I purchased some Turin yarn at Hobby Lobby while it was on clearance in Antique Rose. They only had 3 skeins and I bought them all. I had pinned this Chunky Cabled Throw from All About Ami and I've wanted to make it for a while.


I started making the blanked and I assumed I'd just be able to get more yarn, even if it was at full price. Except that when I went online to look for it - it told me it was sold out and on clearance. Then the next day it was gone entirely. I googled for it and found that there were 5 skeins was available on Etsy from Carolynique. Initially when I put it in my cart the shipping was exhorbitant, but I messaged Carolynique and we worked out exact shipping which enabled me to finish.




I don't want to write a pattern because I mostly followed the one from All About Ami. I did want to make it longer so I modified it slightly. My pattern has 2 fp dc sections on either side instead of one to begin and I have 5 cable sections instead of 3. If you see a pattern you like, but its not quite what you had in mind - alter it. I wrote the pattern out on paper and then figured out how many stitches I needed to cast on with my updated pattern.




I had never done cabled before because I thought they'd be a little daunting, but it was so easy. It's basically just 3 repeating rows. All About Ami has amazing pictures with detailed instructions on how to do them.




Side view of the cables.









I did change up the edging from the pattern. For my blanket I hdc one row around the edge. In the corners I did 2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc. For the second row I did hdc, ch 1, sk st all the way around (using the same corners as the last row). For the last row I did a picot. Initially I did a 3 ch picot, but I got to the last side and was going to run out of yarn (fail at yarn chicken). I really liked the way it look so I modified it to be a ch 2 picot and was able to finish with just a bit to spare. This took 8 skeins of the Turin yarn. I don't know if Hobby Lobby will bring it back, but the skeins were a super bulky 270 yards. I used a 10 mm hook for the whole thing.

I've been making all these planters and most of the ones from my first batch were for plants I had purchased that needed a home. I have one more pot I need to glaze and more succulants waiting to be potted in it.


First up is my Rat Tailed Cactus in it's new hanging planter. All of these plants are in my office. This one will eventually (hopefully) bloom really pretty red or pink flowers. It needs a lot of light so I hung it in a window that gets a lot of direct sunlight.




Next is a Gryphon Begonia that I got at the Belle Aire Market from my neighbor Moonlit Moss. I love how the grey pot lets the plant shine.




Last, but not least are all my other cacti. On the far left are Lithops Live Rocks, next to it is Haworthia. My Philodendron has been in my office for a while, but I think might actually be time for a repot as it climbs up the wall. Last on the right is Crassula Baby's Necklace.

I got this yarn at the Maryland Sheep and Wool. It is was a show colorway from Kim Dyes Yarn. I bought 3 skeins - or at least I thought I did. I accidentally bought 2 skeins in a fingering weight and only 1 in the Brioche DK. When I got home and was looking at what I bought I realized my mistake. I contacted Kim and she sent me 2 skeins of the DK so that I would have 3. I haven't figured out yet what I'm going to make with the 2 skeins of fingering, but I know it's going to be gorgeous - because this yarn is gorgeous! It's inspired by Monet's water lilies.

This pattern uses a lot of yarn for the shells. Normally a shirt like this only takes 2 skeins, but this one used almost all of the 3.


Use a 5.5 mm hook
Stitches:
ch - chain
sk st - skip stitch
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
shell - 5 dc in the next ch 3 space




The pattern works with a cast on in multiples of 5 + 2. I cast on 72. I wanted this top to be a bit wider so that I could make the sleeves capped.
Row 1: Sc in the 2nd chain from the hook, sc in the next ch, * ch 3, sk 2 ch, sc, sc, sc. Repeat from * across. The last stitch will be a single sc
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in the first sc, * sk next sc, shell (5 dc in the chain space), sk next sc, sc in the next sc. Repeat from * across ending with a sc.
Row 3: Ch 3, sk next dc, * sc in the next 3 dc, ch 3, sk the first dc, sc in the next 3 dc, ch 3 and sk the last dc. Repeat from * across. At the end of the last shell ch 1, hdc in the last stitch.
Row 4: Ch 3, 2 dc in the first ch 1 space, * sk next sc, shell. Repeat from * across, for the last shell only do 3 dc in the turning chain.
Row 5: Ch 1, sc in the frist dc, sc in the next dc, * ch 3, sk next (dc, sc, dc), sc in the next 3 dc. Repeat from * across ending with the ch 3 and then dc in th e last 2 stitches.
Repeat rows 2-5 until you get to your desired length. I made mine 19 rows. Make 2 panels




Sew from the shoulder to the neck hole. I made my neck hole 11 inches wide.
Now for the sides. I wanted there to be some capped sleeves, but I didn't exactly know how to do it so I played with it until I figured out a way that I liked.
First make sure that the top is turned right side out. You're going to pin from the shoulder down how big you want your arm hole (mine is 8 inches) and then an inch in from the edge. Start sewing from that inch in and move to the edge. When you get to the edge flip the top inside out and then sew the seam normally. I left about 2 inches at the bottom unsewed because I like that look.

My bowls on the top now have the look I was going for. This kiln has a whole lot of ferns and lily pads with Oribe on them. It's going to seem a bit monochromatic when we do kiln results.

I was making an egg tray and it left me with 12 cutouts of eggs. They were too thick for jewelry so I rolled them flat and then all of a sudden I was making a flower.


I ended up having to make a few more cutouts and used two different transfers for the outside, but I'm really pleased with how it came out. I think I'm going to carve some details into the petals before it dries.




The original egg tray.