Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts

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).