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Love is the Law Cap

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In 2013 Minnesotans voted against the ban for same-sex marriage. Then, Minnesota was the first state in which the citizens voted to give same-sex couples the right to marry. . . the campaign was called “Love is the Law” Then the US Supreme court ruled marriage is a right for ALL couples!

so to honor all those new couples getting married I designed a A new hat pattern and I’m calling in it, “Love is the Law Cap”.

The cable pattern around the brim of the hat looks like intersecting wedding rings.  These hats are uni-sex and perfect for any couple you know getting married!

Find the pattern on my Ravelry page!

Striped Socks

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I finished these socks in 3 days!!
I’m celebrating a friend’s birthday tonight (Friday)  and on Tuesday I thought how lovely it would be to give him a pair of hand knit socks. . . so here they are. . . on my old feet.

Gary's socks

I used Harrisville Designs Highland yarn on size 3 needles. They are a sturdy pair of socks!

I love the variety of colors available by Harrisville Designs!

sock heelsEven striped through the heels!

Fun with New yarn

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I was given about 6 oz/ 311 yards of the new wool available at Gale Woodes Farm to see how it works up and create a project.

The yarn is a 2 ply, sock weight, about 10 wpi and available in this natural white color. It has great stitch definition and I can’t help thinking what a wonderful cabled cardigan I could knit in this yarn! I love knitting with natural whites and though I am not a dyer of yarn, I bet it’d be fun to see how this yarn dyes.

Here is what I came up with this weekend. The travelling stitch goes around the leg and when they meet there is a small medallion. It will be very easy to knit these in any size. After knitting your swatch to get gauge, cast on as many stitches as you need ot fit your leg and then knit around and around till it is as long as you want. I’m still contemplating the top of the leg warmer. I have a few options in mind and I’ll have to wait til I get there in my knitting to see which end I’ll feel like using.

I think I’ll work up the other one to this length and them work them both at the same time. I did a rough measurement of my swatch and figured out the area to see if I’d have enough yarn for 11″ leg warmers. If my math is correct I’ll be okay.

Hand Knit socks with feather and fan lace pattern

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I need some help deciding which one is better. . . or shall I keep them both?

I knit these socks using the feather and fan pattern with a 4 stitch cable in between. The fun part is that I moved the pattern around.

I was thinking of writing up a pattern for this and couldn’t decide how to place the patterns. . . so I made two socks slightly different.

Each sock has 3 feather lace patterns and 3 4-st cable patterns.

Sweet warm toes
Sweet warm toes

One sock has the feather lace going down the center of the front with cables at the sides. This puts two feather patterns in the back with the cable in the center of the back. On this sock I ran this center cable down the entire heel.

Who said she was a dancer?
Who said she was a dancer?

The other sock has the cable running down the center of the front with two feather patterns down the side. This puts two cable patterns on each side of a centered feather lace down the back of the sock. I ran these cables along the side down into the heel too.

Standing tall
Standing tall

The placement of the designs also gave the top of each sock a different scallop. . . I still can’t decide which I like better. I think I like the one with the feather lace down the center front and the cable running down the center back and down into the heel.

Let me know which one you like better!

Happy knitting,
Shawn

Mom’s Scarf

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Well, I was a busy girl knitting for this holiday season! One of the special items was a scarf for my mom.
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She took a class last May at Shepherd’s Harvest and then gave me the tiny bits of yarn she dyed.

Tuesday before Christmas I decided to knit a scarf for her using those bits. . . yes, two days before Christmas. . . I steamed what I had done before leaving the house, finished the knitting after dinner, and gave it to her all in the same day.

Can you see the stitches?
Can you see the stitches?

I knit this on size 6 needles, 31 stitches. Three stitches on each side are worked in I-cord.

The scarf is reversible. I used a 5-stitch wide 2-stitch traveling cable. So one side has 3 cable panels and the other side has two. I really like the way it turned out and Mom loved it, which is after all the most important part!

I”ll try to post more pics soon!
Shawn

Cherry Tree Hill swing coat

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Hello again. Yes, it’s actually me! I haven’t written since May! Wow, where did the summer go!?!

Finally, here are those promised photos of my swing coat that I sent to Cherry Tree Hill for their design contest. It looks great on my friend Ellen!

I am still in the process of writing the pattern. . . I want to make one that fits me! I really love working with this sock yarn. The colors are so nice and vibrant and the feel of the fabric is luscious!

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I’ve been busy knitting lace scarves for the MN Textile Center Artwear Show boutique. For the last 2 years I have had pieces in the runway show, but not this year. However, I will have my hand knit sweaters and many lace items for sale at the boutique that coincides with the Runway show.

This is the perfect time of year to knit! I love, love, love, it. I started a new sweater for myself from a wool/silk blend yarn from Blackberry Hills. Though it is hard to find time to knit for myself, I deserve this one. I’m knitting it from the neck down and it will have cable pattern repeated around the body. The sleeves will be reverse stockinette with the cable design down the center of the sleeve and cables for the cuffs. I love the tweedy look of this dark green yarn. Mmm, mmm, good!

Well, I’m going back to my knitting and I promise to write again soon. (before 5 months have passed anyway:))