Flash your stash along!

It's a day early, but what the heck.


There is my KP merino style and alpaca cloud, Smart superwash (bought for 2.50/sk), some recycled hot pink chenille, LB microspun and woolease, King Cole and Sublime mohair and assorted acrylics. The Boa in the front is now a hat.


Homespun oddballs and half a fuzzy foot in Patons Classic Merino.


Cotton and a cotton WIP. Also my purple cashmerino knockoff, a bit of my huge chenille collection ($1/ skein, but I probably wouldn't have bought it if I knew how annoying ang wormy it is), and some recycled angora blend yarn.


My flash didn't work. This is just a closer picture of most of the stuff in the first pic up there.


Wow that's a bad picture. Oddballs mostly. The only thing of note is the huge nylon ribbon yarn I am recyling there in the front.

Not pictured are 11 balls of LB Cool Wool in Khaki (half off YAY) and a new skein of LB Fishermans wool for dying.

Well that's about it. I do have a couple whole sweaters hiding around here, but I didn't get pictures of them. I can't wait to see everyone elses stash. So exciting!

AVC blocked and assembled

I finished all the pieces to AVC last night and blocked it. The only thing that worried me was the long sleeves. They are 18.5" instead of 16". I was able to seam it this evening. It didn't take as long as I thought and all the seams fit beautifully. Using bobby pins to help hold pieces together worked well. I am in the middle of the first ruffle. I am having trouble getting my stich count to match up. I will examine it tomorrow. I wish AV had a erratta page I could check :sigh:. At least I know this sweater fits. I'm looking at you, Mariah.

While waiting for AVC to dry I made my silly purple hat with ear flaps and braids. It is soooo cute and my first patternless piece. I will take a picture of it later.

The Easter yarn knits up beautifully. Another picture is in order. I so need to make more of it. Maybe enough for a sweater. The main question is stripes or varigated. I lean towards stripes, myself.

Thats all for now. I hope THIS update works. Rewriting sucks :/

The Scarlett Purlpernil

The Scarlett Purlpernil

Happy Easter. In honor of the holiday and extra egg dye I present:


I need to go out and buy egg dye when it goes on sale tomorrow.

Update on the AVC. I am on my last sleeve. The lace pattern is now stuck in my brain. I am sooo tierd of it. Thankfully, after this piece I can block and assemble it. Then all I have to do is knit on the ruffle. That will at least be a change of pace.

An earflap hat with a Boa crown and two braids is calling my name. It will be a nice quick project. Just what I need after a couple big things. Maybe then Myrna or Angelina. For Myrna I have a pretty milk chocolate colored superwash wool named Smart and Knit Picks Hollyberry Merino Style for Angelina.

FOs, WIPs and Mariah. Oh My!

FO's and WIP's and Mariah followup.

I need to update my poor neglected blog.

I finished Mariah, but I am not happy with it. My guage is way off. It ended up huge. I also can't seem to put a zipper in strait. It is warm though. Ah well leson learned. I'll watch my guage more carefully, now.
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Here are my WIP's.

This is Ruffles from Scarf Style. I'm making it with a hand dyed wool yarn. I don't remember the brand name. It's my purse project. I work on it while waiting in line and such.


This is the back of the Adrienne Vittidini Cardigan from the Spring 05 pattern Book. I'm making it out of Lion Cotton in lime. I did soak it in some Rit dye remover to soften the color a bit. It's closer to mint green now.

Here are some of my FOs


My oddball stole. I really like it, but it is a bit long. I always have to wrap it around me a few times to wear it.


My Spiderweb Caplet from SNBN, made out of Red Heart Symphony in purple.


Quick stash sweater using The Knitters Convenient Guide to Sweater Patterns. I'm not happy with the collar, but lil'un loves it.


Done for my husband from LB homespun. My first Intarsia.


Longways scarf originally made for my son's little friend's birthday. I made it too long, so I kept it and made another one for him. It's the perfect size for an adult.


This is an old FO. My first DPN project.

That's about it. I'll try to keep my blog more up to date.