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Tidal Wish Pot Holder - double knit

six_legged — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:53:31 GMT

Here's the other side:

I completed this potholder just in time for Mother’s Day. It has so many things that she loves.

My mom’s dining room and living room is filled with blue & white Chinese porcelain teapots, vases, jars and other shapes, so I wanted to make something she could use as a trivet on her dining room table. She has long liked, ‘ The Great wave’ Japanese Block print and has it as a backing to her 10 gallon aquarium, which inspired me to try and make a wave. And she likes Escher illusions and suggested I try to make a potholder with illusion concepts. She also accents her room with flashes of orange items (pillows, flowers, etc), so that is why I colored the fish orange rather than carrying the lighter blue pattern all the way through (which I tried and it also looks nice).

I drew this design in 2 colors and also 3 colors. It was a bit more work to manage additional yarn balls, but I like the results.

Yarn used: Lily Cotton:

‘Indigo’ – Navy

‘Faded Denim’ – Multi Light Blues

‘Tangerine’ – Soft Orange

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Ostrich plume pullover

Izabela @ unique dIZigns — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:38:44 GMT

I absolutely love this top. More details here.

Summer poncho

Izabela @ unique dIZigns — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:32:51 GMT

Made of 100% silk, this is the perfect cover-up for air-conditioned rooms.

Opt Art Pot Holder

six_legged — Wed, 08 May 2013 01:29:47 GMT

Well this was an interesting project. I based this pattern on the geometric designs from the 'mod' or 'opt art' look of the 60's. I love optical illusions and there were many bold designs from the sixties that amused me as a kid. If you look at this long enough you'll see a diamond in the middle and 4 partial diamonds in the corners, each appearing to pop out a bit ( but of course it is just a flat pot holder). The design on the front and back are almost identical because of the pattern's symmetry.

Most of the designs in the 60's were done with black & white or bold contrasting colors, but I thought of my brother would get a kick out of the striped yarn. The colors of the stripe yarn closely match the colors of a shirt I made him (sewing) and he wore it to it's death. Also, the coloring chart draft of this color combo reminded me of Legos which he played with as a kid.

Plus I've been trying to find a pattern where the yarn stripes I've hoarded played nice with the design. Two solid colors probably would make the pattern pop more, but I like how rich and textile like the solid navy & bright multi look together.

Yarns used: Sugar n' cream - 'Indigo' (navy) and Sugar n' cream - 'Calico' (multi-color)

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Aran Doll Sweater

zaras — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:17:58 GMT

I made this doll sweater for my granddaughter in Italy. They wear Aran sweaters and I thought she might like to have one for her doll. I knit it in some wool yarn unraveled from an old sweater and dyed a rose color with Kool-Aid. I had a little trouble figuring out the Left Twist!

Dog Coaster - Free Pattern, Double Knit

six_legged — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:26:43 GMT

I've really been enjoying my experimentation in double knitting so I thought others might want to try it.

I created a small, but fun starter project for anyone who wants to try double knitting.

So here's the pattern:

[View:http://www.sg-creations.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Dog-Coaster-instructions.pdf:550:0]

Here's step by step how it looked as I worked on it:

[View:http://www.sg-creations.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Dog-Coaster-progress-pictures.pdf:550:0]

Here's a link to many great tutorials (Not by me) on How-To Double Knit. These are how learned anyways. If someone has other greater double knit lessons, please sent me a note. :)

[View:http://www.sg-creations.org/double-knitting-techniques-videos/:550:0]

http://www.sg-creations.org/double-knitting-techniques-videos/

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Rabbit & Butterfly double knit potholder

six_legged — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:10:40 GMT

I've created this rabbit potholder for myself. I've always loved rabbits, as wild animals and in children's stories (Velveteen Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland), just not as pets. I tried to make it not too Easterish, since I plan to use it year around.

I couldn't find the right color of yarn to go with the soft plum/mauve yarn (Lily calls this yarn color 'Lilac') so I took some of Lily's 'Off White' yarn and experimented with tea and coffee staining.

It took extra steps of work, but I think the subtle undulating of shades of beige and light browns work well. It sort of adds more dimension and the cream color reminds me of old parchment paper which plays up the old folklore style of the rabbit.

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