Friday, September 24, 2010

Finished Object Friday!

Yes, more finished things! First, a beautiful steampunk pirate necklace that is on its way to a new owner. I made it for a pirate swap that I'm in on Ravelry.

This is my first attempt at a needle roll. Pretty damn primitive, as I didn't use a pattern. Same swap, different item!

This amusing fellow is from a knitting pattern I received during a different swap. But he's so fitting in the package, that I knit him up. The story for him is, Ole' Pegleg lost his eye protecting the above necklace from a giant clam. I think he hit himself in the eye with his felt sword. What do you think?

And this lovely bag has been used a lot of late. I like to take it shopping with me. I knit it in cotton ease by lion brand. The pattern is from a family circle zine. Obviously a beach bag!

Anyway, hope you liked looking, more stuff will be coming here soon. I'm off to go buy more yarn.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The Mail's been good to me this week! Yay!

It's only Tuesday, and I've gotten a bunch of lovely things in the mail already! The newest Simply Knitting, 2 yarn catalogs, YARN! And a pamphlet about Stitches East, which I would love to attend, but I'm still on the fence about.




I'm really excited about the Knitpicks catalog, as I've already picked out some lovely fingerless gloves and a knit ornament kit.
The yarn is bought secondhand-but-untouched from a sweet ravelry member. It is from Three Irish Girls in the colorway "Fitzgerald." I think it's fabulous!
A bit of a close-up on the pretty yarn...