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1000 great knitting motifs the electronically sharpend and back lit image actually shows the colour work in a bit more detail than the naked eye because the light blue has flecks of dark blue and the dark blue has flecks of the light the patterning is actually more subtle in reality i really like it you have to give it a good look to really make out what s there this will be my first time steeking a major project like this everyone seems to think i should be nervous but i m really kind of excited to do it i m sure i will be blogging more about it when the time comes after all the intense planning and colour work of the ski sweater i really needed another casual intuitive project actually i had expected to do much more planning and swatching for this piece but it just wanted to work itself into a sweater naturally i had bought some unspun icelandic because i ve just been dying to try it this past weekend i was dragged to an evening of bingo and decided i needed some knitting on hand to keep me from going nuts since the ski sweater was not at a point that i knit with out giving it total attention i grabbed some of the icelandic with the idea of doing some swatching i cast on 60 sitches and worked 1x1 ribbing for two inches then switches to stockinette after a couple of rounds i realized i already had a perfect collar i had been wanting to try a pattern from barbara g walker s knitting from the top and the perfect moment was born when i bought the wool i was thinking of another icelandic yoked sweater but i quickly realized i liked the weight and thickness of the fabric just as it was and didn t care to incorporate any stranding so i decided on this fading stripe pattern to give this sweater a little visual interest in the photo the yoke is complete and i have knitted down the body just a couple of inches i am having so much fun with knitting this sweater top down the method really lends itself to knitting with out much planning once i knit the neck i checked my gauge and figured out how many stitches i would need to increase over the progression of the yoke once all of the yoke stitches were on my needles i tried it on to see how much longer i wanted it before splitting off the body and arms once i made the split i tried it on decided i wanted more room in the under arm ribbeb back a few rows to the full yoke and knit again until i was satisfied it will be great when i get to the waist and sleeves to be able to try it on and be able to really see when it s the perfect length posted by briley at 2 49 pm 3 comments monday february 21 2011 i m still here i can t believe i only managed to get in two posts for all of 2010 and now it s two months into 2011 and i m just getting to my first post i really do want to keep my blog alive and have lots to post about so here i am attempting to get back into the swing of things again this is the most recently completed sweater that i have made for myself i finished it about two weeks ago but it was started way back in october it was a completely unplanned project that i think evolved very nicely back in october my friend maureen had asked me to attend an equestrian show with her i agreed to go but honestly did not have much interest on the way to her house i realized i had forgotten my knitting and didn t feel like i could sit through the show with out something to keep me occupied so i told her we had to leave a bit early to stop at the yarn shop the hub mills store is only a few minutes away from her so we went there and i found several mill end cones of classic elite montera this is an aran weight 50 wool 50 llama single ply yarn the label suggested a size 9 needle so i picked one up and just cast on no gauge swatch not even any measurements for the sweater i lost 30 lbs in 2010 and didn t know my new measurements by the end of the horse show i had about 12 of the body done then it was time to decide what i was actually going to do with the tube i had been knitting i had always wanted to incorporate some of barbara g walker s mosaic knitting patterns into a sweater and decided with the two colours i had that this was the time if you are not familiar with mosaic knitting you should definitely check your local library for the book it s two colour knitting but only one colour is used at a time the pattern is created entirely by slipped stitches shortly after i started the mosaic patterning in the sweater body i had to put this project to the side it hibernated for a while until i finally decided to get it finished a few weeks ago since most of my sweaters are made seamlessly with the eps i still hadn t decided on the shoulder style i decided to use the shirt yoke sweater i really love the way it turned out the back of the shoulders is really neat clean looking much better than the normal back saddle for this style sweater shockingly with out a gauge swatch or even knowing my size this sweater ended up fitting beautifully as a second layer and it is so warm i can wear it out in 10 degree weather with out a coat the next project i m going to share today is a sweater i made for my sister she had asked me for a warm sweater to wear in the spring she wanted something to wear when it was too warm for her winter coat but too cool for indoor clothing i had decided to make it as a birthday present and cast on only hours after finishing the mosaic sweater as usual i cast on the body tube for a seamless sweater without a complete idea where i would go with it this time i did have measurements and gauge when i was about 2 inches into knitting this sweater i received a call we had to change the family birthday party to this saturday it was sunday i had 1 week to complete the sweater luckily i wasn t married to a specific design at that point i had thoughts of a fancy fair isle yoke that were immediately chucked instead i decided to try a pattern i had been wanting to make for quite some time meg swanson s box the compass luckily my sister is rather small and the cascade ecological wool i was using knits up quickly the sweater was done on friday 6 days for an entire sweater is a record for me i was thrilled to have done it but i hope to never have to do it again the sweater fit perfectly and was very happily received i m now about 10 days into my newest sweater project no pictures yet but i hope to share a few more of my recent projects before i finish it posted by briley at 7 32 am 6 comments sunday august 8 2010 quick update so i have not gotten back into blogging as regularly as i had hoped but i do have a couple fos to share this is a tote bag i made for an exchange in the peaches creme group on ravelry my partner was skullsnbats and said those were two of her favorite things i used my meredith tote pattern and america s best cabled cotton which is my favorite for totes and market bags i added some skull beads to the top of the bag to personalize it a bit more to my swap partner s taste the tote pattern is currently unavailable but should be in print again soon this is a gift a made for a friend s little sister she is a huge harry potter fan and i thought a magic wand might be fun for her and was very easy to make out of a birch knitting needle the wand case was knit free styke out of patton s silk bamboo i added small hematite stars to the trim and pewter dragon buttons to the draw string to add to its magical appearance a roll of rice paper made a perfect scroll to roll around the wand inside it s case i ve never actually met the recipient but am told she was quite excited about this i have a new project otn started on a road trip to chicago last week but i haven t taken a photo yet i n not sure how well it is turning out i brought yarn and needles but didn t think to bring any patterns with me the yarn was purchased for a pair of mittens for my niece so i just started free styling some mittens free styling colourwork with out any pens paper to take notes is not the easiest thing so far i am happy with the look of the first mitten didn t gat far but i am a little concerned it will be too small i think i will put them on hold until i can have her try on what i have done i had a fun surprise yesterday while in borders with my brother i found this magazine i have a pattern in it and didn t know when it would be hitting the shelves my afghan i think it s on page 58 is an expanded version of my iris baby blanket scroll down the pattern for which had not been published previously this version has larger motifs and directions for two sizes i also worked it in a more subtle colour sceme unfortunately i don t have a copy of the nice magazine photo yet i do have a picture of the blanket just as it was finished posted by briley at 8 59 am 6 comments friday july 2 2010 wow it s been how long so for the longest time i have been telling myself you have to get back to blogging somehow it seems that all of my time is taken up these days lately however i have received several requests to get back to my blog and as luck would have it i found myself with some free time today it has been so long that i am going to only highlight a few things in this post even though i have had significantly less time for my projects there has still been too much done to cover it all at once so here is a small sampling of what i have been up to in 2010 here is my very first fo of the year i just love it and use it all the time it s the felted mammouth tea cozy by laura jefferson the pattern is from shannon okey s book spin to knit the pattern calls for a bulky weight hand spun but i actually used cascade eco wool double stranded the tusks are made of polymer clay it was a fun quick project and really keeps my tea hot a lot longer than a pot alone this is a more recent fo a simple crocheted ripple blanket made with classic elite bubbles i was making this for a co worker that had not found out the sex of her baby before birth i picked the blue yellow and green knowing that there were flecks of pink through out the yarn when i found out the baby was a girl i added a pink border with fun fur to pull out the pinks it doesn t show so well in the photo but does in person one of the most exciting things i have to share is that since i have last written here i have had my first pattern published in a magazine it was in the june issue of crochet world sorry i m so late the pattern is nautical dishcloths a trio of dishcloths based on nautical flags this is the photo from the magazine i hadn t really thought about submitting a pattern to a magazine at this point but the people at pisgah yarns asked if i would and i thought why not i was very pleased with the whole experience the editor michele maks was a joy to deal with and it really was great fun to see my own work in the pages of a national publication can t say too much but i will have more patterns published soon i hope to get around to posting about more of my projects soon thank you so much to those of you who wrote and said that you missed my blog and sorry to those of you who s blogs i haven t been keeping up with hopefully i will get the time management thing under control soon and be back to normal in blogland posted by briley at 11 23 am 6 comments wednesday november 25 2009 some fos and a bit of progress i feel like i have barely posted this month that s mainly due to much of my knitting crocheting time has been spend working on gifts some of the pieces have now been gifted so i can share the largest project i have been working on has been this comfort afghan for aly this is another group project from the peaches creme group on ravelry aly has been suffering horribly from the effects of lyme disease this summer i called to the group to make squares for her this time around i received so many squares i couldn t even fit them all in once i had all the squares i edged each one with aly s favorite colour and sewed them all together aly received her blanket yesterday and had been feeling very yucky she said it was the best possible day to receive such a gift in order to disguise the blanket a bit i managed to make sure i was sending to aly for the group s holiday exchange so for her exchange gifts i made this crocheted snowflake free pattern out of dazzling diamonds the sparkle of the thread doesn t show up well in the photo but i really think it is the perfect thing for these ornaments i also made a pair of potholders just a simple shape in single crochet i made one side in variegated purples and the other in a fun multi colour not exactly holiday themed but i like them much better than the ones i started in christmas colours and i think aly would too my hand spun sweater has not gotten the attention i would like but it is still coming along i decided shortly after the last time i posted about it to go with elizabeth zimmerman s nalgar construction it s a very interesting way to shape a seamless sweater it s a reverse raglan the body tube is knit up to armpit length then instead of joining sleeves and decreasing you start rapidly increasing until you can fold up the top and work the sleeves outward from there the remaining top stitches are later kitchenered together for the shoulders i don t think i ve explained this very well but the instructions are in knitting workshop if you don t have the book it s loaded with great stuff and well worth checking out in the photo my sweater is at the point where i am ready to start the sleeves in reality i have one sleeve nearly complete i hope to get back to work on this week i hope everyone in the u s has a wonderful thanksgiving and for the rest of you simply a great week posted by briley at 11 18 am 5 comments monday november 23 2009 prayers for maile square some of you may have already heard that my friend maile mauch has recently suffered a stroke maile is well known in the online knitting community as she runs the yahoo groups cloth of the week and monthly threads as well as her free pattern site k1p1 keeping you in stitches and the peaches creme group on ravelry she also publishes clothsline ezine and does knitting design for pisgah yarn dyeing co inc a few days ago norma contacted me she is organzing and assembling a comfort afghan made up of squares from the members of maile s various groups she had decided to request that the squares all be made with one of maile s dishcloth patterns however she was concerned that this would exclude those who only crochet so i have designed a square especially for maile and those crocheters that wish to make a square for her blanket i m publishing the pattern here as it is the easiest place for me to make it available to those who need it however if you have a comfort or prayer blanket working for another person or for charity please feel free to use this pattern prayers for maile square materials 1 ball peaches creme in main colour i used 89 camel 1oz probably even less peaches creme in contrast colour i used 97 burgundy us i 9 4 5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain 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