Friday, December 10, 2010

New Free Pattern - The Celestial Cowl!

The Celestial Cowl


By Sarah Grieve

This pattern is featured on the Gina Brown's website as a free pattern promotion for the Schulana Mosco. It's a fun quick knit that only takes a few hours to make - just in time for Christmas! The beautiful linen ribbon yarn mixed with the mohair makes for a light as air, ethereal look.


Materials:

2 Balls of Jaeger Celeste - MC - #185 Lilac - 90 Meters - (50% Viscose, 30% Polyamide, 20% Linen)
1 Ball of Schulana Mosco - CC - #30 Purple - 125 Meters - (67% Viscose, 20% Mohair Superkid, 13% Polyamide)
12mm Needles

Instructions:

Cast on 30sts.
Row 1-2 : Knit with MC
Row 3-4: Knit with CC

Repeat the last 4 rows until scarf measures 65 inches.
Sew the top and the bottom to each other. Weave in all ends. Wash & block.

Tips & Tricks

*This yarn is now discontinued as Jaeger is now out of business but we have 4 lovely colors - all at half price!! This makes the project under 20$ to knit!

* When sewing the scarf together, you could twist one end for the appearance of a infinity scarf.

* The Celestial Cowl could be made by substituting the Mosco with 1 ball of Superkid Mohair such as Drops Kid Silk or Schulana Kid Seta.

* The Celestial Cowl could also be left open and worn as a scarf.


Monday, December 6, 2010

A Baby Hat for Anna

One of the ladies in my Pick Your Project class is having a baby coming up in February. Anna has been a part of my Pick Your Project class for awhile now and we quite enjoy having her! I knit up a wee hat for her baby out of some King Cole Merino Blend DK - 778 Purple for the trim and Naturally Magic Garden All Sorts - #405 Purple.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Winners of the Winterside/Knitcircus Magazine Contest!

I wanted to start off by saying thank you all for your kind words and for participating in my contest!


Now . . . .The moment we have all been waiting for. Yay!


The winners for the Winterside / Knitcircus Magazine giveaway are:

* Affiknitty
* Adri
* Valerie Clark

They will receive a free copy of the latest Knitcircus Magazine !



Photo courtesy of Knitcircus Magazine
 

I hope you all enjoy reading through the magazine as much as I did.

*I have sent all the winners messages either on Ravelry or in email. Winners were picked using a random number generator.