Project Update!

Its been a while since I last updated you about my recent projects

It was when I had just finished my first Milo vest for Milo May

 

I made a second one for my niece, Miss 7

Its identical to her sisters one but this pic shows the back

 

 

Now I've slowly been working my way through the Woolly World Knits patterns

 

They sucked me in with their pretty colours

 

Since discovering Katja's patterns, I've developed a obsession with hats and mittens

 

Another Testing opportunity came up but this time for a Hat/Mitten set so I started with the Validus Mittens

Everyone else did their hats first and you know me, I like to do things differently!

 

 

Then I made the Validus Hat

 

 

I was hoping for a cold day to bundle up with my hat and mittens for an awesome photo shoot, but the sun came out and ruined my plans!

(plus I finished the day before my Samoa trip and I needed to get my test results in)

 

Then I finished a Webby

 

 

Ok I know the photo looks like an egg yolk but thats what you get with white bench-tops

I wanted to show how the top of the hat and the 'web' looks

That and the picture of me wearing this hat in my boat with a raincoat, sunglasses and life-jacket on is not inspiring...



 

Then, I realised a certain little lady's birthday was coming up and I had promised her a hat

Remember my Hat Marathon conversation with Kate?

 

So she got this Arya hat

 

 

I'm proud to say I didn't make a single mistake with this hat

Not that I always make mistakes, I don't, but this pattern was so beautifully written and so easy to follow I'll try to make one for myself

That and I kept the old written version because Me + Charts = FAIL so I need written versions

 

Now I'm planning her brother's hats

I'm not saying they'll get their's for their birthdays (Samuel, Isaac.... if you're reading this)

It might be random, it might be Christmas

 

Who am I kidding, it'll probably be their birthdays

 

I've been looking up Men's hats and found ONE I like

 

ONE!!!!

 

Where are all the men's hat designers?

Designers who use DK/8 ply yarn?

 

Non-exsistant thats where! If you're out there and reading this..... I want hats for boys/men

Not hats that can be made with pink yarn and changed into girls hats

Oh and I need it by January at the latest :-)

 

Anway..... moving on....

 

Last night I finished these beauties

They're called Avena

 

 

One is a little bit tighter than the other because I made it while watching a zombie tv show and let me tell you zombie's scare me more than anything else in the world

But I keep watching it because I NEED to know that they don't take over the world!

 

So as you can see I'm a walking advertisement for Woolly World Knits!

 

And I'm proud of it because the patterns are amazing

 

Why don't you pop over and have a look at all the pretty patterns?

 

Now remember I told you I'd give hand-dying yarn a try?

 

Well I did it!

 

I got my large stock-pot, mixed my die, added the yarn and stired it all around

 

I tried Blue

 

 

I tried Yellow

  

 

I also tried Red but the photos of it in the pot aren't very good

 

I ended up with some beautiful colours!

 

 

I started winding up the blue last night and its oh so squishy and pretty!!

 

 

I also learnt a few things:

1. Don't tie the skein up too loosly or the ties move together and everything else ends up knotted

2. Use acrylic for ties because those don't soak up the colour. I used opposite colours so the ties were easier to find

3. The Spin Cycle on my washing machine is awesome. I laid it out so it wouldn't tangle and since all the water was spun out it took very little time to dry

4. Don't tie the ties too tight. My red had white streaks because the die couldn't get through to the yarn on the inside!

 

 

I'll be using these skeins for myself!

 

(Insert evil genius laugh here)

 

And I'm planning on casting on one of these amazing colours in the next few days!