Triangle Shawl, Bags,bags,bags.

Front view

Side view

Back

Up close with the stitches.

Triangles gets stripes to complete the triangle shawl, I decided that it needed to be longer at the back so that you could wrap it around more comfortably and keep out the draft.

I didn't want to make yet more triangles, so I decided to pick my two favourite colours to set off the triangles.

Lime green and 70's orange.

Project completed.

My bag production line gets busy.

Rags and ribbon

The bag of many stitches gets an eye cord as a strap.

Ballet bag gets a Ribbon and a little beading on the loose strings.

Busy weekend,Tea pot cosy bag gets a rag strap compleated.

Bridget Jones (aka me)
Diary of Fridays knit cafe
Two parts logged/two weeks worth, chasing my tail as they say.

Second cafe on 4th sept

Attendance/projects

Me

Celine -Eudoxie Cardi

Wendy -scarf

Suzanne - scarf prep

Anita - in the beginning of a Norwegian sock pattern break down

Topic's of chat.
School trips on everyone's mind, a few of the little darlings away on school visits.

Suzanne, once picking her project spent half her time choosing her yarn.;-)
Luckily Yarn lindqvist garn next door seems to be doing pretty well
out of the SIS knit cafe.

I must have a chat about a discount;-)

Cafe 11th

3rd knit cafe

Attandance
Wendy,
Anita,
Mary,
Stacy,
Suzanne,
Sabine,
Celine,
Aleah,
myself,
my guest Karin.

Lively cafe on a beautiful afternoon.

Projects

Sabine felted bag complete and extremely beautiful.

She is moved in and unpacked and picked up an old project that she started a year ago a jumper for her husband.

Wendy a lilac ribbed sleeve, I believe.

Suzanne a new scarf .......she is on a roll with the two different thickness, yarn scarf's using the lady on You-tube to complete;-).


Celine crochet flowers galore and her baby dress.

Stacy (oop's) forgotten, baby blanket a good guess.;-)

Mary stocking up on those winter scarfs, pretty in pink.

Anita not hanging around the 1st knitted slipper will be made in no time and converting the pattern, oj oj oj.

Aleah -bright pink scarf but not a sticth insiration and new proeject in the knie books
that I brought to do just that Inspire;-)

My self beginnings of a Blythe dress and Karin a jacket for Zeke.

Lots of people lots of conversations and a challenge set by Wendy. That being can the cafe beat the walking group they had 15 members that morning.

We will see..........


I must still have a that chat about a discount;-)

Bags bags bags

Rag bag

I have gone bag crazy.
It seems that I'm not feeling inspired by my usual fantasy dress flow.

Ballet Pink Bag

Acrylic Red Heart Yarn Bag

Here in it's really early stage's, a few yarns lined up to make this an interesting fabric.

Other Inspirational bag ideas.......

Knitted ends bag.(I always keep the little ends when sewing up a project)

Alternative bag. (VHS)

I think that the bags will be a great start to my Etsy shop.
Below is the link to my empty shop that will soon be full of lovely one off original crocheted and knitted bags;-)
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6759693

Triangle shawl

Up close my pink edging stitch

I'm now thinking about what to use to hold the shawl closed, I test ran it this afternoon with a broach and I think that I will have to make at least one more row of triangles as the back part is sadly too short for me;-(.

But I still love it.........

HodgePodgeArts

Promoting.........

Karen Turner I discovered her on the UK Handmade blog, I think that she he defiantly worth taking a look at. Her fabulous delicate ceramics are very pretty, very inspirational.

http://ukhandmade.blogspot.com/2009/08/meet-karen-turner-of-hodgepodge-arts.html

Friday's

Friday Morning

Triangle shawl

So far so good, I have joined all of the triangles.
Brick built triangles.

Project bunting almost, I have made two row's. With the two rows
my plan is to then attach by a middle seam and then I have one more
ball of hot pink to edge the shawl.

If I decide that it is big enough, but maybe I need yet more triangle's.


The Land lord builder's, are definitely affecting my Mojo!

I'm keen to have the old house fixed up but the banging and the drilling and supervising the dog and the builder.

It is really affecting my knit and blogger Mojo I just can not concentrate;-(

Friday Afternoon

Friday 's International knit cafe

1st!

SIS knit cafe
Venue excellent, ticked all the box's
food = good
Company excellent

6 peep's (one bebe) And one guest star that being Angela(Quirky lil knits) my good friend from uk.
http://angelhatton-quirkylittleknits.blogspot.com/

She was here to visit for a few days so that we could chat and knit.

we have an awful lot in common (knit wise) so many similar idea's, so many knits/crochets

So little time......... but bloody Mary! when we fly..... a total freaky co-incidence.

A few of the projects

A lot of scarfs, the two differnt size needles (popular)
And so a few trip to Garn Studio.

My triangles,Angela (custom pattern) and Celines baby dress not to mention Sabine's bright green felting for a !st attempt felted bag project

I think that we really got off to a good start.

Friday evening
Cocktails and Knits

Angela and I crocheting and knitting respectively whist sipping out Manhattan's
(Msssssss Hatton)at the Hard Rock Cafe Stockholm.

Very funny two cocktails and not a stitch dropped, god damn we must be experts.

Photo from Knit cafe part two of Friday;-)

This week I have been mostly making......

This week I have been mostly making...........
Is a title I use loosely, if I have lots of projects on the go at once (I usually do)
Then I use this title to explain a little about them all.

This post I guess should be re-titled

Yesterdays Knits
Yesterdays Crochet

My morning

tram train, so plenty of time to wip up, a mini version of Perfect little stitches
(with left over Ecuadorian yarn)

My late Afternoon project was the duckling.

Again tram and train time used to full potential as I had a school meeting and unfortunately didn't make my Tuesday knit cafe.

The Hours seem to be just running ahead, I seem to be chasing everything..........

Time
kid's
Builders;-(

And my naughty dog Rasmus

Early evening

Triangle's

still working at the joining of..........
I think that I have it, colour pattern etc

But your really have to concentrate or this happen, I managed to attach three wrong.
wrong side
wrong way up
wrong angle
You can not get, wronger than that!

So I frogged and left.(Not a harsh frog just the few that where wrong)

Quick mention here, my day I just edit the crap, house, dinner, chores,washing, momentous same old same routine, dog walk run........it's not all knitting and art.


Picture taken before I realised, side by side/not reversed(oj oj oj).

A complete tangle of triangle, this is not a travel project it can only be managed sitting at a table.

Blue ducking

Pleased to announce that a Face book fan page has been set up for this project.
I need to work out how to put the link, but if you have an account you can just search the title below.

Crocheted Plastic Ducklings For River Knit Graffiti

Gemma and William wedding seeds, summer fast running out here;-( sadly.

These seedlings where a favours gift at my friends wedding, so I just want to say a quick how cute.

Seeds of love and all that..........

And that I hope they flower before Autumn.(keen gardener not!, but I try)

And to show Gem that I actually planted them;-)