I love my husband and trying something new

The Trinity's Trinkets Etsy shop has had some rather unexpected success. With that I have decided to branch out and expand my line of offerings. This pouch is a trial run of the final. It is designed specifically to hold the Knit Picks Interchangeable needles.

The final will have a different closure. I don't care for this one.

There are 6 pouches to hold your cables.

12 Pockets for needles,

Plus a pouch in the middle to hold all your accessories. Once I have a finished piece they will appear in the Etsy shop.

On another note...I LOVE MY HUSBAND!! The man can make anything. I showed him some pictures of a Lazy Kate and said I needed one. A couple of hours later out of the wood working shop came this beauty! I can't wait to use it and spin the lovely yarn on it. Thanks hon!

Citron and Malabrigo Mobius

This was a SUPER fast knit and fun. This is a Mobius made out of Malabrio Rasta. I used the video on youtube to learn how to make a Mobius. The yarn is super warm and soft. I finished this project in one night. Love it!

And Citron has been finished for some time now. This is the first chance I have had to take some nice pictures of her. This was an easy knit but time consuming.

Dale's Herringbone

Dale fell in love with my Herringbone so of course I needed to make him one. I used a much larger gauge yarn and needle for Dales. I used the Malabrigo Rasta in Black and only cast on 22 stitches instead of 30. The skein was just enough to make the perfect length for him.

Notes on this pattern: Herringbone Neck Warmer

The herringbone stitch is a little easier than it is listed in the pattern. I found a video on youtube that showed how to do it but you can also use this note. For the knit rows use: S1, K1, YO, PSSO. It is that easy.

So Sad... :-(

So it getting to that point where we are starting to do things to the house and I am feeling the need to get organized. One of the things on my list was organizing the wool. I wanted to take all the good wool and move it to space saver bags to both create more space and protect it. I am going to try and tackle one thing on my list per day.

Thinking it would be the most fun I started with the wool last night. I have two baskets of my cheap yarn that I keep in the living room just because it is nice to have wool around me. I keep the good stuff upstairs in large ziplock bags. I grabbed the two baskets to organize as well as they had got a bit messy. I started into the first basket and TOTAL devastation. Living in our little cabin in the woods has it's downfalls. Bugs. I'm not sure yet what it was but I had little potato bug looking critters eating holes in all the skeins. Fortunately as I said it was all for the most part cheap yarns. The only major upset was my Jitterbug:-(. The second basket was not as bad I took a few skeins that looked untouched and put them in a bag in the freezer. Lesson learned sadly no wool out for my viewing pleasure :-(.

At the same time though it was a bit liberating. A lot those yarns I have no idea what I would have ever done with them. I am now for the most part down to some really nice yarns for some nice projects. So even though a trash bag and a half is going to the dump, I kind of feel like out with the old in with the new. Of coarse there will always be projects that are perfect for a soft acrylic but as a evolved and educated knitter my yarn tastes have evolved as well.

Citron's Progress

We just got back from our honeymoon and I spent a bit of time working on the Citron. This shawlette has been a total love hate. It seems like every time I do a increase or decrease I have an issue. But I still love it and it is looking amazing. I am just a few rows from starting the last repeat section. I am not looking forward to the last row and cast off though.

The gloves are on time out. The pattern was a mess as the authors primary language is not English. So I am pretty much having to make it all up as I go.

Citron and Gloves

I have need of a full pair of gloves with fingers. I LOVE my Knucks gloves they are super warm. But if it is really cold then I really need my finger tips covered as well. This pattern is called Tornado. I am actually not going to do the convertible mitten but finish the fingers. I am using Crystal Palaces Mochi Plus. Yummy softness!

I finally dove in and am doing Citron. So for all intents and purposes this is a easy pattern. However; there are a lot of increases and decreases and with such a fine lace yarn it is easy to loose stitches. I am needing to seriously pay attention on these rows. But I am loving the finished product. The Malabrigo Lace yarn is so soft and while it seams very delicate it is actually pretty sturdy. Loving this project.

A little shopping

So I purchased this to make the Herringbone Neckwarmer for Dale.

This is for a hat for a friend that I have been promising him for some time.

This little bag was just too cute to say no to. It's the perfect little wrist bag for walking knitting.

I love SOAK! I finally finished the bottle I had and picked up a new one. This product is great for washing your hand knits and any kind of dedicates.

Ok so I finally broke down and got one of these. Talk about cute! It is a needle gauge but is pretty enough to put on a cord or ribbon and wear it as a fun conversational piece.