tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66472003929409525882024-03-12T20:17:13.260-05:00The Caffeinated KnitterYvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-41153855996365793802012-01-22T07:38:00.012-05:002012-01-22T08:53:00.462-05:00OCTETTA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S4Xzz-Qoz4kc9hQJBKNz5hCXYqMLxneIuChSpTika2Cs7heiLXbdRvPRvEmPMZGU8VlhTkMkGsZ0hS4v-VuTaQ3MM-RpCnaFj35YUMeivAFuvsILv6fc_2FTTTsja_0DtoInnHqRkqc/s1600/IMG_0211.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S4Xzz-Qoz4kc9hQJBKNz5hCXYqMLxneIuChSpTika2Cs7heiLXbdRvPRvEmPMZGU8VlhTkMkGsZ0hS4v-VuTaQ3MM-RpCnaFj35YUMeivAFuvsILv6fc_2FTTTsja_0DtoInnHqRkqc/s320/IMG_0211.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700442906612376578" /></a>
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<br />I am back from my hiatus and publishing again! First up: Octetta!
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<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;"> OCTETTA<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span>
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<br />This is a really versatile pattern that can be worked in a yarn weight of your choosing (lace, fingering, DK or worsted) and worn either with the ruffle at the top or at the bottom. It's one pattern you can use for eight different looks. Fall is a transition season, and you will find that you can pair this cowl with just a cardi or pullover just as well as you can with your favorite peacoat, trench or leather jacket. It's dressy enough to keep on inside the office at your workplace and is sure to draw lots of compliments. I chose my colorways inspired by the hues of autumn in New England, where I grew up. The vivid, clear-blue sky; the brilliant reds of the leaves; the yellow of corn ready for harvest; and of course, the muted green of grass ready to go to sleep in anticipation of the upcoming winter. You can brighten up a gray fall day by wearing one of these cozy cowls. The plush texture pattern will keep the chill away, and the ruffle will emphasize your girly side, whether you wear your cowl with the ruffle top or bottom. With this pattern offered in so many weights, fibers and colors, you'll never be at a loss for something fun to knit, whether or not the particular yarns I've chosen are available when you decide to start knitting this. Choose your yarn, find the appropriate version and treat yourself (or a lucky gift recipient) to a wonderful, new accessory.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">LACE VERSION:</span>
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<br />Malabrigo Lace (470 yards/430 meters/50 grams; 100% Merino wool), 1 skein, or approximately 470 yards of the laceweight yarn of your choice. You will use much less than the full skein of Malabrigo Lace.
<br />Needles: Size 2
<br />Two 1-inch buttons
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">FINGERING VERSION</span>
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<br />Frogtree Alpaca (215 yards/197 meters/50 grams; 100% alpaca), or approximately 215 yards of the fingering weight yarn of your choice
<br />Needles: Size 4
<br />Two 1-inch buttons
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DK VERSION:</span>
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<br />Skacel Kokon (50 g/175 meters/190 yards;35% Silk, 35% Cotton, 30% Microfiber) 2 skeins, or approximately 225 yards of the DK weight yarn of your choice.
<br />Needles: Size 6
<br />Two 1-inch buttons
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">WORSTED VERSION</span>
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<br />Araucania Nature Wool (242 yards/221 meters/100 grams; 100% wool)1 skein, or 240 yards of the worsted weight yarn of your choice.
<br />Needles: Size 8
<br />Two 1-inch buttons
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-38077620675509731812010-01-16T17:14:00.002-05:002012-01-22T08:53:24.456-05:00Malalucie Slouch Hat<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Constantia; panose-1:2 3 6 2 5 3 6 3 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750091 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"; panose-1:2 11 6 2 3 5 4 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-2147476737 14699 0 0 191 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Constantia;">MALALUCIE SLOUCH HAT<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family: Constantia;">Whether you want to make fashion statement or keep yourself snuggly warm on a cold, windy day, this hat will do the job. It's a quick knit, and so comfy and plush that you'll want to make one in each of your favorite colors.</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4280042472/" title="Malalucie right side by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4280042472_472c7d46b1.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Malalucie right side" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4280055028/" title="Malalucie flat by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4280055028_dc2340d930.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Malalucie flat" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4280063836/" title="Malalucie flat detail by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4280063836_3e1d9e8d28.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Malalucie flat detail" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <div style="text-align: center;">Pattern Price: $4.00<br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Size 8 needles</p> <p class="MsoNormal">(16-inch circular, DPNs or long circular for magic loop; DPNs or long circular for small top decreases) </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tapestry needle</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Malabrigo Worsted 1 skein Dark Earth, or 216 yards of any worsted weight yarn in color of your choice </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gauge: <span style=""> </span>20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch</p> <br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"><br /><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="11225183"><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /><br /></form><br /><br />Thank you for purchasing my pattern. After your payment is processed, the pattern will be sent to you via email attachment within 24 hours, and most likely lots sooner. If for any reason you find an error (horrors!!) or have a question about it, please leave me a comment or hit the contact button up there on the right and I'll help.<br /><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">If you're on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>, you can get this even sooner by buying this pattern in my Ravelry shop. Just click the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/yvonne-senecal-designs">"Ravelry Designer"</a> thingie up near the top right of this page and get the immediate .pdf download through Ravelry :)<br /></p><br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-90840191467841555632010-01-16T16:36:00.006-05:002012-01-22T08:53:51.411-05:00Lucinesque<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Constantia; panose-1:2 3 6 2 5 3 6 3 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750091 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"; panose-1:2 11 6 2 3 5 4 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-2147476737 14699 0 0 191 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Constantia;">LUCINESQUE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family: Constantia;">Whether you want to make fashion statement or keep yourself snuggly warm on a cold, windy day, this cowl will do the job. It's a quick knit, and so comfy and plush that you'll want to make one in each of your favorite colors.</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4279281155/" title="Lucinesque right side by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4279281155_e2fa6f5158.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Lucinesque right side" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4279286973/" title="Lucinesque 2 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4279286973_e98c8c9071.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Lucinesque 2" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4279294245/" title="Lucinesque flat by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4279294245_59845951ed.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Lucinesque flat" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><o:p><span style="font-style: italic;">Pattern Price: $4.00</span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><o:p><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Size 8 needles</p> <p class="MsoNormal">(16-inch circular, DPNs or long circular for magic loop) </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tapestry needle</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Malabrigo Worsted 1 skein Emerald, or 216 yards of any worsted weight yarn in color of your choice </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gauge: <span style=""> </span>20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"><br /><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="11224488"><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /><br /></form><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Thank you for purchasing my pattern. After your payment is processed, the pattern will be sent to you via email attachment within 24 hours, and most likely lots sooner. If for any reason you find an error (horrors!!) or have a question about it, please leave me a comment or hit the contact button up there on the right and I'll help.<br /><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">If you're on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>, you can get this even sooner by buying this pattern in my Ravelry shop. Just click the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/yvonne-senecal-designs">"Ravelry Designer"</a> thingie up near the top right of this page and get the immediate .pdf download through Ravelry :)<br /></p><br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-63766684782455195972010-01-09T13:23:00.004-05:002012-01-22T08:54:21.925-05:00Baby Bunwarmers<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Nothing could be cozier for kiddos than a pair of these cute pants. These are so fast and fun to knit that you'll want to make a pair for all the little ones in your life. The self-patterning yarn makes them look deceptively impressive. They're comfy enough for play and cozy enough to use as jammies. Offered in 8 sizes from newborn to 4T.<br /><br />Pattern Price $5.00</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4259302937/" title="BBW 2T straight by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4259302937_83910ba7a1.jpg" width="443" height="500" alt="BBW 2T straight" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Materials<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Size <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> 6 16-inch circular knitting needle<span style=""> </span>(or long size 6 circular needle if you use the magic loop method of knitting in the round)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Size US 6 double-pointed knitting needles; set of 4</p> <p class="MsoNormal">5 stitch markers (4 alike and 1 different)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tapestry needle</p> <p class="MsoNormal">*Crochet hook size D (optional; see finishing note)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">45-inch shoelace in color which coordinates with your yarn choice</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bernat Baby Jacquards, 1 (1,1,1,2,2,2,2) skein(s) (100 g/346 yd) ***Easter Basket</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(or yarn and color of your choice in to give gauge below)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gauge:<span style=""> </span>23 stitches and 30 rows equal 4 inches in <b style="">stockinette stitch knit</b> <b style="">in the round.</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Finished Sizes:<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">0-3 months</p> <p class="MsoNormal">3-6 months</p> <p class="MsoNormal">6-9 months</p> <p class="MsoNormal">9-12 months</p> <p class="MsoNormal">18-21 months</p> <p class="MsoNormal">2T</p> <p class="MsoNormal">3T</p> <p class="MsoNormal">4T</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4256908697/" title="BBW 4T by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4256908697_c40a9f8467_m.jpg" width="240" height="208" alt="BBW 4T" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4257658852/" title="BBW 9-12 mos Boo Berries by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4257658852_3b1187b110_m.jpg" width="193" height="240" alt="BBW 9-12 mos Boo Berries" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4256905025/" title="BBW 6-9 mos by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4256905025_9ea6920820_m.jpg" width="196" height="240" alt="BBW 6-9 mos" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/4256917229/" title="BBW 0-3 mos Bernat Baby other yarn by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4256917229_817697b6d1_m.jpg" width="178" height="240" alt="BBW 0-3 mos Bernat Baby other yarn" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br />Thank you for purchasing my pattern. After your payment is processed, the pattern will be sent to you via email attachment within 24 hours, and most likely lots sooner. If for any reason you find an error (horrors!!) or have a question about it, please leave me a comment or hit the contact button up there on the right and I'll help. <br /><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">If you're on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>, you can get this even sooner by buying this pattern in my Ravelry shop. Just click the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/yvonne-senecal-designs">"Ravelry Designer"</a> thingie up near the top right of this page and get the immediate .pdf download through Ravelry :)<br /></p><br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. 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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-25247835313398791942010-01-03T08:05:00.004-05:002010-01-03T08:32:15.879-05:00F.i.n.a.l.l.y.So, you know I'm cheap as hell, right? I soften that truth my saying I'm not a yarn snob. And that I have coveted All The Stuff The Real Knitters Use, right? Now, don't get me wrong--I have a sweater on the needles at this very moment which is acrylic--and I will wear and and I will like it very much because in addition to being cheap, I'm also a tiny bit lazy when it comes to clothing that requires hand washing or dry cleaning, and I really, REALLY don't want to block a garment after each few wearings. I mean, come on! That's valuable knitting time gone to waste. <br />But....it's been bugging me a little. I mean--I'm 45 years old. I have a job. I am an obsessed knitter and yarnaholic, so why am still a Mmmmmmalabrigo virgin? That's ridiculous. <br />Well, not for much longer. Lookie, lookie!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.littleknits.com/proddetail.php?prod=MalabrigoWorstedDarkEarth">this</a><br /><br />and<br /><br /><a href=" http://www.littleknits.com/proddetail.php?prod=MalabrigoEmeraldINV09">this too</a><br /><br />and if that wasn't enough, <br /><br /><a href=" http://www.littleknits.com/proddetail.php?prod=MalabrigoSnowBirdINV09">even this!</a><br /><br />That last one? I actually bought that colorway, but in the laceweight.<br /><br /><br />SO IN A COUPLE OF DAYS I WILL BE RICH WITH MALABRIGO. Yes. Me. ME. Woot!<br /><br />What should I do? Design something? A shawl? A cowl? Fingerless gloves? OH, I almost forgot (I have Menopause Brain). I didn't think I should go on my first date with Mmmmmmalabrigo with any old tired needles, so I threw caution to the wind and gave in:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/needles/Options_Interchangeable_Nickel_Plated_Circular_Knitting_Needle_Set__D90335.html">These are now mine mine mine.</a><br /><br />They arrived yesterday and are patiently awaiting the arrival of the Mmmmalabrigo. It seemed apropos that I would keep myself occupied and anticipatory by spending yesterday listening to the <a href="http://www.savvygirls.ca/2009/10/episode-9-malabrigo-day/">Savvy Girls podcast episode entitled "Malabrigo Day!"</a><br /><br />Also, I'm about ready to launch the pattern for the baby pants I've been working on. I have had to knit a bunch of different sizes, and I'm awaiting photos of them being worn by Actual Babies, but I might go ahead and publish the pattern prior to receiving those photos. Because you know--the sooner I start selling that pattern, the sooner I can get mmmmmore Mmmmmalabrigo. Simple logic. <br /><br />If I fall off the face of the earth for a while, just assume I'm spending quality time with my yarn.Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-5776532040740071302009-11-07T14:53:00.006-05:002009-11-07T15:09:56.574-05:00Frostbeat<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Poor Richard"; mso-font-alt:Nyala; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="">FROSTBEAT</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><i style="">Don't let icy ears keep you from enjoying the great outdoors when the temperature plummets. You can easily knit your Frostbeat in an evening.<span style=""> </span>This is a truly unisex, reversible accessory.<span style=""> </span>Offered in 4 sizes, it's great for kids and adults.</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:14;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:14;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><i style=""> </i></span><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:14;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 317px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2771/4083011937_525e04be30.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2771/4083011937_525e04be30.jpg"></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: 1pt none black; padding: 0in; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-size:0;color:black;" lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: 1pt none black; padding: 0in; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-size:0;color:black;" lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">FROSTBEAT</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Materials<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Size <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> 7 16-inch circular knitting needle <span style=""> </span>(or size 7 straight knitting needles if knitting flat)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">1stitch marker (if knitting in the round)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tapestry needle</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.patonsyarns.com/product.php?LGC=classicwool">Patons Classic Wool Merino</a>, much less than 1 skein (100 g/226 yd) </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(or yarn and color of your choice in to give gauge below)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gauge:<span style=""> </span>20 stitches and 26 rows equal 4 inches </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Finished Sizes:<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Child 2-8 yrs. (head circumference up to 18.5 in.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Adult Small<span style=""> </span>(head circumference up to 20 in.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Adult Medium<span style=""> </span>(head circumference up to 22 in.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Adult Large<span style=""> </span>(head circumference up to 24 in.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">NOTE:<span style=""> </span>This is a reversible accessory.<span style=""> </span>The inside is not identical to the outside (see photos), but both are fine to use as the "public" side. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">CO 78 (90, 96, 102)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To knit in the round:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Place marker and join to knit in the round. The first 6 and last 6 stitches of each round form the narrower portion that is worn at the nape of the neck.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 1: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; K6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 2: K6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; K6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 3: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; P6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 4: P6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; P6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 5: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; K6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 6: K6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; K6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 7: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; P6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 8: P6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; P6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 9: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; K6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 10: K6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; K6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round11: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; P6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Round 12: P6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; P6</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Repeat rounds 1-12 until piece measures 2 1/2 to 3 inches, or desired depth, ending with any even-numbered round.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bind off as follows: *<st1:place st="on">K2</st1:place> tog. Place resulting stitch back on left needle.<span style=""> </span>Repeat from * around.<span style=""> </span>Weave in ends.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To knit Flat: </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">CO 78 (90, 96, 102)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The first 6 and last 6 stitches of each round form<span style=""> </span>the narrower portion that is worn at the nape of the neck.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 1: <span style=""> </span>(Right side) K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; K6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 2: P6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; P6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 3: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; P6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 4: K6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; K6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 5: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; K6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 6: P6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; P6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 7: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; P6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 8: K6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; K6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 9: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; K6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 10: P6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; P6</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 11: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; P6.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 12: K6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; K6</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Repeat rows 1-12 until piece measures 2 1/2 to 3 inches, or desired depth, ending with any even-numbered row.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bind off as follows: *<st1:place st="on">K2</st1:place> tog. Place resulting stitch back on left needle.<span style=""> </span>Repeat from * across.<span style=""> </span>Sew back center seam. Weave in ends.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Copyright © 2009</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Caffeinated Knitter</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://thecaffeineatedknitter.blogspot.com/">http://thecaffeineatedknitter.blogspot.com</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;">All rights reserved. This pattern is protected by copyright. No part of this pattern may be reproduced in any form or by any means including but not limited to photocopying, email file attachment or posting on the internet. Completed projects may not be offered for sale. If you find an errors in this pattern, or have any questions about it, please feel free to contact me via <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/YvonneVT">Ravelry</a> or my contact link on the top right of this page.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:180pt;height:165.75pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\YVONNE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4083778026_3a6c76c58b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 460px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4083778026_3a6c76c58b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><!--[endif]--><span style=""> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:180pt;height:135pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\YVONNE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image005.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2602/4083767224_2d3c202cfc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 377px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2602/4083767224_2d3c202cfc.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><!--[endif]--><span style=""> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:180pt;height:135.75pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\YVONNE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image007.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2803/4082997339_eba11c44f2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2803/4082997339_eba11c44f2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-40595620226985220352009-11-07T14:08:00.004-05:002009-11-07T14:39:46.731-05:00My Poor BlogOh, life! My poor blog feels like an orphan. Did you wonder if I just gave up knitting? Naaaaah! I could never! Did you think I won the lottery and ran off to some exotic island where I lounge around all day ordering drinks with umbrellas in them from cabana boys? I wish!<br /><br />The truth is so much less glamorous. Like so many of you, the economic situation has forced me out of my little cave of comfort and sent me on getting myself educated for a different career, EVEN THOUGH I'M TOO OLD FOR THAT. So...my knitting time has sort been robbed from me. I have projects in actual hibernation that I haven't even had time to say are in hibernation on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YvonneVT">my Ravelry page</a>. Bleh!<br /><br />In the meantime, the younger generation of my family has been shooting out new babies like Pez dispensers. I have put my foot down in protest of my current state of no knitting time, and did knit some stuff for the babies. Thanks to these same babies forcing my hand (er...my needles), I got the itch back. I mean, a life without knitting and minimal podcast-listening-time is not for me. Yeah--I have to get up earlier and stay up later, but damn it! I gotta knit!<br /><br />Armed with my usual overdose of caffeine and a little bit of machine-washable yarn (because we know that new parents are not exactly overloaded with spare time to hand wash and dry clean their kids' clothes), I made a couple of baby outfits.<br /><br />This one is for Logan, my great-nephew.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/4030046640_76117942e1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/4030046640_76117942e1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cute, right? See the pants? I designed those and am in the process of writing the pattern, making all the sizes (there will be sizes from newborn to 4T) and sending them to the people who currently have babies in the sizes I've made, for modeling/photographing purposes. And of course, they keep the pants, duh.<br />Here's another size, with accompanying outfit. This set went to another great-nephew, Jackson:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/4030036530_10e22bec0f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/4030036530_10e22bec0f.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />While I was at it, I made him this matching blanket, which is a super-easy and lovely FREE pattern I found on Ravelry. It's the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heart-blankie">Heart Blankie</a> designed by Sue Falcone. What a fun and fast knit! I will definitely make it again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3495/4030043400_75f40ae5e1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3495/4030043400_75f40ae5e1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I used <a href="http://www.bernat.com/product.php?P=2&LGC=softeebaby">Bernat Softee Baby Solids and Marls</a> for this, and for Logan's outfit above I used <a href="http://www.bernat.com/product.php?LGC=babyjacquards">Bernat Baby Jacquards</a>. The pattern for the pants is going to be written for <a href="http://www.bernat.com/product.php?LGC=babyjacquards">Bernat Baby Jacquards</a>, but just because if I have to knit eleventy billion pairs, they have to give me some visual interest along the way.<br /><br />Other than that, I've been working on a new free pattern for something I'll show you really soon. Like...in another blog post 10 minutes from now. :)<br />As usual, in order to leave a comment, please click on the title of this post; it won't work from this page for whatever reason.Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-29733901470312435702009-01-23T19:21:00.004-05:002009-01-23T20:07:08.882-05:00Plugging PodcastsDo you love podcasts? I do--I love them. My quality of life would really take a steep downhill curve without my podcasts. I have a list of podcasts over there on the right side of the blog, cleverly listed under...um..."Podcasts."<br /><br />Right now, I'm especially loving <a href="http://she-knits.mypodcast.com/">She-Knits</a>, <a href="http://nevernotknitting.blogspot.com/">Never Not Knitting</a>, and the good old standby, <a href="http://www.stashandburn.com/">Stash and Burn</a> the best. That's not to say I don't love all my knitting podcasts; I do--but there are times when I get on a bender of sticking with a certain few. I'm on jag of listening to these three a lot lately.<br /><br />I spent a lovely late afternoon today listening to <a href="htthttp://nevernotknitting.blogspot.com/p://">Never Not Knitting</a>. This is a semi-newish podcast that I loved from my first listen. I was sitting on my bed this afternoon, workng on <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall07/PATTgreenjeans.html">Mr. Greenjeans</a> number two, listening to episode 9, totally entertained 100% of the time. I was totally identifying with Alana as she talked about her Shopping Curse, which I also have. I'm not just a carrier; I have a full-blown case of Shopping Curse myself. I regularly put items in my cart, only to over-think every aspect of the proposed purchase until I either<br />a) freeze with the inability to decide on a color/style/size or b) talk myself out of it entirely. I may even have a more serious case of this than Alana does, because I do this not only in brick and mortar stores of all types, but also in online store shopping carts. Yeah. Hmmm.<br /><br />During episode 10, Alana gave a lovely tour through the winter issue of <a href="http://twistcollective.com/2008/winter/magazinepage_01.php">Twist Collective</a>, a drool-worthy treasure trove of patterns designed by lots of the celebrities of the knitting world. <a href="hthttp://nevernotknitting.blogspot.com/tp://">Never Not Knitting,</a> the blog in and of itself is a feast for the eyes and the mind with just the right balance of knitting-related prose, informative links, Alana's designs, STUNNING photography, and of course, the podcast. The podcast itself is very well done, with professional-grade sound effects, knitting stories sent in by listeners, contests and humor. Please, please make a point to listen to the ENTIRE theme song at the end of the podcast. If you're a knitter, you'll swear to God this song was written about you. This is absolutely the most clever theme song I've heard on any podcast of any genre. If you haven't listened to <a href="http://http//nevernotknitting.blogspot.com/">Never Not Knitting</a>, you must! You MUST! Leave this blog and go there now!<br /><br /><a href="http://she-knits.mypodcast.com/">She-Knits</a> is another of my top faves right now when it comes to podcasts. Sharon Dreifuss is a WONDERFUL podcaster who treats the listeners as her own cyber knitting circle, warmly including us in her daily life as a wife and mother of seven children, as well as her burgeoning career as a successful knitting designer. If you've heard of the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18762135&ref=em">Dumpling Bag</a>, that's one of Sharon's designs that was just published in Interweave Knits in the fall issue. This is just one of the designs Sharon has had published in major knitting venue's of late. In addition, Sharon also sells knitting kits for all of her lovely felted bag designs as well as the actual bags themselves as custom orders. Her bags are unique and beautiful. It's definitely worth your time to head over to her <a href="hthttp://she-knits.com/">website</a> and look for yourself.<br /><br />Sharon's podcast reminds me with every listen just how much we all have in common as women, as knitters, as wives, as mothers, as....human beings! Like Sharon, I work out of my house and am also a designer who has dabbled in not only selling my own designs directly but also submitting to various knitting publications, experiencing both the dashed hopes of rejection and also the wild elation of acceptance. I LOVE She-Knits. I feel like I'm good friends with Sharon and I've never even met her. You'll feel the same as soon as you listen. I love listening to this one while I'm doing chores around the house, going for walks, cooking, etc. You will too. Go listen to Sharon at your first opportunity.<br /><br />I know you already must know about <a href="http://www.stashandburn.com/">Stash and Burn</a>, but what can I say? I love Nicole and Jenny!!! Could there be a more entertaining pair of knitters? I wonder if they know what celebrities they've become in our knitting world? Jenny Nicole are singlehandedly (doublehanded....ly?) responsible for a HUGE amount of the enrichment in my knitting life. If you want a heads-up to be right on the cutting edge of anything and everything in the knitting world, both real and cyber, head over to <a href="http://www.stashandburn.com/">Stash and Burn</a>. You'll never look back!<br /><br />Okay--that's enough blabbing for now. I'm at a crucial point in my <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall07/PATTgreenjeans.html">Mr. Greenjeans</a> and it's time for Ghost Whisperer to come on! Have a nice weekend, everybody :))Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-18086965078639378012009-01-22T11:51:00.004-05:002009-01-23T07:49:37.920-05:00Autumn Lattice Beanie<!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Poor Richard"; 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Whether you want to pick apples, jump in a pile of leaves, chop wood, build a snowman, ski, or ice skate on a frosty pond, this beanie will keep you cozy and warm!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pattern Price $4.50</span></span></span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Size <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> 8 16-inch circular knitting needle (alternately, this hat can be made on double-pointed needles)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Size US 8 double-pointed knitting needles;<span style=""> </span>set of 4</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Stitch marker</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tapestry needle</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Patons SWS, 1 skein (80 g/110 yd) each of:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Color A: Natural Coal<span style=""> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:16.5pt;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\24\clip_image001.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Color B: Natural Earth<span style=""> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:18pt;height:10.5pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\24\clip_image003.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(***or two colors of your choice in worsted weight yarn to give gauge below)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gauge:<span style=""> </span>20 stitches equal 4 inches in <b style="">stockinette chart pattern knit</b> <b style="">in the round.</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Finished Sizes:<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">18 months-4 years (head circumference 20 inches)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Child/Adult Small (head circumference 21 inches).</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Adult Medium (head circumference 22 inches)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Adult Large (head circumference 23 inches)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b style=""><span style="font-size:14;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3217242830/" title="ALB size2 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/3217242830_4e5279f11f_m.jpg" alt="ALB size2" height="240" width="180" /></a></span></b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3217242830/" title="ALB size2 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ></span></b></a><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3217429315/" title="ALBsize 4 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/3217429315_e858cac34a_m.jpg" alt="ALBsize 4" height="180" width="240" /></a></span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><br /></span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3217446249/" title="ALB size 1 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/3217446249_99f3f49b71_m.jpg" alt="ALB size 1" height="180" width="240" /></a></span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3218285532/" title="ALB size 3 better by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3412/3218285532_6a1c2c90d6_m.jpg" alt="ALB size 3 better" height="180" width="240" /></a></span></b><br /><br /><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><br /><br /><br /></span></b>Thank you for purchasing my pattern. After your payment is processed, the pattern will be sent to you via email attachment within 24 hours, and most likely lots sooner. If for any reason you find an error (horrors!!) or have a question about it, please leave me a comment or hit the contact button up there on the right and I'll help. Happy Holidays!<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">If you're on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>, you can get this even sooner by buying this pattern in my Ravelry shop. Just click the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/yvonne-senecal-designs">"Ravelry Designer"</a> thingie up near the top right of this page and get the immediate .pdf download through Ravelry :)<br /></p><br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!<br /><br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /><input name="hosted_button_id" value="2686853" type="hidden"><br /><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" name="submit" alt="" type="image" border="0"><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" border="0" /><br /></form><br /><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><br /><br /><!--[endif]--></span></b>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-65469157541604516012009-01-21T22:53:00.003-05:002009-01-21T23:30:06.440-05:00Happy New Year!So! I've been away from my blog for like....ten million years! Okay-six weeks? Something like that? The holidays were totally joyful and oh so busy for me--you too, I bet. But it's a new year with tons of knitting ahead, yarn to buy, patterns to browse, coffee to inhale....good times!<br /><br />It's not that I haven't been knitting; I have. I have pictures to prove it. The first thing I have to tell you, though, is that I was given a new slurp machine/coffee maker for Christmas! It's a Bunn and it works like m-a-g-i-c. MAGIC, did you hear me? I swear on a full bag of Rowan Kidsilk Haze that it will make 10 cups in a minute and a half. :) Life is good.<br /><br />I started and finished several goodies since I last posted here. Did I mention my friend who worked in a freezing cold office and wanted fingerless gloves? Yes--Yes I did, in the <a href="http://thecaffeineatedknitter.blogspot.com/2008/11/violet-dahlia.html">Violet Dahlia post</a>. Well, I made them. The only thing is--she doesn't have that job anymore. Grrrr. Let's cross our un-gloved fingers that she will find a better job in an even colder office. Anyway, here they are:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3217242780/" title="cherylgloves by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3217242780_c2de9a0ffe_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="cherylgloves" /></a><br /><br /><br />I also made two of those <a href="http://kellymaher.wordpress.com/category/original-patterns/">Ribbed Lace Boleros</a> for my daughters. I'll only post photos of one of them because let's face it--do you really want to see two identical black boleros? I didn't think so. I think I discovered something about <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/yarnInfo.cgi?yarnPage=1694587">Vanna's Choice Yarn from Lion Brand</a>. Depending on where you buy it, it seems to be of different quality/softness. I bought this at Wal-Mart and it felt pretty okay, but I've seen touched that brand in Michael's and Joann's, and it felt markedly softer there. It seems that whatever Wal-Mart has is not as good. Maybe that's relative. Maybe this yarn just is not very good. For one thing, it's fatter than worsted weight yarn, which is how it's classified. It's at least aran and on the road heading to bulky if you ask me. Another thing--after wearing her shrug for half a day, my daughter's shrug grew and stretched by leaps and bounds. I washed it it make it go back to its original shape and IT PILLED. Yeah, people. Lint ball city. Ugh. I'll never use it again. The shrugs still look good from a distance:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3059375325/" title="RLShrug by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/3059375325_e67fcd7ea9_o.jpg" width="347" height="318" alt="RLShrug" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3059375375/" title="RLshrug closeup by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/3059375375_e37e5c3a2c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="RLshrug closeup" /></a><br /><br /><br />What else....OH!!!! I made one of my daughters a <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall07/PATTgreenjeans.html">Mr. Greenjeans</a>. That's a sweater--a hugely popular pattern from <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/index.php">Knitty</a>. I did make some modifications. I made it longer, for one thing, and also gave it long sleeves. I guess teenagers aren't that much into the 3/4 length sleeve when it comes to cardigans. This had to be the fastest sweater I ever knit. I used <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patternDemo/swatchDisplay.html?s=620-403">Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Mushroom</a> and She.Loves.This.Sweater. So do I. In the photo, she is not the one wearing it because she's the photographer, so her sister is modeling it for us. It's a wee bit big on this model, but it fits the recipient to a teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee; like a glove, baby.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3216387793/" title="greenjeansfront by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3216387793_9c919c5c28.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="greenjeansfront" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3217242726/" title="greenjeans long sleeves by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3217242726_4c8558e908.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="greenjeans long sleeves" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3217242624/" title="greenjeans back by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3217242624_c62722de76.jpg" width="375" height="430" alt="greenjeans back" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have such a love for this sweater that I'm in the midst of making one for myself as we speak/read/write/knit. I'll show it to you pretty soon.<br /><br />I made a black <a href="http://www.knitlist.com/96gift/giftsscarf.htm">Scrunchable Scarf</a> for a friend of my daughter's for Christmas, too. See the picture? You don't? Guess why? The Caffeinated Knitter got stooooopid and forgot to take a picture of it. Have you ever done that? And it's not like you can call the person and say...um...can you come back with that scarf I made you so I can maybe tie it to a tree or lay it on the grass to take a picture of it? No. They would think you were insane. So that one is picture-less. Bleh.<br /><br />There's more, and new patterns coming too, but this is a novel already. Are you still reading all the way down here? Bless ya. :))Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-50590597332213604842008-11-17T20:20:00.006-05:002008-11-17T20:37:01.072-05:00Ribbon Candy Hat<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Ribbon Candy Hat</span><br />People have been requesting a hat pattern that matches the Ribbon Candy Stocking. If you decide to make this hat in other than holiday colors (think brights, pastels or earth tones), it can be worn all winter long. With four sizes offered here, you can make one for everyone!<br /><br />Pattern Price: $4.50<br /></span></span></span></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3038967483/" title="RCHATall by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/3038967483_1a0f18e57f.jpg" alt="RCHATall" width="500" height="294" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3039804656/" title="RCHATpinkpurple by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/3039804656_bb7fedb490.jpg" alt="RCHATpinkpurple" width="351" height="293" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3038967545/" title="RCHatlarge by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/3038967545_08c58f6150.jpg" alt="RCHatlarge" width="388" height="373" /></a><br /><br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /><input name="hosted_button_id" value="1235224" type="hidden"><br /><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" name="submit" alt="" border="0" type="image"><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" width="1" height="1" /><br /></form><br /></div>Thank you for purchasing my pattern. After your payment is processed, the pattern will be sent to you via email attachment within 24 hours, and most likely lots sooner. If for any reason you find an error (horrors!!) or have a question about it, please leave me a comment or hit the contact button up there on the right and I'll help. Happy Holidays!<br />If you're on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>, you can get this even sooner by buying this pattern in my Ravelry shop. Just click the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/yvonne-senecal-designs">"Ravelry Designer"</a> thingie up near the top right of this page and get the immediate .pdf download through Ravelry :)<br /><br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-14631698484237877002008-11-11T08:42:00.003-05:002008-11-11T09:21:13.392-05:00The Violet DahliaTrue to my promise to myself, I made a popular knitting design that I found on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>. I'm actually going to make two of these, and this is the first one. The pattern is called <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTdahlia.html">Dahlia</a>. The coolest part about this pattern is that the designer is a teenage girl. Isn't that incredible? This is one of the first times in my life that I made the garment in a color similar to the original, but that's just because it's the color my daughter chose for it. This was some of the yarn I bought from Knitting Warehouse during my most recent online S.E.X. (get your mind out of the gutter; that means Stash Enhancement Expedition!!!) session.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3019567101/" title="Dahliasmile by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/3019567101_c9ff362b47.jpg" alt="Dahliasmile" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I know that using Caron Simply Soft for a major garment may seem cheap and ridiculous to some people, but you have to keep in mind that this is for a teenager who may someday move out (one can hope, right??) and who may one day do her own laundry (I'm a hell of a daydreamer) without my supervision. Whatever I make for other people must be washable, dryable and affordable for a prolific knitter such as myself to make for him/her. Once again, my aspirations to ever become a yarn snob are taking a back seat to my inherent thrift. The Violet Dahlia was finished when my daughter got home from school yesterday, and she squealed and put it on immediately. She could not have been any happier had I made it out of 100% cashmere.<br />...<br /><br />Okay, that might be a lie. She might have been happier in that case.<br /><br />If you're looking at the original pattern and then at my version, you'll see that at the request of my daughter I "depoofed" the sleeves and replaced the picot edging with four rows of 1 x 1 ribbing:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/3020397204/" title="Dahliasleeveneck by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/3020397204_82f3f5d48d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Dahliasleeveneck" /></a><br /><br />The next one is going to be magenta :))<br /><br />The next project I'm going to complete will be the <a href="http://kellymaher.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/ribbed-lace-bolero/">Ribbed Lace Bolero</a>, of which I will also be making two, if not three. This is going to be in black. I've started the first one and am using <a href="http://store.knitting-warehouse.com/yarn-lion-vanna.html">Lion Brand Vanna's Choice yarn</a>. This is the first time I've ever tried this yarn. For an acrylic, it's not bad. No squeaking to speak of (okay, I do realize that my low threshold for yarny goodness is showing again). I'm a little put off by the fatness of this supposed worsted-weight yarn. It seems more like an aran weight to me. Never in a million years would I substitute this for a worsted weight yarn in a pattern in which gauge is terribly crucial without making a very careful gauge swatch. I'm not a big huge fan of swatching (who is???) but diving into any project with this yarn without making one is a prescription for disappointment and possible impulsive impaling of someone/something with a knitting needle when you begin to seethe with rage. This bolero will be for my other daughter. The Violet Dahlia daughter also wants the exact same thing in the same color, depending on her critique of how Ribbed Lace Bolero #1 comes out.<br /><br />A while back I made a black <a href="http://www.knitlist.com/96gift/giftsscarf.htm">Scrunchable Scarf</a>. The other day when the temperature plummeted to 60 degrees one of my kids wore it to school. This prompted a request for one exactly like it from one of her friends, and that scarf will be next in the queue. You know, that's one dark purple top followed by three black things. I better intersperse that lineup with something made with some yarn in a lighter color. Most of my knitting is done in the evening, and my aging eyes and black yarn don't get along so well under those circumstances. I find myself more and more often needing to knit with dark yarns in natural daylight. Hmmm. Hmmm. My friend just started a new job, and her office is chilly. She has asked if I would make her some fingerless gloves, so I'll make a pair of those. I have two skeins of <a href="http://www.littleknits.com/products.php?cat=466">ONline Supersocke Beach Colors</a> that I don't want to really use to make socks because there is a high cotton content. I didn't realize that when I bought it, and I think that yarn would be perfect for some stripy fingerless gloves to wear in Florida, don't you? Not too hot, and the cotton content is less dangerous when you don't have to worry about socks falling down, right?<br /><br />That's a lot of knitting projects lined up, isn't it? I'm hoping to write and post another pattern this month, as well. Bring on the Red Bull.<br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-92177636264322886692008-11-07T10:30:00.004-05:002008-11-07T13:22:01.017-05:00Purdy Purdy SocksSo, I did finish those socks, and here's the proof:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2996649123/" title="Onlinecitysocks1 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2996649123_89d98dcebc_o.jpg" alt="Onlinecitysocks1" height="316" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Wonderful, mindless, self-striping, socky goodness. These are mental health socks. Knitting these was like going on vacation. Who invented self-striping sock yarn? It's done with computers, right? Whatever...it's genius. It makes me grateful to be living in this day and age. We've come so far since we bought yarn in the grocery store. Don't believe me? It's true--it was right next to the sneakers in the olden days. Yes--you could buy SNEAKERS (not skateboard shoes, not running shoes, not tennis shoes, not basketball shoes, sigh) the same place you could buy food, including white sugar. We didn't even wear bike helmets to ride there, either, and lived to tell about it and grow up to knit purdy socks with super-cool-computer-generated-self-striping-superwash-even-though-it's-actual-wool yarn.<br /><br />Oh, I almost forgot; they match:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2996649195/" title="Onlinecitysocksmatching by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2996649195_ea9852aa06.jpg" alt="Onlinecitysocksmatching" height="500" width="477" /></a><br /><br />They aren't different lengths; that's a positional thing or a camera thing or the person wearing them didn't pull them on evenly. You know why these pictures were taken indoors instead of out in the yard in the light of the lovely Florida sun like some of my other stuff? Because I think the neighbors are starting to talk. I might be turning into the neighborhood Crazy Lady. Well...they do see me out in the yard taking photographs of socks and stuff; for instance, Christmas stockings stuck to the sides of palm trees. Then they catch glimpses of me walking around the neighborhood with my mp3 player, giggling to myself as I listen to my podcasts. Oh my God--what if they can't see that I'm using earbuds??? What if all they see is this nutty chick walking along in the wrong sneakers not intended for walking but for maybe jogging or running (God forbid!), laughing her head off all alone walking around the streets? Could this be the reason I never get trick-or-treaters???? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... ;))<br /><br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-66464481640985405472008-11-02T19:12:00.012-05:002008-11-07T10:27:35.325-05:00Ribbon Candy Stocking<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b style=""><span style="">RIBBON CANDY STOCKING</span></b></span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pattern Price: $5.00</span></span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i style=""><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:14;" >Swirling stripes of red, green and cream reminiscent of festive holiday candy adorn this stocking. The hanging loop is knit in.</span></i></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2997491306/" title="RCS2 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/2997491306_ac2afbeb07.jpg" alt="RCS2" height="343" width="276" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2999214547/" title="RCstockoutside by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/2999214547_2441c5bda9.jpg" alt="RCstockoutside" height="500" width="375" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2997491150/" title="RCScloseup by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/2997491150_8f1df6aa99_m.jpg" alt="RCScloseup" height="180" width="240" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2996649015/" title="RCSribloop by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2996649015_44b0049990_m.jpg" alt="RCSribloop" height="180" width="240" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Thank you for purchasing my pattern. After your payment is processed, the pattern will be sent to you via email attachment within 24 hours, and most likely lots sooner. If for any reason you find an error (horrors!!) or have a question about it, please leave me a comment or hit the contact button up there on the right and I'll help. Happy Holidays!<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">If you're on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com">Ravelry</a>, you can get this even sooner by buying this pattern in my Ravelry shop. Just click the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/yvonne-senecal-designs">"Ravelry Designer"</a> thingie up near the top right of this page and get the immediate .pdf download through Ravelry :)<br /></p><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /><input name="hosted_button_id" value="868473" type="hidden"><br /><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" name="submit" alt="" border="0" type="image"><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" /><br /></form>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-33604208364615272942008-10-28T09:07:00.005-05:002008-10-28T09:45:39.260-05:00Chili WeatherAn actual cold snap has come to Florida! The temperature plummeted to 53 degrees this morning. I almost had to close the windows!<br /><br />A day like this is the kind that makes you want to wear socks--handknit socks of COURSE--and dash into the kitchen to get a nice hot pot of chili going. If I were still in the northeast, I'd say, "Today is a good day to make stew." I ought to bake something, too! I'm having the kind of morning I love: I'm wearing sweatpants, which is something I can only do a couple of times per year here in the Sweaty State; I had time to listen to an episode of <a href="http://she-knits.mypodcast.com/">She-Knits</a> this morning; and I've started a new pair of socks, similar to the <a href="http://thecaffeineatedknitter.blogspot.com/2008/10/laziest-socks-ever.html">Laziest Socks Ever</a>, but I think this yarn is so gorgeous:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2981539374/" title="pvsocks002 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2981539374_f42c74b723.jpg" alt="pvsocks002" height="338" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I'm still crazy about self-striping sock yarn. Has it lost its appeal for you? I bought this about a year ago from <a href="http://www.littleknits.com/index.php">Little Knits</a> (My God what good sales they have!!! hurrygobuysomeyarntheresaidthesubliminalvoiceinyourhead). It's On Line Supersocke in one of the City colorways. It's superwash. So far, I have refused to make socks out of any yarn that has to be hand-washed. It just doesn't seem practical to me. Knowing me, I'd accidentally throw them in the washer and dryer and felt them to death. Then I'd have to cry, and I don't want to do that. Anyway, this is just a "plain vanilla" sock. No pattern, nothing exciting. Cast on 64 stitches, then turn your brain off till you look down and you're holding a finished sock. Rinse and repeat. The fun part is seeing the various color patterns emerge. I have one worry: While winding this ball, I found a knot. Yeah. A Dreaded Knot. You know what that means with self-striping yarn, right? The color sequence is going to be messed up right there. I'll have to briefly turn my brain back on at that point, to make sure I can make the correct color striping sequence continue. Unlike <a href="http://thecaffeineatedknitter.blogspot.com/2008/10/laziest-socks-ever.html">The Laziest Socks Ever</a>, I'm going to try to make this pair match.<br /><br />I have a new Christmas stocking blocking on the dining room table. I have to put the finishing touches on the pattern and take pictures, and then I'm going to show you that in the next few days. I was chomping at the bit to finish it because I have received this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2961305141/" title="stashinbox by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/2961305141_79efd5025a.jpg" alt="stashinbox" height="364" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I bet you can't guess what's in there!!!!<br />Oh, you guessed yarn...am I really that transparent?<br /><br />I haven't allowed myself to open that box yet. It's still sealed, in my closet. I put in an order at <a href="http://knitting-warehouse.com/">Knitting Warehouse</a>, which is a great online place to buy yarn. I always go there when I am getting Lion Brand or Caron or Bernat yarns. They don't carry a ton of brands, but they have flat-rate shipping of $5.99 and they are always 100% accurate and incredibly fast. This is my first real yarn purchase since the Great Knitting Slump ended. It contains yarn to make some of the stuff that's in my unrealistically long Ravelry queue. I've optimistically planned to make five sweaters, among other things. I'll have to elaborate on that in another post. I also bought some of<a href="http://store.knitting-warehouse.com/yarn-coats-red-heart-heartsole.html"> the new sock yarn from Red Heart</a>, called Heart and Sole. You have to buy two skeins to make a pair of socks, but a skein is only $4.69 which appeals to my cheap side. Once again, I'm sadly reminded that I'll never be a yarn snob no matter how much I plan to start being one.<br /><br />Well, enough prattling on! I have to get back outside in my fleece jacket/socks/sweatpants before it gets back up to 80 degrees.<br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-48617594402098016262008-10-23T14:00:00.005-05:002009-12-11T22:23:26.009-05:00Sparkling Sleigh Bells Stocking<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:18;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here's the solution to that holiday sparkly acrylic you bought on sale last year after the holidays were over :) Ho Ho Ho!!! </span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:18;" ><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:18;" >SPARKLING SLEIGH BELLS STOCKING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><i style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:18;" >This is a generously-sized stocking to hold lots of goodies</span></i></b></p><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2966848303/" title="sparkling SB candle by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2966848303_acb744f83e.jpg" alt="sparkling SB candle" height="375" width="500" /></a><span style=";font-family:";font-size:18;" ><o:p><br /></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Stocking</span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Size 7 16-inch circular needle</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Size 7 double-pointed needles, set of four</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Stitch Marker</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Various holiday-themed craft charms and/or alphabet beads to make recipient’s name, and/or jingle bells</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Small craft ring (wood or metal), holiday-themed ribbon, or metallic cord suitable for making hanging loop of your choice. Instructions for knitted hanger (not pictured) included.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Finished Size: Approximately 8 inches wide x 20 inches long</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yarn: </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Red Heart Holiday, 3 skeins in colors A, B and C of your choice (Any worsted-weight yarn can be used). For stocking pictured, the following yarns were used:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A: Cream (Aran/Gold) 1 skein 3.5 oz/100 g/*251 yds/230 m</p> <p class="MsoNormal">B: Red/Green variegated (Victorian/Gold) 1 skein 3.5 oz/100 g/ *214 yds/196 m</p> <p class="MsoNormal">C: Green (Green/Silver) 1 skein 3.5 oz/100 g/ *251 yds/230 m</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gauge:<span style=""> </span>Not crucial. Per label:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>20 stitches/28 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in stockinette stitch using size 7 needles</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">*Color B (Victorian/Gold)<span style=""> </span>as above contains less yardage than A or C.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">NOTE: When changing colors, pick up new color under strand of old color to avoid holes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">With A, cast<span style=""> </span>72 stitches onto 16-inch needle, place marker and join to work in the round, being careful not to twist stitches.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 1</b>:<span style=""> </span>*(<st1:place>K2</st1:place>, P2) around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 2</b>: Knit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Rounds 3-12</b>: Repeat rounds 1 and 2 five times.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do not<span style=""> </span>cut color A; join color B.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Rounds 13-19</b>: With B, knit.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 20</b>: With A, knit.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do not cut Color B; join color C.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Rounds 21-27</b>:<span style=""> </span>With C, knit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style=""> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 28</b>:<span style=""> </span>With A, knit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Rounds 29-76</b>: Repeat rounds<span style=""> </span>13-28 three more times. Cut B and C.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Heel Setup Rows<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 1:<span style=""> </span>With A, K 18, turn.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Row 2: P 36, turn. Leave remaining 36 (instep) stitches on stitch holder (or on one needle if using double-pointed needles).</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Modified Band Heel</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Row 1</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">: *Slip 1, K 1. Repeat across.<br /><b style="">Row 2</b>: Slip 1, P to end.<br />Repeat Rows 1 and 2 three more times, ending by purling a row.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Begin turning heel:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Rows 1, 3, 5, 7:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> *Slip 1, K 1. Repeat across.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Row 2</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">:<span style=""> </span>Slip 1, P 10, P2tog, P 10, P2tog, P 11. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Row 4:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> Slip 1,<span style=""> </span>P9, P2tog, P 10, P2tog, P10.<br /><b style="">Row 6</b>: Slip 1, P8, P2tog, P 10, P2tog, P9.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Row 8:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> Slip 1, P 7, P2tog, P 10, P2tog, P8. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">28 stitches on the needle. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Row 9:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> Repeat Row 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Row 10</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">: Slip 1, P 6, P2tog, P 10, P2tog.Turn.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Row 11</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">: (Slip 1, K1) 6 times. Turn.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Row 12:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><span style=""> </span>Slip 1, P 10, P2tog. Turn.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Row 13</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">: (Slip 1, K1) 5 times. Slip 1, K2tog. Turn.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Repeat rows 12 and 13 until all of the edge stitches on each side of the center 12 stitches have been consumed, ending with K2tog. There are 12 stitches on the needle. Turn.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Last row: Slip 1, P5. Turn. Place marker for beginning of round (center back heel). You will now begin to work in rounds again. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Foot<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Round 1:<span style=""> </span>Join color B. With B, K6. Pick up and knit 12 stitches evenly in the chain stitches along side of heel flap. Knit 36 instep stitches. Pick up and knit 12 stitches evenly in the chain stitches along the second side of heel flap. K6.<span style=""> </span>Total of 72 stitches.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Rounds 2-7</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">: With B, knit.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Round 8:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> With A, knit.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Rounds 9-15:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> Join Color C. With C, knit.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Round 16:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> With A, knit.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Rounds 17-46</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">: Repeat rounds 13-28 (as in beginning of leg pattern above) twice. Cut B and C.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Toe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Note: </span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Switch to double-pointed needles when too few stitches remain to continue using circular needle.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">With color A:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 1</b>: *K6, K2tog. Repeat around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 2</b>: Knit around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 3</b>: *K5, <st1:place>K2</st1:place> tog. Repeat around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 4</b>: Knit around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 5</b>: *K4, K2tog. Repeat around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Rounds 6</b>: Knit around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 7</b>: *K3, K2tog. Repeat around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Rounds 8</b>: Knit around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 9</b>: *<st1:place>K2</st1:place>, K2tog. Repeat around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 10</b>: Knit around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 11</b>: *K1, K2tog. Repeat around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 12</b>: Knit around.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Round 13</b>: *K2 tog. Repeat around. Cut yarn, leaving a long tail.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Finishing:</b> Thread a tapestry needle with the yarn tail and run through remaining stitches twice. Pull tightly, then through to wrong side. Weave in ends. **Block.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Attach hanging loop and assorted charms/beads of your choice.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Hanging </b><st1:place><b style="">Loop</b></st1:place><b style="">: </b>With color A and double-pointed needles, cast on 24 stitches, divide evenly among 3 needles, and place marker for beginning of round. Working in rounds, knit rounds 1 and 2 as for <b style="">cuff</b> four times. Bind off. Sew hanging loop firmly to cuff of stocking in desired position.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Finishing: <span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Adorn stocking with the holiday-themed craft charms of your choice.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">**According to the instructions given by the yarn manufacturer</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-46561450570597719112008-10-22T10:29:00.008-05:002008-11-07T10:28:05.232-05:00Holiday Flurries StockingTis the season to make Christmas stockings!! I'm not making any guarantees, but I have a strong hunch that if you make this one for anyone, they might think twice before giving you fruitcake. Again.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >HOLIDAY FLURRIES STOCKING<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Price: $5.00</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /><br /></span></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2963855305/" title="HF 3 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2963855305_083dcc05e7.jpg" alt="HF 3" height="499" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br />Okay, I know we don't have snow in Florida, but...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2964692658/" title="Holiday Flurries 2 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2964692658_0128900d84.jpg" alt="Holiday Flurries 2" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Thank you for purchasing my pattern. After your payment is processed, the pattern will be sent to you via email attachment within 24 hours, and most likely lots sooner. If for any reason you find an error (horrors!!) or have a question about it, please leave me a comment or hit the contact button up there on the right and I'll help. Happy Holidays!<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">If you're on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>, you can get this even sooner by buying this pattern in my Ravelry shop. Just click the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/yvonne-senecal-designs">"Ravelry Designer"</a> thingie up near the top right of this page and get the immediate .pdf download through Ravelry :)<br /></p><br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!<br /><br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /><input name="hosted_button_id" value="978202" type="hidden"><br /><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" name="submit" alt="" border="0" type="image"><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" /><br /></form>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-62031905256220421942008-10-21T12:13:00.004-05:002008-10-28T09:43:22.658-05:00No Peeking! ! Well, Okay...a Little PeekHey! Remember this?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2945953020/" title="Red Heart Holiday by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/2945953020_1240f14f06_m.jpg" alt="Red Heart Holiday" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br />I'm making you something, just like I promised!! Ho Ho HO!!!! I'll give it to you tomorrow or the next day. Want me to give you a hint?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2961305083/" title="RHHballs by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/2961305083_2ddd6f62de.jpg" alt="RHHballs" height="416" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Quit trying to scroll to the left and peek. Don't even TELL me you didn't just try that. Those strands of yarn definitely lead to a WIP, as proven by the needle tips sticking out of it. See? SEE???<br /><br />Are you excited? I'll show it to you tomorrow...night. Muahahahaha!!!<br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-69225484139085625922008-10-18T07:07:00.003-05:002008-10-18T10:09:46.861-05:00Funky Acrylic and Buyer's RemorseIt happens every year, doesn't it? You can admit it; it's just us here now. You've knit for six months for Christmas/<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hanukkah</span>/<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kwanzaa</span> and the holidays have finally come...and GONE. You resolve to lose weight, exercise more, and go on a yarn diet, too. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.<br /><br />One day last January while out and about, Determined to Not Buy Yarn, I bought this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2945953020/" title="Red Heart Holiday by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/2945953020_1240f14f06.jpg" alt="Red Heart Holiday" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />It was a sale. A SALE, okay? Immediate buyer's remorse set in. I was helpless against the force field of <a href="http://thecaffeineatedknitter.blogspot.com/2008/09/id-like-to-be-yarn-snob.html">good yardage and the sale</a>.I stashed it away, thinking I'd probably never use it, or would give it to a school for craft projects, maybe. It's kind of unwearable. It's scratchy to begin with, and then the addition of that gold or silver glitter-laden thread wrapping around the strand just makes it feel like steel wool.<br /><br />I took it all out the other day and stared at it. I didn't even buy two skeins alike. Sigh. Did you do this, too? I'm working on a pattern we can knit to put some of this to good use. If you bought out the whole shelf of this last January, or something similar, don't lose hope. Come back in a few days, and maybe I'll have posted a free pattern that will help you justify that old purchase and sleep a little better. Plus, if you use up some of this yarn that's been taking up valuable stash space for almost a year, you know what that means, right? More stash space. Riiiiiiiiiight!!!!!<br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-22325563344600940632008-10-15T19:29:00.009-05:002008-10-18T11:32:41.480-05:00The Blue and Orange Monstrosity, RevealedAs God is my witness, I shall never crochet with navy and orange again in my life. You know how many miles of it passed through my hands to make this??<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2945952956/" title="LBHS whole thing by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/2945952956_2f1fc240db.jpg" alt="LBHS whole thing" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />That's probably a lie; I no doubt WILL crochet with navy and orange again in my life. I have two kids attending the same high school with the same hideous-beyond-belief school colors, and only one of them has a school blankie....errr....do the math. Let's just say I'll be taking an orange and blue hiatus for a while--at least till my sight returns to quasi-normal. This afghan is for my oldest daughter.<br /><br />So the name of the school has the letters "LBHS." She's in the class of 2010, is into music, and I....you know.... I heart her. Of COURSE I heart her!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2945952840/" title="LBHS flat by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/2945952840_a36f04003f.jpg" alt="LBHS flat" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />You can do this yourself. Get giant gobs of acrylic (gotta be washable! and cheap!) in your kid's school colors, graph out the letters and numbers you want, add in a few squares that apply personally to YOUR kid, and there you go. I made four strips 40 stitches wide with 5 squares each 40 rows high, per strip. Also, I carried the color not in use inside of the row so it sort of peeks through. In other words, in a square that's predominantly navy, the orange yarn is running all through each row, and vice versa. This makes it thicker and warmer. I used a size J hook because of this. I didn't want it to be stiff like wood. After all, an afghan should be kinda bendy, right? She's going to cover up with it, not surf on it.<br /><br />I almost forgot to tell you about the most important part, and why it tortured me! You already know from <a href="http://thecaffeineatedknitter.blogspot.com/2008/10/nearing-crochet-finish-line.html">a few posts ago</a> that this has taken a ridiculously long time to make. What I didn't mention was that on the final strip, the one with the "2"/"CLASS OF"/"L" is that I made a horrible, insane mistake. I finished the entire strip only to realize I made it in the WRONG COLORS. Yeah. Everything that was blue should have been orange, and vice versa.<br /><br />Okay. Okay. Okay. Breathe. Okay.<br /><br />I maaaaaay or may NOT have uttered several swear words when I discovered it. All I really remember is the slight pinprick from the needle when they gave me the sedative, and someone saying something about removing all the knives from the house...;)<br /><br /><br /><br />So there you have it: The Blue and Orange Monstrosity in all of it's cheapo acrylic glory.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2945952910/" title="LBHSontile by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2945952910_0e2472ce68.jpg" alt="LBHSontile" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br />OH!!!! Speaking of cheapo acrylic, I have something I'll have to remember to show you tomorrow. For now, I have to just bask in the fact that I'll probably never touch this afghan again. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!<br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-58244551041584363862008-10-12T08:59:00.007-05:002008-10-15T21:28:46.400-05:00Laziest. Socks. Ever.So one day last fall I was at a local flea market; it's an indoor venue with tons of essentially permanent booths set up by local vendors who sell their stuff on weekends. I was browsing around and found one that was an actual...yarn shop. You see, the lady who owned it had just closed her brick and mortar LYS. It was a store I'd always meant to stop by, but I never did get around to it, what with being a lazy procrastinator and all that. I was delighted to find her in the flea market, and I bought two skeins of S.R. Kertzer On Your Toes . I cast on the first sock pretty much right away and got past the heel and well into the foot when The Great Knitting Slump of 2007-08 AND Premature Second Sock Syndrome struck simultaneously. At that point, the unfinished sock, the ball of yarn and my size 2 DPNs went to live in my knitting basket.<br /><br />Fast forward 11 months.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2917135294/" title="Picture 048 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2917135294_6ff7d98453.jpg" alt="Picture 048" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br />Voila!!<br /><br />In keeping with maintaining my laziness where these socks are concerned, I didn't even bother trying to make them look like they matched. Normally, with self-striping/patterning yarn, I attempt to start sock #2 at the same place in the color sequence so the socks come out looking exactly the same. But I didn't do it for the Laziest. Socks. Ever. Did you notice they're also sans any sort of interesting stitch pattern whatsoever, too? Ultra-lazy. Yeah--and I didn't bother blocking them, either. However, I did have so much yarn left over that immediately upon grafting the toe of sock #2, I cast on and immediately finished these:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnevt/2917136896/" title="Picture 052 by yvonnevt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/2917136896_c27829848a.jpg" alt="Picture 052" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />to attempt to assuage my guilt over taking almost a year to make one pair of socks, never mind <a href="http://thecaffeineatedknitter.blogspot.com/2008/10/nearing-crochet-finish-line.html">The Unfinished Blue and Orange Monstrosity</a> that has also been a UFO for almost a year.<br /><br />By the way, I just finished that at midnight last night. Pictures coming soon! Probably not a year from now! :)<br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-44955202322328314492008-10-09T19:02:00.010-05:002008-10-15T21:29:08.730-05:00Nearing the Crochet Finish LineIf you've been following this blog, you've heard me refer to The Great Knitting Slump of 2007-2008. I've had an epiphany where that's concerned!<br /><br />I know (partially, at least) what killed my knitting mojo. First, you need to know that I generally have three projects going at once: One knit project that's kind of time-consuming; one knit project that gives nearly instant gratification like <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YvonneVT/so-you-think-you-can-hat">this</a>; (you won't be able to see the link for this cool hat unless you're on <a href="http://ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>) and one crochet project. Now don't go running away right off the bat if you're a purist knitter and I've just used the "C" word! Keep an open mind, now :)<br /><br />Anyway, I digress. A little over a year ago, I promised my daughter I would crochet her a specific something. There were a couple of problems. I had to design it myself, which I like, but it wasn't really something I felt terribly enthused about. Mind you--I WANTED to want to do it, see? But I really sorta didn't. I got as far as designing it and even making all my color charts. I bought the yarn. Actually, that's pretty much where the kiss of death began. I didn't like the yarn. But I'm frugal; I'm thrifty (cheap cheap cheap) and needed a crapload of this yarn. Also, it had to be in two colors I happen to specifically kind of loathe. It was <a href="http://store.knitting-warehouse.com/067818.html">this</a> and <a href="http://store.knitting-warehouse.com/067841.html">this</a>.<br /><br />I was able to start this project, but early on I got sick to death of it. I'm the type of person who feels sorry for my UFOs and feel disloyal if I really take on a new NEW project (beyond the 3 as above) with a lonely UFO sitting around, and I really couldn't go on with this big crochet project, so I stalled out.<br /><br />I really think that deciding to get on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a> and listening to my favorite knitting podcasts again jump-started things. After not touching this thing for almost a year, I've now reached the home stretch! Woot! I'll show it to you in the next couple of days after I bribe the one person in the house who can take a decent picture to do so. Decent pictures are not my forte, as you can see by looking around here. That's a subject for a whole other day. See yas!<br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-2128768767805494982008-10-07T10:03:00.005-05:002008-10-15T21:29:26.733-05:00I'm Missing OutI've spent a lot of time knitting and crocheting in my life. Haven't you? Since the dawn of the internet, online patterns, Ravelry, etc., the knitting world is at my fingertips, in its entirety! Hello? Dream come true!!!<br /><br />However, with all the browsing, surfing, dreaming and drooling I do on a daily basis, I haven't made very many of the "wildfire" knits, as <a href="http://www.stashandburn.com/">Jenny and Nicole on Stash and Burn</a> call them. I'm talking about those wildly popular patterns like <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTclapotis.html">Clapotis</a>, <a href="http://www.knitty.com/issuewinter06/PATTmonkey.html">Monkey Socks</a>, <a href="http://www.knitty.com/issuespring05/PATTbranchingout.html">Branching Out</a>, <a href="http://www.helloyarn.com/irishhikingscarf.htm">Irish Hiking Scarf</a>, <a href="http://www.zephyrstyle.com/catalog/item.cfm/2367447/3974522">Wicked</a>, <a href="http://www.schoolhousepress.com/spunout.htm#">Baby Surprise Jacket</a>,etc. I made the Einstein Coat, but I used a yarn I got on ebay that nobody else will ever use. I always...do things so unconventionally.<br /><br />I wonder why that is? Those are great patterns, and like I say--wildly popular. I do spend a lot of time designing my own stuff, but I have to start making sure I have lots of free time for personal sit-back-and-relax knitting. I'm going to head over to <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a> and start queuing up some good, popular, tried-and-true patterns so I can be like the cool kids :)<br /><br />By they way, remember when I posted yesterday about being flabbergasted that there were 7 pages of activity on my designs on <a href="http://ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>? Now it's up to 16. I love you, <a href="http://ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a>. =)<br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-80014321645888680362008-10-06T19:33:00.003-05:002008-10-15T21:29:42.381-05:00Holy cow!!!So let me tell you this! I waited way longer than most rabid knitters to get on Ravelry. I just got on it after the end of The Great Knitting Slump of 2007-2008, on September 18. A couple of years ago, like I mentioned earlier, I was writing patterns and selling patterns and all that. I took a few of those designs today and plunked them on Ravelry. My gosh!! Talk about being welcomed with open arms! If you aren't on Ravelry, get on it. That has to be the friendliest, warmest group of a quarter million strangers you'll ever come across.<br /><br />I'm beyond flabbergasted. I've had patterns posted for only a few hours right now, and already there are 7 pages of "activity" on them, meaning people have favorited them, commented on them or queued them. I'm stunned, stunned, STUNNED. And happy! And flattered. If you're one of those people, and you're reading this post, then I like you and I thank you from the bottom of my heart :))<br />You guys are the coolest. Of course you are! You're knitters/crocheters, right? 'Nuff said. ;D<br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647200392940952588.post-53783744077008498612008-10-05T19:33:00.005-05:002008-10-15T21:31:03.401-05:00Oh Lordy MmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmSo...it's October. You know what that means, right? Halloween candy!!!! Have you seen the <a href="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/15259/38_2007/IMG_2413.preview.JPG">Candy Corn Hershey Kisses</a>?!<br /><br />Good God. I just got some and put them in my clear glass pumpkin-shaped candy dish. Oh, soooo yummy. They taste like white chocolate to me.<br /><br />Go get some right away.<br /><br /><br />Despite the fact that I have comments enabled, in order to comment you need to actually click on the title of this (or any other) post. Sorry!Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913352506693986732noreply@blogger.com0