Wind Knitting

Seedlings 2010

sown 10th April

Sunflower Velvet Queen x 10
Nasturtium Summer Carousel x 15
Sweet Pea Old Fashioned Mix x 20

Knitting - Felted (NOT) Messenger Bag

First blogged here then here and then here.. using this pattern by Claudia Olson (Ravelry link), although its no longer a messenger bag!

Cut up and sewn back together.  It now measures 13" wide and 8.5" tall.

I had thought I would embellish the bag with some felted/knitted flowers but the pink blanket stitch is quite distracting... maybe I should have used black...

I think I will 'create' a button for the tab instead...

And of course give it a shave...

Knitting - Felted Messenger Bag

First blogged here and then here... using this pattern by Claudia Olson (Ravelry link), although its no longer a messenger bag!


Well...  BEFORE washing it measures 24" wide, 4" deep and 14" tall and the strap is 32" was long.

I estimated one third shrinkage to 16" wide and 8" tall with a strap of 28" long.

AFTER one 60 and two 40 degree washing cycles it shrunk to 19" wide, 3" deep and 8.5" tall and the strap is 24" long.

Its too wide...

I think drastic action (and a pair of scissors) is required to salvage something...

Painted Quilt by Linda and Laura Kemshall

Some more recent notes...

Painted Quilt: Paint and Print Techniques for Colour on Quilts by Linda Kemshall and Laura Kemshall

Knitting - Felted Messenger Bag

First blogged here... using this pattern by Claudia Olson (Ravelry link).

Its a monster!  My wool is thicker and my needles bigger and I did run out of wool so now its a bucket type bag with an over shoulder strap.

BEFORE felting it measures...24" wide, 4" deep and 14" tall.  The strap is 32"

The proportions are all wrong, far too wide, I should have cast on less stitches.

After felting it SHOULD measure 16" wide and 8" tall with a strap of 28".  This assumes a third shrinkage which is a good estimate...

knitting - fingerless mitts

another attempt to make myself some handwarmers/fingerless gloves. I have tried these:-

easy peasy - tension too tight
albertes (ravelry link)
orchard (ravelry link) - didn’t like the moss stitch
alices fingerless (ravelry link) - don’t like lack of thumb
eyelet handwarmers - photo below.  They came out a bit loose and holey but nice, I would use a smaller needles next time.

I am now trying these (scroll down for Mericash Neck and Wrist Warmers).

So, I'm doing lace knitting on double pointed needles... eek.  I've done one so far and I like it!

The photo below makes the pattern look very impressive, some mistakes though,  but not very noticeable.