Source local yarn store located in Lakewood, WA called Yorkshire Yarns Material Malabrigo Yarns Sock in 416 Indiecita 100% Superwash Merino wool (a good criteria for socks). 100 grams per skein, 440 yards per skein, light fingering plied. I only used about 3/4 of the skein for these 3 socks. 2.25mm dpn (double pointed needles) Pattern Work …
Source September 2014 Yarnbox Material Delicious Yarns from Valley Village in California Sweets Sport in Green Tea (light green with blue tints) and Blueberry (lightly various blue hues) All skeins are 5-ply 100% Merino Sport weight for 310 yards each, and I used 2 skeins in Green Tea and 1 skein in Blueberry for 310 yards. …
Source November 2014 Yarnbox Material Outlaw Yarns from New Zealand 5 balls of Bohemia Sport in Tarnish (teal) This month’s box contains 183 yard of 5-ply 45% Polwarth, 45% Alpaca and 10% Possum fiber per ball – total of 915 yards! But for this particular project, I completed both the beret and fingerless gloves with …
Source December 2014 Yarnbox Material Baa Ram Ewe (I know, what a cute name) based in Yorkshire, UK Titus in “Eccup” colorway (deep forest green) 2 skein of 2 ply with 350 yards and 100g per skein. 50% Wensleydale, 20% Bluefaced Leicester, 30% UK Alpaca and 100% British. A total of 700 yards! E/4 (3.50 mm) …
Source January 2015 Yarnbox Material Feederbrook Farms a family own and operated ranch in Maryland 2 skeins of Entropy in Yarnbox (new color created just for Yarnbox!) 2 ply DK 100% wool @ 260 yards each, a total of 520 yards. G/4.25mm Hook Pattern Druadan Forest Scarf by Sarah Jane The yarns are 2 plys of transitioning colors, …
We are going to play catch up with all the yarn works I’ve done since I started subscribing to Yarnbox in February of 2014. My very first project is this Shoulder Shrug that I posted a long time ago. Now here are some specification about the yarn: Source March 2014 Yarnbox Material Siidegarte a luxury Swiss company …
Time flies! It has been 2 years since we got married. Originally, Ri was suppose to go to sunny SoCal for some work training right around the day of our anniversary and we planned to visit LA and perhaps San Diego for a few days. But that trip got canceled, thus we had to improvise …
Chamber Bay University Place, Washington We found this place on a weekend before I started working when I was dying to go out for a walk after being trapped in the house all week, it is a golf course by the water. If you park the car by the street, you can walk in a …
Tacoma Narrows Bridge So I’ve decided to take that step closer to being able to call myself an amateur photographer- shooting RAW! I read up on the pros and cons of shooting RAW ever since I picked up my dad’s old DSLR in 2010 but have always remained on this side of shooting just …
Pattern I combined this Giant Cable Lap Blanket with a little modification on my own Material Blue Sky Alpacas Bulky in 1004 Polar Bear and 1007 Gray Wolf 50% Alpaca 50% Wool 2000g, 900 yards/820 meter in 1004 Polar Bear (20 skeins) 800g, 360 yards/328 meters in 1007 Gray Wolf (8 skeins) Hand Wash or Dry Clean …
Pattern Ravelry inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings trilogy the Evenstar Gloves Material Fyberspates‘s Vivacious DK 805 Deep Forest 100% Superwash Merino 197 yards/180 meters of yarn US 3- 3.25mm needles Gauge 22 stitches = 4 inches in stocking stitch Gloves are sized to fit traditionally built arms, for smaller or larger gloves go …
Designer Christine K. Hanger Pattern Vogue Knitting The Ultimate Hat Book p.31 Material 2 0.88oz/25g balls (each approximately 98yd/90m) of Rowan/Westminster Fibers Rowan Fine Tweed (wool) in #371 wensley 1 ball each in #381 richmond, #370 hubberholme, and #380 nappa one set (5) each size 2 (2.75mm) and size 3 (3.25mm) double-pointed needles stitch marker …