Clearly I have to put crabs on everything. Apparently it's required in Maryland.
Also just a reminder that I will be at the Taneytown Artisan Fest this Saturday July 22 from 10-4. Hope to see you there.
This summer sweater came together really quick. I really like summer sweaters to have fairly big holes and use a lightweight yarn. I like wearing them when there is a light breeze. I used Miss Babs yarn Katahdin in Mystery Land. This is a fingering weight yarn and the skein was 1750 yards. I used most of it, but not all of it. If I had to guess there are a couple of hundred yards left.
This pattern uses a 4 mm hook.
Stitches:
ch - chain
sk - skip
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
Back panel - cast on 100
Row 1 - hc in the 3rd stitch from the hook, *ch 3, sk 3, hdc, hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Row 2 - ch 2, hdc, *ch3, hdc in the hdc, hdc in the hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Repeat row 2 until you get to your desired length. Mine is 53 rows.
Side panel - make 2
Cast on 45
Row 1 - hc in the 3rd stitch from the hook, *ch 3, sk 3, hdc, hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Row 2 - ch 2, hdc, *ch3, hdc in the hdc, hdc in the hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Repeat row 2 until you get to your desired length. Mine is 53 rows.
Sew on the side panels leaving about 7-8 inches for the arms. I also like to start about 2 inches from the bottom.
For the arms pick up 60 stitches doing the same pattern as you did for the panels.
Row 1 - ch2, hdc, *ch 3, sk 3, hdc, hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Row 2 - ch 2, hdc, *ch3, hdc in the hdc, hdc in the hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Repeat row 2 until you get to the desired arm length minus about 2 inches. Mine is 17 rows.
Sleeve Border
Row 1 - ch 3, *hdc in the chain space, ch 1, hdc in the hdc below. ch 1. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 2 - ch 3, * hdc in the chain space, ch 1. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 3 - Repeat row 2
Row 4 - ch 3, * sc in the chain space, ch 3. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 5 and 6 - repeat row 4
Sweater Border
Make sure the sweater is right side out. Start at the bottom left corner on the inside.
Row 1 - ch 3, *sk st, hdc. Repeat from * up the one side, across the back and down the other side. It doesn't matter how many stitches you pick up as long as it looks ok.
Row 2 - ch 3, * hdc in the chain space, ch 1. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 3 through 5 - Repeat row 2
Row 6 - ch 3, * sc in the chain space, ch 3. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 7 through 10 - repeat row 4
Pockets - make 2
Cast on 20
Row 1 - ch 3, hdc, * ch, sk st, hdc. Repeat from * across.
Row 2 - - ch 3, * hdc in the chain space, ch 1. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 3 through 11 - Repeat row 2
Row 12 - ch 3, * sc in the chain space, ch 3. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 13 and 14 - repeat row 4
Sew on the pockets where it feels good for the arms. Mine are rows up from the bottom and one row back from the end of the original panel.
Mushrooms seem to be all the rage right now, as they should be since they are so cute. When I was in Chaumont a few weeks ago I had this vision of a Mushroom Jewelry holder. Initially I was thinking this would be like the birdbaths I've done in the past where it has a flat top where you can put jewelry and then holes around the outside.
But then when I was actually thinking about how to design it I realized I could make it into a jewelry box by enclosing the bottom and leaving it 2 pieces. This is effectively the same as making a mug, but shorter and without a handle.
In my original vision I saw a worm on the top for rings. It's a little inch worm. Isn't she cute? I'm super thrilled with how this is coming together.
This shawl is mostly based off of a pattern from Petra Skorjank on Ravelry. I was working on this during a couple of shows so I went off the beat and path, but then used the pattern for the trim when I got to the end. I think it came out really beautiful. This was a collorway by Miss Babs for the 50th Anniversary of the Maryland Sheep and Wool. This is their Yearning yarn, but this particular colorway is no longer available. I used all 1200 yards.
I had the idea to make sheep when I was at Michael Harbridge's workshop and we made planters. While we were at the cabin I took clay with me like I always do, but also took 2 of the puzzling forms. I decided to make some sheep. These came out so adorable. I can't wait to fire them.
This ended up being more of a hodge podge than I would have expected. I had a few things leftover from the last time I glazed and I have almost a second kiln load from what I finished glazing. When I loaded the kiln I ended up with a mixture of things.
Lots of jewelry pieces in here. I actually just had to buy more of everything for jewelry so as soon as that stuff comes from Amazon I can make more.
I have another plate in this load that has some specks in it. I think one of my shelves must be shedding and I'm going to have to investigate. In the last load it actually sanded off the spoon holder easily, this one since its a solid color that won't work so it will have to be refired.
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