Granny Stitch Cowl

I finally finished something crafty!

I made a warm wooly cowl--now that we are having summer-like temps I thought I would finish this for my winter wardrobe--ummm--just a little out of step with the season I think? :-) 

I love the colors in this yarn.

It is Liberty Wool, color #7865 from Classic Elite Yarns.

The technique for this cowl is from Meg, HERE and Attic24, HERE.

The stitch is from Attic24's Granny Stitch blanket and the cowl idea is Meg's.

It is long enough to go around my neck twice to be snuggly warm. 

Geranium Cranesbill "Johnson's Blue"

Rainbow for the Rain

A gorgeous gift. 

What to make, what to make?

Mantra for a rainy day. :-)

Doll's Afghan

These granny squares have been an orphan project for soooo long. I couldn't decide how to join them up. I looked online and found about four different ways-at least-of joining granny squares and I tried each and was not happy. Especially about ripping each method back out!

I liked the idea of joining them with a crochet stitch but it ethier left a bumpy ridge or it skewed the squares and ended up looking crooked.

So, I mattress-stitched them together. :-)

The final size is 15 1/2" X 18 1/2", made of Palette Yarn from KnitPicks, C-hook. 

Meg helped me with the border. The red is just two times around, but the blue border is one normal row and one edging row. The pattern is on Meg's blog, right HERE. The result looks like ric-rac to me! :-)

Granny Pennant

My brand-new granny pennant banner that Meg made me for Mother's Day. Isn't it BEAUTIFUL?

Meg's blog is but a click away HERE to see more of what she works on.

(hint--she loves to knit lovely socks!)

Grannies

I just learned to make granny squares. They are such fun to make, soothing and rhythmic. 

Meg taught me on a recent trip and I've been cranking them out. I in turn taught Em and she is now making them.

I've been using my familiar wool palette yarn from KnitPicks in fingering weight.

I am working out an afghan the size of a doll's bed (theme of small size here).

The colors are from the center, Serrano, Petal (discontinued), Sky, and Pool.

I am not planning on washing this afghan much and that is the only drawback in using the wool.

Unless you have Superwash wool yarn you are stuck with cold water, hand-washing.

You can just barely see our tent in the background.

We had it set up in our backyard, tucked into the treeline.

We had a dab of cooler weather and we enjoyed ourselves outside with campfires, s'mores and flashlights.

Not so much with the bugs and cot-sleeping. :-)