Monday, January 19, 2015

Sunny and Warm #2 and #3

 Sunny and Warm #2. Hand dyed cottons and silks, fused, machine quilted, 10x10" before mounting on yellow painted wood panel which will make it 12" square.

  Sunny and Warm #3. Hand dyed cottons and silks, fused, hand embroidered and machine quilted, 10x10" before mounting on yellow painted wood panel which will make it 12" square.

 Here they are side by side which may or may not help your decide. The price for either is $100+ $9 shipping.
 

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Ten Seconds of Decor



Safavieh Nantucket Pink Area Rug & Reviews | Wayfair
 This one is on order, 8x10'. I think a quilt might have to be made to coordinate.

 Tony the Terrorist

Monday, December 22, 2014

Choices

Some red, but mostly multicolored.

 Red purple

 Some red but mostly gray, lavender and aqua.

 again. some red but mostly multicolored

not really red, more orange and blue

Saturday, December 20, 2014

 
This is the red I had chosen to make this jacket. I have plenty and it is high quality, however, it is thick and thin. And it is not springy so the knitting is kinda thin in spots, so it looks like I used too big of a needle.

The Noro is giving me the same issue, with thin and thick spots. The resulting knitted fabric is lumpy, uneven and messy looking. I don't like it. If I don't like it, it will be hard to keep working on it.
So I suggest starting over. I have put together a Pinterest board with all 12 of my previous combinations. If you could pick three that you like I may be able to go from there and find better yarns to make your jacket.
See this Pinterest board.
http://www.pinterest.com/MixitupMel/mitered-diamond-jackets/

Sunday, December 14, 2014

 This is the tip of the iceberg in Noro Kureyon in my stash. I thought I had a complete set of one shade, but it is used up. So, it would be lotsa colors and black. I have pictured black here too, but it doesn't look so black in the picture, but it is truly pitch black.



Then I have Noro Taiyo which is not ALL wool: Taiyo Aran
by Noro
Aran / 10 ply 40% Cotton, 30% Silk, 15% Nylon, 15% Wool. I have paired it  here with
Kudo
by Plymouth Yarn
Aran: 55% Cotton, 40% Rayon, 5% Silk
The resulting fabric is lighter weight than an all wool fabric.

Thursday, December 11, 2014


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