Sharon's jacket

In January 2014 my machine knitting buddy gave me a jacket to finish for her.  I just finished adding a lace trim on it today during lunch at work.  It took me eleven months to get to it and four days of work/fun to finish it.

 

The body is machine knit and the trim is hand knit in Lion Brand bulky suede.  Now I want one for me.

Cushaw squash - 35 lbs.

The garden grew some huge cushaw squash.  I'd never seen one much less tasted one.  One was 35 lbs. and one was 24 lbs.  I had wanted to enter the 35 pounder in the fair but the wet soil after an especially rainy week caused the bottom of it to rot so I had to harvest it.  It is delicious.  I'll have to plant more next year.  I'll post pictures, hopefully, later.  I put them on a set of scales to show their weight.

I applied and was accepted to be a vender at the Kernersville, NC Honeybee Festival http://kvhoneybee.com/ on August 23, 2014 from 10am - 5 pm.  I have a new product to debut.  My daughter will join me with her crocheted market bags like this one http://byhaafner.blogspot.cz/2013/07/and-off-to-market-i-went.html.

I will have button bracelets, knit scarves, ribbon embroidered towels and more.

Tremont jacket and Entropy shawl

I just completed the Tremont jacket from the Jean Frost book, Jackets.  I used Forsell 100% wool Slolom in jade.  I converted the hand knit to machine.  I used my Brother 270 at T6 and had to convert the gauge.  The skirt was one that I drafted.  Both are in stockinette with crochet edgings.  I used the puff crochet stitch from the book but added an extra row of crab stitch to finish off the jacket.  The skirt has a single crochet and then crab stitch on the bottom hem.  Right now the jacket is a little large for me but I have not washed it yet.  When I do, I expect/hope that it shrinks to the gauge of my washed and dried swatch.  All in all, though, it is wearable as it is.  It is 100% wool and will be very warm for this winter.  I just hope the skirt does not seat out too badly.  I have already sewn a half slip in jade that should work as a lining.

Entropy again

The bug hit again and I just finished number nine crocheted with a K in Forsell Slalom color jade and it weighs 16 oz.  I'll get a picture of it posted soon.

Entrophy

I have been obsessively crocheting these Doris Chan Entropy shawls these past two or three months.  They need to be blocked properly.

 

 

 

Red in Berroco Glace with I hook.
Blue angora shawl in fingering angora with I hook.
Blue wool - Sport weight with H hook.
Taupe Patons Classic wool in a worsted weight with G hook I made three of these with eight skeins of 100 grams purchased from Smiley’s in New York.

The blue angora was my seventh one is mine and my favoriate. The taupe ones took about 2 1/2 days on average to crochet and I work full time. Needless to say, I was a little obsessive about crocheting them. I found these addictive. I still have some yarn in other colors I would like to use but I am going to give these a rest and start machine knitting again and/or try some more patterns from the Doris Chan Convertible Crochet: Customizable Designs for Stylish Garments

The pillow cover is another example of what I do when the mood strikes.  I ribbon embroider.  Mostly I embroider on towels or a top that I have knit.  This is the third pillow top I have made.  I used various widths of ribbon and some beads as well as one golden butterfly button in the upper left.  This is not my pattern.  I went by a project in the book Splendid Silk Ribbon Embroider by Chris Rankin.  I gave it away in August and I need to made one for me.