Archive for the ‘cosyspins’ Category
February 7, 2010
first, thanks for all of the nice comments on dad and mom’s gifts. they were fun knits and i’m rather pleased to finally have them done and gifted.
here are the last few samples for the shows.
a blue skinny subtle stripe hat/mitt set, all squeezed out of one skein. i love this one!
and a pixie hood in my hand dyed lamb’s pride bulky – spring pixie
this weeks agenda is printing patterns/pattern pics, labeling, and sign making. you’ll probably get less content and more pics of progress. and then the show!
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January 23, 2010
here’s the sample i knit.
the kits come with:
the pattern
146 yds of main color
86 yds of accent color
10 yds of button band wool
which can be a mixture of handspun, my hand dyed lamb’s pride or regular lamb’s pride (85% wool/15% mohair), and my hand dyed lanaloft or regular lanaloft.
this green belle has lamb’s pride as the main color, my handspun as the accent color. as you can see, i do like some non-traditional baby colors. brights! darks! whatever suits the fancy. the kits will vary dramatically.
now i’m thinking i should finish the pattern for the boy belle – started at the same time and similar in shape, but a bit more unisex.
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January 15, 2010
i’m going to split my subtle stripes skeins into 2 so they can easily be made into mittens as such.
as you can see, i did cut – for the thumb and when i wasn’t going to get to the last color unless i cut. i should have made a purple a bit shorter on the one, but eh. i like them anyhow. certainly not machine spun ;) maybe i should make shorter stripes for some? what do you think?
these will be a sample for the next two shows and then i’m going to wear them! they’re fabulously fuzzy because they are made from my friend cindy’s shetland. can’t you just see me making new samples every year?
sneak peek of the newly dyed semi-solid yarns for kits
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January 9, 2010
kit making
baby belles, reflection hats, and subtle stripes handspun mitten kits
my dad’s blanket
1 square done. despite starting this way back here, it probably won’t be done until next month. i have all the colored squares done, but need to do the border and i’m thinking applied i-cord around the whole thing.
mixing and matching
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January 1, 2010
As always, my wish for you is that your gauges be spot on.
and announcing the answers to the quiz…
1) Cosette has been paid to have her art work appear where c) on a credit card website
2) Cosette’s first real adult sweater was knit for b) viggo mortensen
3) How did Cosette’s book deal go down? c) over flickr
4) How long has Cosette been knitting? e) 6.5 years
and then this happened and life has never been the same.
5) Cosette prefers to knit with a) wool – witness this rant about shetland.
6) How fast does Cosette knit? c) this is a ridiculous question – and obviously written for non-knitters!
7) How much yarn does Cosette have? e) a room full
8) How many spinning apperati (wheels and spindles) does Cosette own? b) 9
here, here, here, here, and here.
9) Which of the following did Cosette’s masters thesis NOT include b) live sheep
a) crocheted hors d’oeurves and here.
c) recycled sweater wool in both forms
d) a spinning wheel bought at a thrift store (see pictures of the opening towards the bottom)
e) the theology of genesis
10) Which of the following has Cosette made? a) the same hat 6 times
and the people with the most correct answers are people who really know me :) honestly, top 5, 4/5 people know me in real life. so here’s the prize breakdown:
3 patterns each go to lynne and cheryl who only missed 2 each
2 patterns each go to jamie, mick, and meghan for missing only 3
and the rest of you get one pattern each just for playing :)
thanks to all who played. you, my reader and responders, make blogging another year worthwhile and you never fail to make me smile.
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December 11, 2009
yarn!
headband production!
pixies!
and twirly girls!
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