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Knitting A Scarf: Just Enough Ruffles

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Joyce Makes Art

I started Just Enough Ruffles yesterday. Laura Chau is a genius pattern writer, using short rows to curve the scarf inward and on toward the ruffled edge.

Having read the pattern carefully, though, I'm inclined to think that it was mis-named. It probably needs to be called Too Many Ruffles. I've just discovered that I'm going to be increasing three times in each stitch for a total of 600 stitches across the ruffled edge. 600. Really?

Although I am not looking forward to that cast off, the cashmere is soft and dreamy and the robin's egg blue color is very nice. Possibly my only real complaint about this one is that at least for now, I'm going to have to crank the air conditioning if I want to wear it. This scarf is going to have to wait for much cooler weather!

Cashmere + Knit + Shrug = Happy

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Joyce Makes Art

It's all done and it's definitely a hit!

This may be the perfect little lacy shrug – – with minor variations and in different yarns I can imagine it filling a lot of different uses.

The Amazing Knit Cat Lovey

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Joyce Makes Art

I'm stretching the truth here — just a bit. This is actually not a knit cat lovey, although Squirt really wishes it was. Instead, it's my Mom's new shrug, finished just in time for graduation and knit from this pattern.

I joked about it being too big for her while I was knitting it, and it actually fits just a bit large on me, but I'm hopeful it will work out for her. It feels amazing, and is just the perfect touch of added warmth.

I promise better pictures tomorrow when the sun is up if Squirt will relinquish his apparent attempts at ownership. I may need to knit up the leftover yarn into a little lovey for him, if I'm to get the shrug back.

Just Enough Ruffles Scarf

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Joyce Makes Art

I am going to knit this

Using this yarn, a soft, heavenly, robins egg blue worsted weight cashmere.

I am very happy about it. So are my kids.

Don't you just love a yarn everyone can get excited about?

Little Copernicus is Done

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Joyce Makes Art

I just finished knitting the Little Copernicus sweater, and I'm so excited that I can't wait for daylight and the chance to take good pictures to share it with you. I need to show it to you now. Right this minute. It is so tiny and cute!

Here it is, all done, and in need of a good blocking. I'm hoping it's small enough to dry overnight, because I can't wait to sew on the tiny mother of pearl buttons I purchased for it.

The yarn is Elliebelly Pixie Merino, dyed in a Paintbrush colorway. Here is a close up shot, so you can get a better idea of how the yarn works in this pattern and how nicely the picked up rib edging contrast with the stockinette body.

Hermione Loves Ron

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Joyce Makes Art

This might be the cleverest pattern ever for a knit hat. It's a simple ribbed watch cap, but the knit rows are cabled and the purl rows contain a simple lace pattern.

The pattern is available as a free download on Ravelry and its called Hermione loves Ron because it was inspired by the hat Hermione wore in the Half Blood Prince movie in the Harry Potter series.

The yarn I'm using is Classic Elite's Princess, a blend of 40% Wool, 28% Rayon, 15% Nylon, 10% Cashmere and 7% Angora. I was intrigued by that blend when I saw the yarn on sale at my LYS. It has been really nice to knit with, although it is not as soft as I would have expected with the Cashmere and Angora content. I'll be interested to see how it feels after it washes up.

I've completed three of the four and one-half repeats the pattern calls for before going to decreases. Although this is meant for my oldest child, it looks like he is going to have to fight off his younger sister to get it, and really, it is a bit more of a "girl pattern" than I anticipated when I began it. I'm starting to think about a more teenage boy friendly version that omits the lace pattern on the purl portion of the rib.

Midway Through The Cabled Afghan

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Joyce Makes Art

I'm just about halfway through with the cabled afghan, at least based upon the amount of yarn I dyed for this project. The lighting did some funny things — there are no horizontal stripes, that must be from the bad nighttime living room light.

This project has been too bulky to be portable for quite some time now, which puts it on a slower track for completion than I would like. It is already incredibly perfect for snuggling under on the couch while watching TV. But, given that I can only work on it at home, I'm hoping to work on it a couple of nights a week and finish up by the end of February. At this point, I've crossed the cables seven times (it's a 14 row repeat). I'm hoping to be able to get in at least another seven to insure the finished afghan is long enough to cover toes.