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es of the wool beyond that i m considering a wall hanging for next to my desk where i have a long skinny space i sized the rectangles based on that space actually i m also finding that i can use even the smallest bits of wool from my stash some of these wools are among my very favorites and it s great to have so little waste so follow along as i attempt to keep up with the pace i m stitching at baseball games these days why haven t i ever considered combining my love of baseball with my love of wool before brilliant posted by ragingwool at 5 13 am 4 comments labels applique raging wool recycled wool the100dayproject thursday april 23 2015 late winter part 3 the sheep bag you know i love my sheep as wool is my muse sheep are my special patron saints of sorts when i saw this fabric by ellen luckett baker for kokka see her great blog here i knew i had to find a project to use it i purchased my yardage on etsy and bought some of the mustard sheep plus some of the charcoal and mustard scallop coordinating trim fabric this bag is the happy result the pattern is my own modified from the size of a bag i dearly love plus some details found on pinterest the strap is actually a recycled belt just threaded through the loops the outside of the bag is the linen cotton blend fabric with fusible fleece attached i love the slightly rough texture of the fabric not super cotton smooth like regular quilter s cotton the fleece adds some heft and stability this bag definitely stands on it s own and is not floppy at all i used the trim fabric in a couple of ways first i made the belt loops on the outside using the charcoal scallop fabric plus midweight fusible interfacing on the inside i used the mustard scallops interfaced with charcoal pockets i always put 2 pockets in my bags one for my phone and one for my reading glasses everything else goes down in the bottom of the bag magnetic snap closure keeps everything tidy i m pretty excited about the belt as strap concept this belt is one of my own and i modified the bag sizing slightly to accommodate the belt the original idea was to run strap channels all the way around the bag except where the handle grabs would be but with a buckle to deal with i changed the idea to belt loops this way i could position the buckle on one end so you could actually see it was once a belt very cute the black is the perfect accent and keeps the handles from looking dirty i am just starting to carry the bag the handles might be a little short and i may have to find a larger belt to strand through but that shouldn t be too hard to change another advantage of the design is that to wash the bag i need only remove the belt and i have a leather free regular bag to throw in the wash i still have a fair amount of the fabric and may make some zipper bags or some other little accessory happy spring posted by ragingwool at 7 18 am 2 comments tuesday april 21 2015 late winter part 2 sewing group project tibetan prayer flag kathy is my closest friend in sewing group we met when her middle daughter and my oldest son were in kindergarten together we also sang together in the community chorus in our town i ve known her about 15 years at one point we had a business together called sacks the city kathy made fabric bags and i made felted wool bags we both tired of that and stopped selling together and we re still friends kathy s oldest daughter graduates college this spring so she presented an idea to the sewing group for each person to make a modified tibetan prayer flag for annie she plans to put them together in a garland for her graduation annie is a fantastic girl a true leader for good always rises to the top of any situation i wanted something to represent her strength so i started a pinterest board with ideas from the internet and there was one flag titled luminous and was a beautiful embroidered piece with a moon and layers of fabric gorgeous i would link to it here but i can t seem to find the exact picture apologies anyway taking luminous as a starting point i tried to find a shorter word because i m not so hot at embroidery and especially weak at precise things like words that s when i landed on glow and decided that you glow girl would be both tongue in cheek and appropriate the piece is knit naturally 1 strand of thin merino wool in ivory run together with 1 thread of metallic silver and 1 thread of matte silver size 4 needles the pattern is just simple lace faggoting row 1 k2tog yo repeat row 2 and 4 purl row 3 yo k2tog repeat edge stitches are consistent k and p you re actually seeing the knitting at a 90 degree angle to the direction it was knit at the end i dropped the first 8 10 stitches and then bound off the rest unraveling the dropped stitches creates the hanging looped fringe i also strung a crystal bead at the start of every right side row so each loop of fringe has a small bead on it hard to see unless you look closely the disks were a pain i found the blanks on etsy and bought 20 needing only 11 but figuring i d make some mistakes boy did i ever i had a stamp set from an old cub scout project lots of trial and error i took the best of each letter and just hoped they wouldn t look too messy i filled in each letter with black sharpie and wiped away the excess to help define the impression the whole piece is mounted on some interfaced silk that kathy provided to help define the color scheme i chose a neutral green of course all in all i m happy with the result i told kathy to feel free to trim the fringe or remove the you and girl to just have the single word glow on the piece whatever she wants annie definitely glows i m excited to see what happens in the next chapter of her life posted by ragingwool at 1 53 pm 2 comments wednesday april 15 2015 late winter projects part 1 i have been in finishing mode these last few weeks of winter thanks to baseball we had a staycation for spring break which gave me lots of time to finish up some loose ends first up my stair risers are finished and installed i talked about these 2 risers in this post the stairway has been a work in progress for about 10 years since we ve lived in this great old house techniques include knitting of course crochet rug hooking and wool appliqué now i only have 1 more to do i m thinking of doing a wool crazy quilt design nothing too elaborate since the stair is on the very bottom and won t be seen in great detail or great light here is the whole set bottom to top they are street scape of hudson oh orange tree as an homage to my hometown of redlands ca crochet hexagons proddy and rug hooking penny rug needle felt and embroidery rug hooking picture of an old farm house knitted lace rug hooked log cabin design wool appliqué sheep parade wool appliqué and embroidery fraktur inspired tulips all are my own design start to finish my favorites are usually the most recent ones to be installed but i am partial to the knit lace and the sheep parade and of course i m already plotting to modify the log cabin one it s a little floppy and may need to be re constructed the hooked rug panels present a challenge because they are heavier they tend to sag a bit here s one of the new panels installed at the very top i love the blue in contrast with the orange of the panel below and there s a bit of orange in the tulip itself so they tie together very well below is the street scape completed our beloved clock tower has a spot of honor to be honest the little store fronts got a little boring i was trying to duplicate the actual colors of the real buildings all those little rectangles oy close up of the clock tower the 2 buildings behind the tower are also red brick so i used 3 different red wools to delineate the background is a great black and white houndstooth from a skirt i love finding big pleated skirts at the thrift store so much yardage once you cut the pleats free i m very proud of the set i think it represents me and all my little hobbies and loves i hope you enjoy posted by ragingwool at 5 45 am no comments saturday february 21 2015 birthday trinket for helen my dear friend helen had a little get together last night to celebrate her birthday helen is fabulous volunteers at her children s schools works part time in an amazing needlepoint shop serves on many charitable boards in our area and does all of this with a graciousness that i envy and admire what on earth does someone get helen for a birthday present well i made something this is a pattern i ve used before my grey colt christmas stocking for 2013 was modeled on this little matroyshka doll i ve also made them for my group of dear friends here in hudson and my dog ella s christmas stocking has one for helen i started with a beautiful wool plaid and pulled out the spruce blue green as the background obviously she had to have brown wavy hair like helen does then i pulled out the raspberry the gold and more blue to do the embellishing some of the stitches come from my sue spargo book that i m using as my muse this year i think she came out great but most importantly i know helen will love receiving something handmade posted by ragingwool at 5 42 pm 1 comment monday january 12 2015 brooklyn tweed obsession i ve been knitting for 30 years and have never tired of it i love the rhythm and the pace one time i tried out a knitting machine and hated it production is not the goal about 2 years ago i started working with a group of friends to teach them to knit it re kindled my own passion for the craft and in the past 2 years i have knit a lot about that time i discovered the design house of brooklyn tweed the founder jared flood is an alum of my college the university of puget sound in washington although much younger than me for sure brooklyn tweed is american wool start to finish the colors are vivid yet neutral and the flecks in the tweed make for a garment with depth of texture sure winner and i m addicted the first bt sweater i made did not use their yarn but it is their pattern this is runa but knit in luscious cashmere i made a cashmere sweater years ago that just kept getting bigger and bigger i had used 2 strands of 100 cashmere and knit it on a size 9 needle i knew someday i would rip it out and knit something else i ve done this several times with cashmere too precious to waste pulling out both strands was a total nightmare but i did it and had plenty of yarn for this hooded cardigan 2 cowls and some gloves i love the hood on this sweater and it was the perfect sweater to use a natural horn button my mom had given me many years ago now i set out to knit a bt design with bt yarn this is tilda knit in their heavier gauge yarn shelter this is a very neutral shade called foothills the edging is in artifact i followed the pattern pretty closely but found i needed way less yarn than called for i still have 3 skeins left and the sweater is a little big on me my gauge is markedly different from what the pattern says so i had to convert stitches and rows no big deal i used horn buttons on this one also bt patterns have lots of little details tilda has a nice eyelet detail running parallel to the raglan sleeve and also has a beautiful cable panel up the front i especially like the rolled edge on the button placket and the way the buttons create a little wave up the front nice the thinner bt yarn is called loft and i have used that exclusively for the last few sweaters i knit it on a size 4 first was hitch yarns are blanket fort faded quilt and almanac the pattern only calls for 1 color but i needed some thing to hold my interest for that wide garter panel at the bottom my gauge variation caused problems on this one the pattern is a dolman sleeve with a panel of 5 cables up the front my gauge was so much bigger that i had to re do the entire front of the sweater and only use 3 panels 5 panels was too wide for the neck given my gauge total pain to rip all that out i also did not like the dolman shape on my body so when i ripped out to re do the cables i re did the pattern and made it a standard drop shoulder do not try this at home lots of effort and re knitting but the sweater now looks great and is flattering and i wear it a lot lots of extra mauve yarn leftover after this one so i decided to do a little cardigan with some color work at the bottom to use things up the main color is postcard which is a pale pink the bottom is a panel of linen stitch using the various colors i wish i d made this one about 2 inches longer as it is a little cropped with the current state of my winter body but with these spring colors and some winter workouts maybe i ll be less self conscious in a few months again i ended up with tons of extra yarn even though i consciously ordered less than the pattern called for so now i needed to use up some mauve light blue and dark blue here is the current project on my needles it s my own pattern and design and uses a stitch pattern called welting fantastic i believe it s in barbara walker s first treasury of knitting patterns one of my most used source books i ve used this pattern on baby hats scarves and countless projects it makes it easy to add color or even novelty yarn to create interest i added 3 colors to the mix snowbound very pale grey button jar green and plume purple i m using the stitch pattern throughout the front and back i haven t figured out what i m going to do for the sleeves i also made the bottom 5 inches a little wider by adding 2 stitches to each repeat of the pattern then i decreased those stitches so the bottom flares just slightly this will be a pullover with rounded neck the yarns are beautifully spun and gorgeous i highly recommend the patterns as well tons of detail and a modern twist on classic stitch patterns i really love the thinner loft yarn today s obsession with arm knitting and super chunky accessories appeals to me not at all i love a detailed cable or intricate lace done on needles so thin the develop a bend in the bamboo it might take longer but i do believe i will wear these sweaters far longer than some crazy cowl that feels like a neck brace but that s just me maybe posted by ragingwool at 12 16 pm no comments labels brooklyn tweed jared flood knitting wool thursday january 8 2015 follow me on bloglovin click this link follow my blog with bloglovin posted by ragingwool at 3 06 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments how many visitors ewe and who else stats counter blog archive 2016 1 april 1 the 100 day project little wool houses 2015 8 april 3 february 1 january 4 2014 16 december 2 november 4 october 1 july 1 june 1 march 1 february 1 january 5 2011 9 june 1 may 1 march 2 february 2 january 3 2010 35 december 3 november 1 october 3 september 4 july 3 april 7 march 6 february 4 january 4 2009 11 november 1 october 10 total pageviews bloglovin subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments shop the shop widgets for etsy 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