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not as good of a photo - ran out of batteries. also, i hung them further apart so you can't see the other end of the spectrum as well.
i don't really know what happened here... i was knitting along happily in the grey pattern seen on the bottom when suddenly i needed to change to something else. there was no going on. it's interesting because often i get a vision and see it through, but this time i just couldn't. maybe my brain needed something else to knit. see notes for info on ingredients. see in action shot in my photostream also. 1 of 2.
will fit an adult medium/small head as is, and a large head if you like your hats really short. i may block it so that it'll fit large/medium. it certainly stretches enough.
i'm pondering making this one into a pattern for sale.
ingredients:
thrifted wool
my hand dyed recycled sweater wool
size 18 mo.-4 yr.
but alas, unmodeled. too small for me. lucky i got this photo in today since 1) my camera battery died right after and 2) the sun went away. this will be the first picture on my new blog at www.cosymakes.wordpress.com. i decided that it would be forever before ben made it around to making me a blog and a website, so i'm taking another step in between. if you want more of my ramblings, check over there.
pattern:
lapland mittens by marcia lewandowski
from folk mittens
ingredients:
brown- recycled j crew sweater wool
pink/peach- my hand dyed thrifted wool
white- thrifted wool
lovely patterns make for beautiful mittens. they fit my professor overseeing my thesis. thank goodness they fit someone :) and as a bonus i did get to see them on some hands.
Hand knit from recycled wool yarn using my own pattern. Free pattern download available on my website.
Blogged here.
scrap-happy hat. see other shot for details... i just couldn't ignore the sun. i turned in my thesis proposal yesterday, then just sat and knit with my friend jenn until class (couple of hours). now when people ask me what i'm knitting for i can say 'it might be part of my thesis.' if it goes through, appearantly i will be the first all craft arts thesis project. there was a quilter, but she did pictoral quilts. i guess i'll find out soon.
this one is going into the thesis, it echos the old lithuanian sock pattern that i found. 1 of 2.
from top to bottom: 100% irish tweed, 100% wool - Senior Citizens Center, msla, 100% wool from a sweater - handdyed. red embroidery wool from Value Village, van. button from MCC, van.
all in a morning's work... i had plans for the day, but became distracted by this: an attempt to make something for a small boy using complementary colors. the actual colors are much richer than this! my first time doing this sort of decreasing on the top and guerilla embroidery once again...
size: fitted women’s medium or women’s small
ingredients:
dark green- lamb’s pride 85% wool/15% mohair
neon- my hand dyed thrifted wool
light blue- my hand dyed thrifted wool
at first i started making something else with these three wools, but i had to stop because they really, really wanted to be colorwork.
modeled photos in my photostream too. 1 of 3.
more on my blog.
ingredients:
recycled sweater wool (an arm in trade from my friend laurie)
two thrifted wools
cascade 220 wool
women's small/medium
Made from cashmere yarn on a dark green base with sage green leaves and white flowers with yellow centers. Has a self loop and toggle for closure.
100% wool.
ingredients: blue and brown thrifted in msla at the Goodwill, green thrifted in van, handdyed by me. embroidery wool mixture of small bits, thrifted, and inherited. see other photos in my stream for closeup of the embroidery and another view of how the hat fits. 1 of 3.
scrap-happy hat, my own design. see notes for recycling details. i am very very pleased with this pattern. there's another shot in my photo stream if you want to see it in its bright glory. 1 of 2.
i've been working on some earflappy hats. see other photo for flat view/front embroidery. 1 of 2.
ingredients:
yellow- thrifted wool, from Goodwill in msla
orange/pink- my hand dyed thrifted wool
brown/gold- mountain colors hand dyed wool
it ended up being a middle size and should fit a 4 to 12 mo. old. slightly larger than my 0-6 mo. and smaller than my 6-18 mo.
Made with cashmere (3 different shades of green) and silk (white and sand colors) in the style of Art Nouveau.
scrap-happy mitts. a quasi-commission. all natural, mostly wool. see notes for recycling facts. the first time that i used spit-splicing.
here it is as promised... the hat for a 6-18 mo. old. depending upon how short they like their hats, this one could fit your child into adulthood. there's also a closeup shot of the embroidery.
ingredients: darker yellow thrifted 100% wool, Goodwill, msla, green thrifted tapestry wool. button thrifted too!
i had a little ball of handspun that needed to be shown off. the rest is in the impressionistic iris hat.
ingredients:
thrifted mohair
my hand dyed, handspun, 2ply wool
should fit an adult medium best. might fit a small fine also. see other photo for tree closeup. 1 of 2.
these colors make me think of the rocky mountains in montana- dry and brown with evergreens. i'm not sure how fond i am of the middle green, but i think it works.
needs some washing to straighten out some stitches and help them to relax, but should fit 6-18 mo. i really wanted to continue the colorwork into the top, but i didn't plan it before i got there and ended up with an odd number of repeats. maybe next time...
ingredients:
variegated- hand dyed wool from 'the box'
dark green- patons canadiana superwash thrifted at my local thrift shop
and an extra tidbit about me, i was born and raised in montana (3rd generation) and grew up eating wild game. thus the name. winter is hunting season. my dad could be doing it right now.
i have alway wanted a yard with daisies run wild in it. my friend's mom mowed around the big irregular daisy patches that took over their yard. mmm. a celebration of summer in a winter hat.
this hat will fit heads from about 4 years old to adult small... i.e. not me and my big head. it is tall, and then flat on the top. because i've no model i have no idea if it looks as i imagine it but it sure looks silly on me! i want it to be a bit long like this one www.flickr.com/photos/cosymakes/107922199/in/set-72157594... but with a flat top.
100% wool thrifted on my vacation at Secret Seconds in msla. it's the red heart virgin wool. wool thread used for embroidery thrifted in Value Village, van. 1 of 2.
Hand knit from recycled wool yarn using my own pattern. Free pattern download available on my website.
Blogged here.
Thrifted mens sweater: 100% wool from Greece. First attempt at dying recycled yarn with Kool-Aid. So much fun..
ingredients:
recycled sweater wool (an arm in trade from my friend laurie)
two thrifted wools
cascade 220 wool
women's small/medium
Toe up cabled socks made from recycled sweater yarn, my design. Thin cables all around, two thick cables on each side of leg. Fanciest socks I've made so far.
100% wool, thrifted from MCC
this one is perhaps a bit pointier than the others of root vegetable shape-but that would be easy to change if needed. i really like this color though the yarn was a tad bit splitty. finished this evening while watching the extended cut of The Return of the King.
ps it is silly when your cable needle is five feet away to cable with a splitty, slippy yarn without it. still, i did just that through the whole hat.
Made with a variety of textures on a sturdy cotton base with cashmere, wool, silk, and mohair yarns. Has felt back with a 1 1/2 inch pinback.
Measures 3 inches wide by 5 inches long.
Made from recycled yarn.
I knit this one using an awesome recycled merino wool yarn, in a basket stitch. Had a lot of fun embroidering the word "tea" in cursive too. I just adore these for pimping out tea mugs and constantly use mine ;)
An original KnitStorm design and handmade creation!!!
made while in pittsburgh for my friend carrie.
ingredients:
reycycled wool
red - calvin klein
blue - irish wool
adult medium. story about it here.
on adult small head (21 in.)
ingredients:
my hand dyed recycled sweater wools
and purple thrifted wool
blogged. 1 of 3.
In addition to the blue & white wool sweater I bought at Goodwill for the yarn, I also purchased a 99 cent pink cotton sweater. The sweater was awful, but the yarn was a lovely variegated pink with gold thread. It was a bear to unravel, but it yielded many balls of the pink cotton, which I then crocheted into a box using a pattern from Crochet Today magazine (basically five squares of single crochet, 20 stitches by 20 rows, with three strands of the cotton held together, then sew the squares together). There's enough yarn left after doing the large box for me to make a smaller one to hold scissors and crochet hooks; that's the weekend project.
my first earflap cap! ben named this one after the alaska state bird, but it certainly wouldn't be warm enough to wear in the alaska winter! it would need a lining. i actually wasn't entirely sure what size this one would end up, but i'd say that it would comfortably fit 4 yr-adult small. there is an in action shots in my photostream also if you'd like to see it. 1 of 2.
ingredients:
100% new zealand merino wool
and many stripes of other wools (top to bottom)
thrifted 1970s
hand dyed thrifted
hand dyed recycled sweater
thrifted
new cascade 220
new irish tweed.
my favorite part? the tasselage of course :)
ingredients:
recycled sweater wool - similar to shetland
handspun by daniela of felt studio uk
women's small.
Thanks to my step-son Kaleb for coming up with the name! It is only just plied from a thrifted sweater, but when I add the POP elements, it's gonna be HOT!!!!
One of many works in progress--a friendship bracelet made from scraps of recycled yarn. The darker purple is pure cashmere, and the lighter purple is a silk/angora blend.
green and purple 85% wool, 15% mohair
turquoise 100% wool, thrifted.
...but not really a cushion. i just wanted a layer or two in between me and the wood so i whipped this up last summer (before that i sat on one of my shawls doubled over). i still haven't finished the second one which has bright peach instead of turquoise. the back of it is one giant grannysquare same as the small green ones. talk about tedious.
In addition to the blue & white wool sweater I bought at Goodwill for the yarn, I also purchased a 99 cent pink cotton sweater. The sweater was awful, but the yarn was a lovely variegated pink with gold thread. It was a bear to unravel, but it yielded many balls of the pink cotton, which I then crocheted into a box using a pattern from Crochet Today magazine (basically five squares of single crochet, 20 stitches by 20 rows, with three strands of the cotton held together, then sew the squares together). There's enough yarn left after doing the large box for me to make a smaller one to hold scissors and crochet hooks; that's the weekend project.