T shirt yarns

I recently ventured into the arena of tee shirt yarns. The two I have tried are Tee Cakes by Hikoo Skacell and Be Sweet T shirt yarn. I had to buy them online as they are not often carried in the NM yarn stores

Tee Cakes by HiKoo Skacell

Be Sweet T shirt yarn

 

My first project was a purse pattern in the spring issue of Vogue Knitting.

This was a really fun knitting project... I can't wait to try another.

 

 

Fast and easy wrap.

I got some beautiful yarn for Christmas and knitted a cozy wrap. The pattern is from Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick. It is really easy to knit and fun to wear. Yarn is Madelinetosh Chunky.

Knitted borders and simple star ornament

I weave as well as knit. I find that a lot of the knitted borders look great on Triloom shawls.... You can even make a small 4 foot Triloom piece into a nice shawl with a lace knitted border. Why combine the two... If you have yarn you really love and want to make a shawl out of it but you don't have enough yardage to knit a big piece... Plus the weaving can be a bit faster. For now I am simple lace knitter...hopefully I will venture into more complicated designs.

 

This is a cute little Christmas star pattern knitted from www.yarn.com. It is easy and fun and free.

 

Easy lace shawl

This was knitted using the easy lace shawl pattern from Ravelry. I used sublime chunky yarn, size 15 needles

 

 

Boneyard shawl

This is knitted from the boneyard shawl pattern free on Ravelry. I used Madelinetosh vintage worn denim.. Four skeins.. Border is islet three row garter islet three rows garter then pico bind off

 

 

 

Blocked scarf

Different views of scarf

 

Entrelac

Still Spindling away with my Spindling class on Craftsy. I also started the Entrelac class. It is fantastic. I am working on the first project. It is a circular scarf. Even though both of the yarns I am using are worsted weight the grey one is heavier and that is making it a little odd but still doable. Here is a picture of my progress

The instructor for the class is terrific. Her name is Gwen Bortner. She is really great at how she gives you information. Her presentation is clear and concise, if you ever have a chance to take a class with her, do it. I am horrible at picking up stitches but so far I seem to be doing ok with this. Even a relatively new knitter can take this class since she explains it so well. And at least this project becomes so simple you do not need a chart or instructions after the first couple rounds.