Thursday, March 30, 2006

3 Panel Noro Felted Bag

HERE'S the LINK to my
FREE
3 Panel NORO Felted Bag Pattern

That's me and my 3 panel Noro felted bag at a recent

NorthCoast Knitting Guild meeting !!!


Checkmate Scarf Pattern






ONE SKEIN TRENDSETTER CHECKMATE
SCARF PATTERN
SIZE 17 NEEDLES
Cast on 96 stitches loosely.
Entire scarf is 5 TOTAL rows.
KNIT one row.
BEGIN DROP STITCH:
ROW 1 (RS) *K1, YO twice; repeat from*, end K1
ROW 2 *K1, drop double YO off needle; repeat from *, end K1.
KNIT 2 ROWS.
BIND OFF
TIP: Bind off with larger size needle.

Friday, March 24, 2006

MARCH: Mother Bear Project



KNITTING FOR CHARITY
SITE OF THE MONTH

Each month, I will be posting a website where you can knit for a unique charity.

I love this idea and I'm happy to share it with all of you.

The SITE for MARCH is:

THE MOTHER BEAR PROJECT





Don't you just love the RED HEART on each adorable bear?


PLEASE CHECK BACK EACH MONTH FOR MORE INSPIRATION !!!

Monday, March 20, 2006

Goldilocks bag in purple



This is a very fun pattern designed by Chris Bylsma.

See original bag here in YELLOW





My bag in Purple.


You can see color arrangements and purchase the yarn and pattern here at: One Fine Yarn

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

KnittingBlogsGroupTwo



NEW NETRING FOR KNITTERS WITH BLOGS is up and running.
The net ring is titled:



KNITTINGBLOGSGROUPTWO







I started this netring after tyring to join the original list for knitting blogs to and discovered that is closed to new members.

Saturday, March 11, 2006

Lucy Bag

FINISHED MY FIRST LUCY BAG !!!
This pattern is designed by TWO OLD BAGS

3 skeins of LAMB'S PRIDE WORSTED (85 % wool / 15 % mohair) Color # M181 Prairie Fire
and
1 skein South West Trading Company MELODY (65 % rayon / 35 % nylon) Color # 516 Serendipity
For the bag bottom and handle, I used single strand of Lamb's Pride by itself.
For the rest of the bag, I used single strand of the Lamb's Pride and single strand of the Melody held together.
The pattern is VERY contagious and the bag turns out terrific! I especially like the handle design.
I highly recommend the MELODY - one skein is a big 400 yds. so you get alot
of mileage from it.
TIP: With this yarn SHAVE THE BAG after felting, the novelty yarn shows up better and it isn't as fuzzy.



Link to: Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted

Link to: Southwest Trading Company Melody

Pattern can be purchased here: Karp Styles

It is also seen here knitted with:Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool

Noro Daria Scarf

I love NORO and have been felting with Noro Kureyon (one of my favorite yarns to felt). At
Birds of a Feather, (this picturesque barn in Avon, Ohio), I discovered NORO DARIA MULTI. An innovative cord-like yarn in a blend of cotton and rayon with the most gorgeous individually dyed colors you'll ever see. Daria Multi colored is just beautiful and has a unique feel. Try my scarf pattern or make it narrower for a cool belt. I used Color # 11 Ocean/Fuschia/Purple.




NORO DARIA SCARF PATTERN

2 SKEINS NORO DARIA YARN

SIZE 8 NEEDLES

CAST ON 12

Knit every row, kniting IN BACK of each stitch.

BIND OFF

Check out more colors of NORO DARIA and purchase at

Knitting Pattern Central


I stayed up way too late last night working on my blog!! I want you all to know about this GREAT website with links to tons of free patterns, well organized and very inclusive!


Check it out at

Virtual Greeting Cards

Take a look - these are GREAT!

Lion Brand Virtual Knitting Greeting Cards





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Friday, March 10, 2006

Lopi Buttonhole Bag

LOPI BUTTON HOLE BAG

Here is my completed Button Hole bag knitted with LOPI. My daughter enjoyed adding the needle felted flowers with white roving - after it was felted. The link to the bag pattern can be found at this wonderful website: Hello Yarn.

Link to Bag Patterns


I have been very busy trying to figure out how to format my blog, as you can see, there are some glitches......

But, I did come across this amazing website to share with you. Faery Crafty has done her homework and has created a very inclusive list of BAG PATTERNS for you to check out!!!

Please see her blog at Faery Crafy.

Friday, March 03, 2006

Felted Bag knit-a-long

Please check out the Yahoo group Felted Bag Knit-a-Long

I have posted photos of my bags to the photo album titled:
"Judy's Felted JAG BAGS"