Thursday, February 14, 2008

Wheels keep on spinnin'

Things have been both busy and not. Sunday I went to the 4th annual Pittsburgh Knit & Crochet festival with KT. We had a really fun time--so much to see and touch! I fell in love with the angora bunnies (didn't take any home though). I also took a yarn dyeing class--it didn't turn out nearly as vibrant as expected, but it was a really good learning experience and I'd like to try again on my own. Did buy some yarn, but not much. A lot of it either wasn't that impressive or was way out of my price range.

On the craft front I finished 1 heart sock and I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of my new Yarn Ball winder (a belated b-day/early v-day present from Chuck) so I can properly wind the yarn before starting. In the meantime I made the Wedding Capelet for Steph:

Front


Back

It would've been finished in 1 night if I hadn't ran out of the fur yarn for the trim! Super easy and fast. And the yarn is sooooo soft (main yarn used: Jo-Ann Sensations Angel Hair). I might have to get more so I can make one for myself! I still have to add the ribbon to the front for tying, but in general I can call this finished.

Now I'm using some of the yarn I got from the festival (Suss Yarn Lux in Cabernet) into either a scarf or a neck gator (I'll see how much what I have makes and how willing I am to buy more and decide based on that).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The capelet is gorgeous! Congrats on the finish, and who knew it'd be so super-fast?

Martini Vixen said...

@ boadiccea:

Thanks! I had a feeling it would go pretty quick (woo to thick yarn and big needles!) but I had no idea it would be *that* fast! The pattern was super easy too. I might make myself one just to have!