Scarves & Socks

Scarves and Shawls for Yarn Lovers, Knitting with Simple Patterns and Amazing Yarns
Confetti MULTI-FIBER YARN IN LACE RIB STITCH The lace rib stitch pattern creates a lightweight texture that allows you to knit a summer scarf using a yarn ...

The knitting trend is being fueled by wonderful new yarns like ribbon, frizzy, eyelash, and metallic. This books presents easy knit patterns that make the most of these irresistible novelty and decorative yarns. Knitters will learn the secrets of combining colors and textures while creating stunning accessories in no time. Each project has variations showing how different yarns will totally change the look. The easy knit stitches and techniques are taught step by step with photographs. Throughout, a yarn expert shares her tips to make knitting more enjoyable and successful. It is for both beginning knitters, who usually start with scarves and will love this way to take their craft to the next level, and experienced knitters, who are all yarn addicts!

Spinning a Yarn of Your Own

Whether you shear the sheep yourself or hire someone else, here are a few things to remember:

Use only scourable marking crayons or sprays and don’t use any insecticidal chemical for six weeks before shearing Make sure your sheep are kept dry in the days leading up to shearing Remove obvious foreign material from the fleece and take off collars from pet sheep Warn shearers of any ear tags If possible, don’t feed or water the sheep for at least four hours before shearing to minimize fecal contamination of the fleece Keep the shearing room as clean as possible and sweep well between each shear Coat or cover your sheep afterward unless the weather is very warm

Once the fleece is removed, it needs to be “skirted,” or picked clean.

The object of skirting is to remove anything you don’t want in your finished yarn, including vegetation, dung and inferior wool.

Source: HobbyFarms.com

Yarn Gallery Blog » Blog Archive » Freakish Weather

by Trish

Of this week, David finished this Marilyn sweater, a design by Beth Brown-Reinsel.  It’s so gorgeous – I’m going to try to talk Donna, who also wants to knit this sweater, into a winter class – what do you all think?  Deb Schlarb has been pining for something to keep her interested during the long winter months.  I think this could do it:

Isn’t it just lovely?  A masterful job, as usual for David.

Gracie is doing fine – not so sure about my sister, who obviously fell blindly in love and forgot the intensity of training a puppy.  She was rejoicing that her daughter was visiting this past weekend and she would have a little break from keeping a constant eye on the “little pischer” as she called her.  Is that a euphemism for something not very nice???

Off to do some errands and try to avoid the shoe store.  I have a yearning for some new shoes which I neither need nor can afford.  Wish me luck!...

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Loops Yarn Blog: Cinchy summer scarves, as modeled by Mariel.

by Shelley Brander

Thus began the Loops Cinchy Summer Scarf Initiative. I went trolling for easy scarf patterns, then put them together with some of our more awesome (awesomer?) yarns. I offered up the model knitting to the Loops Troops , and they snatched them up like a bunch of starving snapping turtles. They were almost all done in a couple of weeks! Next, I needed a model. I recruited Mariel, the Loops summer intern. Mariel is a University of Alabama student in Fashion Merchandising, whom we met by way of Tanglewood Trish. She is also the author of the Calling All Cowlgirls blog that I've told ya'll about before. We so fell in love with Mariel, that she is not only interning for us, but actually living at the Brander home for 6 weeks. Lord help her. Next up we have the Goddess Scarf. I designed this for our current Hot Loops Wall and never dreamed it would catch on like it has. It's a great first-yarnover project, because it's all knit with an...

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