe Solid Series yarns

Sunshine Yellow

&

Lime

I modified Cookie A's pattern Sunshine

I didn't want the cable pattern to continue on the foot portion of the sock so only the leg/cuff have cables.

This pair uses the afterthought heel

which I used Heather/Boutrosbabe's modified version 

I saw on her Highland Hand's videocast.

It gives a very lovely rounded heel that fits so fine.

My Sunshine-Sunshine  are posted on The Loopy Ewe Photo Gallery

under the heading

Camp Loopy - Project Two

My second pair for this post

is made with

Vesper Yarn Hand Dyed Sock yarn

in the colorway

Twitterpated.

This pair also uses the afterthought heel, without modification

which allowed me to continue the stripe-y without interruption.

You can learn all about it on

The Knit Girllls

They have posted a wonderfully instructive tutorial !

This is the very first pair of sock which I knit entirely of

Stockinette Stitch using the K2-P2 ribbed cuff.

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It appears the hot weather has relented to more fall-like temps

with lots of humidity.

But, I'll take the change.

hugs

MORE ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Look what just arrived ! ! 

Top Designers include:

Cookie A.

 - - love her designs including Pointelle that was in time-out so very long.

Nancy Bush

Anne Hanson

- - just knit her les Abeilles shawlette, twice

Véronik Avery

Deborah Newton

Evelyn A. Clark

Meg Swansen

Chrissy Gardiner

Katheryn Alexander

Pricsilla Gibson-Roberts

Eunny Jang

Mellisa Morgan-Oakes

Anna Ziloorg

Cat Bordhi

- - the gal who just changed my entire sock heel world - more about her shortly

Ann Budd  - whose name is on the front cover

oh, that's not all folks.

There is also an Instructional DVD included ! ! !  

I AM SO EAGER TO GET STARTED WITH SOCK KNITTING MASTER CLASS 

I am a sock knitter, wait, I am a SOCK KNITTER

no, really

I AM A SOCK KNITTER ! ! ! ! ! 

Since Dianna introduced me to magic loop 2-at-a-time

and discovering Melissa Morgan-Oakes,

I love knitting sox.

Then Cookie A. designs entered my knitting life.

L-♥-V-E her designs and my sock drawers are filled with her designs.

Cat Bordhi entered my knitting a bit later in my knitting life.

However, this week she re-entered 

with a GREAT BIG BANG ! ! ! 

If you knit socks

then you really have to take at look at 

Cat's Sweet Tomato Heel Sock

I first read about it on Ravelry

and used the link provided.

Here's her video

After watching this amazing variation of a short row heel

known now as Cat's Sweet Tomato Heel

I found her Rav Group 

Cat's Sweet Tomato Heel Socks

I could not resist immediately ordering her

ebook Cat's Sweet Tomato Heel Sock

If it's instant gratification you're craving, this is it ! ! ! 

This ebook was on my laptop within seconds of my purchase.

No only is this pdf format ebook on my laptop it is going onto my NookColor

just as soon as I show you my first attempt of

Cat's Sweet Tomato Heel Sock

Sweet ! ! ! 

My go-to sock technique

toe-up or cuff down !

hugs

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keep warm

FO's & WiPs

First

Finished Objects ! ! ! 

Hope it's just the perspective that make my ankles look HUGE

These are one of the 6-on-a-stick sockfest.

Wilton Cake Icing Dye dyed

Finished ! ! ! ! 

Next,

From the 6-on-a-sick project:

Pink

again, Wilton Cake Icing Dye dyed.

L♥ve 'em.

On to Works-in-Progress

again, the third and last pair in the 6-on-a-stick project.

Frogged [that's ripped out to non-knitters]

this pair from mid-foot back to the leg/cuff part of the sock.

I am trying a brand new technique I've learned.

The Afterthought Heel.

Afterthought being that a length of waste yarn [in this case a piece of blue yarn] is knit into the sock

at the point where the heel is to be knit 

after the sock is knit to the

toe and finished.

At that point,

the stitches on either side of the waste yarn our picked up on needles and the heel is knit.

I'll post photos as I go along.

Next WiP:

Sunshine and Lime

my Camp Loopy Project II socks.

Knit from the toe up in stockinette stitch

will use the afterthought heel technique.

Project II for Camp Loopy must use

Cable Stitch in the design.

I will be knitting 

a Cookie A designed sox by the name of

what else? but

SUNSHINE

a cables with lace pattern.

Lastly,

Very first purchase of

Knitterly Things Vesper Sock Yarn

I'd like for you to meet

Twitterpated

Yep, that my knitting life this past week or so

in a nutshell!

hugs

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