My newest addition April 8, 2008

So last week I promised I would soon post my newest item.  As I am mainly a knitter I have been spending the last few weeks thinking about how I can take a traditionally cold weather craft into the warmer months.  During the early spring fingerless gloves seemed to be a popular item.  That gave me the idea of toeless socks!  Now it sounds funny but how many of us love to wear our sandels but feel silly wearing them with socks in the cooler months?  Toeless socks would be the perfect solution.  You can wear your socks and keep your feet warm while your toes are free to cradle flip flop thongs or what have you.

So now you are all very excited to see the toeless socks, I’m sure.  Don’t get too excited.  I decided to do some internet research to learn about the prevalence of toeless socks.  I learned they aren’t super prevalent, but I did come across an equally fun and exciting project, yoga socks.  Essentially they are toeless AND heelless socks that allow the feet to stay warm while still gripping the mat. So now I present you with my version of the yoga sock.

The yarn maybe familiar as the same yarn used to knit the multicolor scarflette from a previous post.  It originally was knitted into a gently worn sweater that I purchased from my local thrift store.  I then unraveled the yarn, washed it, hand dyed it and re-knit it into these.  For those of you who loved the idea of toeless socks, do not despair.  You don’t HAVE to be doing yoga to wear yoga socks and the toeless socks may still make an appearance yet.

New items! April 2, 2008

So I have totally been neglecting my Etsy shop. Truth is I work full-time and often don’t really feel like messing with the computer after hours, but this week I have finally been reinspired and productive!  All of these items will be listed in my Etsy shop this week.For starters I FINALLY finished the lace knit beanie that I started AGES ago.  This hat almost killed me.  It was my first lace project and I learned that you (or I in any case) cannot possibly knit lace while doing other things.  The yarn is purchased from a fellow Etisan.  She unraveled a silk/angora sweater and hand-dyed it in greans, yellows, oranges and browns.  The colors were very earthy so I decided to knit a leaf pattern into the hat.  It was very trying but I am happy with the end result: a perfect spring hat!

 I also finished two coffee cup cozies made out of a Gap sweater I unraveled.  The sweater was a gap turtleneck, aqua on the bottom, mint on the top. The first one is all aqua with a diagonal rib pattern.

 The second was also a diagonal pattern but this one used both the aqua and the mint.  It is knit in a fair isle diagonal stripe.

 On top of all of that I am about half way done with a new project I am working on.  More to come about that one later!

Bird Napkins March 3, 2008

Cute birdie napkins

Well I finally finished a project. It has been ages since I could say that. I think the last project I finished was a pair of fingerless mittens a month or two ago. I really don’t know why I have been so unproductive. I guess because I have been pretty busy at work lately and haven’t had a ton of time to spend on my other pursuits.

Anyhow these little bird napkins are the fruit of my labor. I found the yellow napkins at a local thrift store and they were in great shape so I decided to add a little charm to them. I hand embroidered a bird in the corners. Each bird has a different color wing. I think they are kind of retro and cute. My friend thinks they look like partridges, someone else said geese, someone else said hens. I don’t know what they are but I like them.