Sedgemoor

This masterpiece was knit in 2 weeks. I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

I used 7 balls (only had 8).

Dec 2009

Animalerie

This beautiful blanket was knit for my special nephew, Kagan.

I was lucky enough to find fleece animals which were hand-sewn onto the 5x5 knitted piece.

Yarn is Wendy Pampas, mega chunky.

Xmas gift 2009

This little guy is named Shelmi.
He was officially born yesterday! He is being adopted by Kagan and will love his new home. He's so EXCITED to meet him, his tail wagged non-stop. Imagine that!


Shelmi goes to work at the Ottawa Blues Festival - what a treat!

Shelmi shows off his talents... maybe he can be a circus turtle when he grows up..





OOOff.. too much work for a little baby, Time for a rest!

Turtle for Kaegen

Well, I've started the turtle for my new nephew. It's a challenge because I don't really know how to crochet and I"m sort of 'going with the flow' on the pattern. I've looked at a few pictures of cute amigurumi and I'm piecing it together.
I made the first red shell and didn't like it. I was really put out but the book Amigurumi World has a tiny turtle in there with a red shell so I tried it out. In the end, I scrapped the first shell and re-crocheted it into something a bit more 'turtle-shell' like. If you look at the original picture, it looks more like a conch shell than a turtle shell.

SCRAPPED:

Original 'shell' above was scrapped yesterday. See new 'shell' below:

FINAL:

Next step: body .... head, legs, tail..

Light Bulb Goes On!

Bing! Here's the pics on new projects.. more detail to come later..

New stuff.. WIP: new afghan.. started 2 days ago..

Stuff to come.. tiny turtle for my nephew to be born in July..

Another toy! what shall it be.. a pirate? topsy turvy doll? a princess? another clown? who...

Happy Knitting.

Emerging from the Deep Freeze

So, I haven't updated this site in ages. I've discovered Ravelry and I have a profile there which I've been updating with new projects.

For the life of me, I can't remember how to post pictures on this blog. I will have to think about it.

For now.. to see new projects, check out my Ravelry profile: yinlar


Happy knitting

Comforter #2 - Entrelac in Double size

This is one of my old projects, knit in Wendy's Pampas. Natural and olive colors. Super bulky weight. size 17 US needles. Very soft and a lot of fun to knit.

I actually got this yarn at one of the yarn sales in the basement of a church. I actually knew the lady who was selling it and the yarn 'called out' to my best friend who was such a sport in going there with me.

I think this took me about a month to knit.

Should I put a border around it? what do you think? let me know.

Comforter #1: Green Meadows in king size

This is also an old project, I believe from 2007. I had gone one a 'green' binge and bought loads of yarn that was on sale, roughly $5.00 a ball, and stocked my yarn stash. Finally, I decided to knit all my fancy yarns into one large comforter. This is my first comforter and it's king size!

There are possibly 10 different types of yarn in it and loads of balls used. I will try to find the labels and update this post so you know what it is that I used to create this masterpiece.

The great thing about this is that it's very warm but light.

Scarves & Stoles

All of these were knit in 2007. Again, I will have to see if I still have the labels and update this post to let you know what I used to achieve this effect.

Cardigan : Cables in Aran

This is a great sweater that I knit in aran. The cables were really fun to knit and it gave such a feeling of accomplishment when I finally finished it. I will update this shortly for yarn type, pattern, etc.

Bolero in Amethyst

Well, this piece was my first designer knit. I wanted to make a bolero using yarn that I had in my stash. It was quite an eye opening in learning how to measure and knit my project. I learned that ripping parts out and re-doing it was not so bad.

I will update this soon for yarn, needle size, etc. I think this project, knit in 2007, took me 3 weeks.

Baby Knits: Bear Blanket, Jacket + Hat

Now here's a fun project. Baby blanket, baby hat, and baby jacket. I'm not fond of knitting with this type of yarn. You can't really tell but the ears and tummy on the bear is actually standing up or 'sticks out'.

This is a first time project in knitting baby things and using this type of yarn. As you can see, I'm not the best at it and the finished project hasn't been blocked. I guess that would be the next step.

Will update this soon for type of yarn used, gauge, etc.

Purse: Lily with beading

Ok so this is the bag that I knit when I was part of a Stitch'N Bitch group in Toronto. We all knit from the same pattern but I had to change mine up a bit. I put a side pocket that I measure to fit my calculator and I put a small a pattern in front with gold beads. This whole things was then felted which then taught me that felting with small beads knit into the piece is not a good thing to do. I haven't put in the inner lining yet.

The pattern called for a I-cord but I decided that a flat band for the handle would be better. It's just a personal preference. I'll update this for yarn type and needle size soon.

Scarf: Pink Eyelash with novelty yarn embedded

This was a special scarf that I knit for my neice one Christmas. I believe it was in 2007. Generally speaking, it takes 3 balls of yarn to make a decent length scarf. I really like this scarf not just for the vibrant colors but also because of the novelty yarn I mixed it with.

I'm not sure if I still have the label for this year but will check it out and update this post. I believe I used a ladder pattern for this scarf.

Toys: Fixit the Tradesman and his cat, Leaki

This is my fun project. Fixit, from Jean Greenhouse's booklet of Tradesmen Clowns. He was a lot of fun to make and took me approximately 3 weeks. If there are any knitters out there like me, I used yarn that wasn't really the same gauge as what was called for in the pattern. Materials are 100% cotton and from different companys such as Rowan, Estelle, Schoeller Stahl, and Bernat yarns. DK weights.

At first, I had a feeling that he was turning into a Leprechaun because of his green hat but with all the accessories, he does look like he's fixin' something.

I bought a lot of yarn balls during the boxing week special. The 'odd ball' bin was 50% off, so with yarn that was already reduced - it was a STEAL! Some balls only cost me $1.00

I will knit a few more clowns and dolls so he won't be lonely. For now, I've moved onto my February project: a shawl to die for! Alafoss Lopi in varigated blue, bulky weight. Pattern from the book Ponchos Wraps - a knitter's dozen.

Accessories: Fair Isle Mittens

Baby Alpaca + Merino wool. 2 balls white, 1 skein varigated.

Inner lining - 4 balls angora. Very warm

$60 for the kit, 3 weeks, & lots of fun.

Comforter # 3: Flowery waves in double size

This was knit in Dec. 2008 using a combination of new yarn and some from my personal stash. I started this because I found yarn that was on sale for $2 a ball. This comforter took me 5 weeks, $90, and 29 balls of yarn. I bought 23 balls of yarn so I could reduce my personal stash by 6 balls.

OH La La.. you don't want to know how many balls of yarn I have in my knitting room.

weight:

medium (slightly thicker than Aran wt) for the 'stained glass' yarn shown in varigated white.
bulky for the wine colored inner border, yarn is Lion Suede by Lionbrand..

bulky for inner rectangle which is Marble by Kertzer.

Even though I mixed 2 different wt yarns, this project turned out beautifully.

Anyone wishing to have the pattern, please let me know and I'll post it.

Snapshot

I was born in Canada and I'm still here. Although I love to travel, work ties me down just like 90% of the population. I'm old enough to tie my favourite Asics runners but still young enough to read the vampire series by Stephanie Meyer (Twilight is the first book).

These are the memoirs of the artistic endevours throughout my life.

Enjoy!