Good morning, #Needleworkmonday !
I was so surprised by a present I received from @neumannsalva last week that I needed to show it to you.
It’s a wonderfully hand dyed skein of wool yarn you can see in the photo above. She actually used food colouring and I am sure you will agree that the colours are truly ‘yummy’.
Together with the yarn came a card which is made of wood ! Wow ! It’s beautiful too :
I sent a couple of little friends to accompany @neumannsalva during her hard times and didn’t expect to receive anything back - thank you again.
A wonderful thing about the #needleworkmonday community and steemit is that you can make friends that share your interests and passion for making things with wool. I truly appreciate this one-of-a-kind yarn and I will come back to post what I manage to make with it :D
I think it will be a lacy / floaty scarf to summon an early spring and brighter times !
I’m happy to report that I’ve now completely exhausted the thick bright green yarn I had and managed to extend it by combining it with another really thick yarn and made this wavy effect.
The nice thing about knitting lap blankets is that you get the benefit quite quickly :D
@jen0revision spotted me knitting and keeping warm at the same time :D
That’s all garter stitch with regular increases and decreases.
I used size 8mm knitting needles and super chunky yarn. I aimed for 55 stitches (give or take a few :D.
I had 2 stitches for the edge at each side.
Knit two together
Knit three
Make 1
Knit 1
The body of the blanket was just:
Make 1
Knit 3
Knit three together
Knit 3
Make 1
These blocks were separated by 1 stitch. As long as I kept to this ‘pattern’ and changed the colour every so often I got the wave.
It looks quite effective.
Thank you for reading and being there !
Thank you to @crosheille for starting #needleworkmonday and @muscara, @shanibeer, @marblely for hosting it .
