Reef

Inspired by the above picture I tried to combine colours to catch the essence of this beautiful reef.

This was the achieved result in pretty acurate colours in the photo.

And this is it spun up.

I love the colour combination, its worked out well.

100g of goodness for the stash for a while until it becomes a hat, beany or gloves, no doubt.

Summer Surprise

Our summer is severe this year.

There is so much brown, beige and sandy colour around us now it's getting boring!

That called me to do some dyeing.....again....yes I know but it is such fun!

Not much to add to the below photos, they speak for themselves;

I solar dyed the whole package of wool wrapped in "Glad wrap".

Might as well make use of the relentless sun. 

Colour!!!

With 100 g of green and 100g of Pink I've now got 400g of our sheep Barney's wool to process into something to cheer us up!

Laminaria

Apart from some small projects to use up odd balls of yarn I have been working on bigger ones too.

This Shawl started out as 200g of white Alpaca fibre.

I spun it very finely as you can see here. Which took me forever, I tell you!

But the result is absolutely stunning. If I may say so myself.

Although I am not too sure about the colourway, which was meant to turn out bright and bubbly but became more pastel then I had intended. It does not suit me that much, so I'll have to find a recipiant....Lucky person!

 

Her you see some details of the scarf. The colour is very difficult to get right in the photo but the one above here shows it quite acurately.

The scarf starts with 4 stitches and finishes with 629!!! That is a long long row to cast off.

It is so soft and light, it is beautiful.

 http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/laminaria

Gifted yarn to Shawl.

I was given this Blue shaded yarn in a Swap, It is Regia College World color for socks (4mm)

But decided to make it into a small shawl instead.

I liked this pattern, very easy to do in garter stitch mainly.

Due to short supply in models Lonea stood in for the Picture.

It is the Crest of a Wave Baktus Scarf.

You'll find it here;

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crest-of-a-wave-baktus

Very simple baby vest and beanie

This is a lovely litle vest and beany set.

It will keep a newborn girl nice and snuggly warm!

I am using up left over yan bits that are clogging up my craft space.

And this pattern doesn't use much.

You could do the same.

It is a pattern suitable for beginners, so give it a try!

Here it is;



http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-vest-3

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bevs-baby-ribs-hat

So very small.

  I read a horrible account in our local newspaper a while ago about a mum of a still born baby who had her little boy handed back to her in a zip lock bag after autopsy.

This left me horrified and sad.

Though this was a very unusual event I thought how nice it would be if hospitals were kitted out with little outfits for stillborns. Just like they are for premie babies these days. So that parents with stillborns can experience kindness and see their loved baby angel dressed in some cute outfit to remember.

I did some research and found this site amongst others;

for people who have experienced stillbirths and find support there.

https://www.facebook.com/LittleAngelsMemoryBoxes

The pattern I used was associated with that site.

It is found here;

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/some-tiny-hugs-mini-kimono-and-beanie-set

When our spinning group gets somewhat bigger I'll suggest we considder this as a charity knit idea.

Vibrant Orange

Remember this vibrant Orange fibre I solar dyed some time back?

Its only about 100g. of unknown fibre, not too soft.

But it spun up quite nicely though the colours are hard to get right in the photos;

The true colour is a mix of the above three I think.

Will make a lovely beanie.

I Like this pattern, but think the yarn may be too thin;

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-amanda-hat

Roses are red.

I did these back in December, they make neat table decorations for Christmas.

Little crochet project with some left over cotton.

This is the pattern I used;

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tealight-rose

Barefoot sandals....yep

Remember the 70s?

Flower power and peace.

I saw this pattern and had to try this crazy thing.

Just for fun.

It took me all of an hour I think.

Very quick to do.

But even the teen daughters think its too crazy.

"And what is the purpose of that???" They exclaimed.

Just pretty, just fun, just cute....

I used this pattern;

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/goddess-barefoot-sandals

Swallow Tail Shawl

Quite a transformation. From solar dyed unknown wool not even weighing 100 g.

Being knitted up in one single strand. A first for me.

Using this free pattern;

Swallowtail Lace Shawl

Finished with yarn to spare.

Blocking at 132cm by 53 cm.

And gorgeous it is in the Pastels I called "Faded Dutch Flag"

A no fibre nor yarn project.

This project does not involve fibre nor yarn. But is very suitable to accompany a (fibery) gift. Especially if you have more then a few words to share or things to include.

I have made many of these cards and have been asked to share the 'instructions'.

Here I go;

Please note before you start read and look through all these instructions first.

You need;

2 pieces of stong thin cardboard; 12 cm square (for the covers)

2 pieces of decorative paper;; 16 cm square (for the covers)

3 pieces of coloured paper in one colour; 21cm square. This is a the size of a 'squared' sheet of A4 paper. (for the inside)

A piece of ribbon; 80-90 cm long.

A glue stick and a

Start by covering your cardboard cover pieces.



 Glue a piece of card board in the centre on the wrong side of each decorative piece of paper.

Fold and glue two opposite sides of the decorative paper around the cardboard;

Then envelope fold  and glue the other sides too.

Have a look at the right sides of these covers and decide which one looks visually the nicest to use as a top cover for the card.

Now  you'll need to fold the 3 pieces of coloured paper each the same way.

This is a bit tricky to explain, but if you look at the photos you'll be able to work it out.

(You can opt to make a trial of scrap paper first, so you won't waste it if it goes wrong)

Fold a triangle and open up.

 Fold in half and open up

Fold in half again, the other way and open up.

The folds on your paper will look like this now.

Shape this piece into (what I call) a 'frog head' by pushing the triangle folds in and leaving the square sides top and bottom.

Do this for each of the three pieces.

 Next you hook the pieces together, so you can glue them together.

The middle piece of paper is facing with its opening towards you, the other two pieces are facing with their opening away from you. (see above photo)

Hook the pieces together with the square sides touching. 

These square sides need to be glued together precisely. Taking care no glue extends over the folding lines. 

Folded out you can see the yellow two 'dots' indicating where the three pieces have been glued.

Folded up it will look like this; (sorry I initially forgot to take a photo of this stage and had to add one with different colour paper)

Next you lay your bottom cover in front of you, taking care you are happy with the decorative print direction.

The side closest to you will be the 'bottom' side of the card.

Glue your piece of ribbon central and horizontally across this piece of cover.

Glue the cards "inside" onto this cover.

Take note that the opening of the card will be at the bottom Right corner.

Glue the top cover onto the top of the cards "Inside".

Once dried you can tie the ribbon around.

You now have created a fold out card with enough space to be a letter too.

You can add small pictures, quotes, poems, recipes, notes or photos in the spaces available between the folds.

I think this is worth while sharing.