Blocking
I've been so looking forward to trying this on, and now that I've cast off all I can do is sit and watch it slo-o-o-wly dry....
PS note to self - remember to buy some blocking wires at the weekend!
[edit] I love that the way I've blocked it has naturally pulled a nice waist shape!
PS note to self - remember to buy some blocking wires at the weekend!
[edit] I love that the way I've blocked it has naturally pulled a nice waist shape!
Much Twinkling
Beading nearly finished around the lacey border. I hate picking up stitches but had to pick up around 300 up each front and around the neck. It seems quite neat, I'm pleased!
It's exciting to be this close to finishing now, hoping to wear it at the weekend.
new skills - beaded stitches
It's great to have to learn something new and since I started my Twinkle Twinkle I've learned the spit splice which means that I don't have any ends to try and disguise amid this very open knit and I've also threaded beads into my knitting for the first time and love the result!
I bought the smallest crochet hook that I could (0.75mm but I think 0.5s are available) and the smallest twinkly glass beads that the hook would go through (500 of!) Thanks to my very helpful local yarn store Bangles and Tat
That's the second sleeve in the background, just a few rows and some beads away from casting off. Then it's the lace front/neck and beading the lower border, then blocking!
I bought the smallest crochet hook that I could (0.75mm but I think 0.5s are available) and the smallest twinkly glass beads that the hook would go through (500 of!) Thanks to my very helpful local yarn store Bangles and Tat
That's the second sleeve in the background, just a few rows and some beads away from casting off. Then it's the lace front/neck and beading the lower border, then blocking!
Be Mine lace socks
I've been distracted from knitting my Twinkle by this lovely fibre from picperfic's luxury fibre club. I've loved every minute of spinning this wool/silk/yak mix, dyed beautifully in colours which look quite different separately, but which blend together to make a lovely 'Valentine' pink.
The wool/silk/yak sounds perfect for socks, warm and strong. I have the perfect pattern - more on that another time.
The wool/silk/yak sounds perfect for socks, warm and strong. I have the perfect pattern - more on that another time.
Lace sleeves
I love knitting lace so after a long run of st st it's been very hard not to ignore what I'm supposed to be doing (eg work) and sit down with my Twinkle instead.
First sleeve well underway.
First sleeve well underway.
Knitted body parts roundup
I've noticed patterns for various body parts over the years and the time has come to gather them together.
Some of these are available as patterns, some are knit, some are crocheted, some are felted.
Where better to start than the heart? This one was created by Kristin Ledgett for Valentine's Day. Pattern is at http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/PATTheart.php
Slightly more multimedia, this one even lights up and was made by Tatyana Yanishevsk
[added Aug 2013] this fluffy heart from Sarah Illenberger who makes objects for advertising use
And so to the respiratory system, these lungs were made by Anna Isherwood
Other organs include Gallbladder (this one by AnOptimisticCynic with removable stones...)
.. Kidneys (from Ravelry user erinware)
.. and Womb. The pattern from Knitty is here. This is the first thing I ever made in my own hand dyed and spun wool.
[Added Aug 2013 suggested by Poppy Cottage in the comments] There are a few variants of the booby baby beany for breastfeeding, this one is bySara Hanson
Holding it all up is the spine, this needle felted example from estonia76
[added 12/7/13] Suggested by Sue in the comments, the whole skellington
And helping it all move, the muscles. More pictures of this lovely work here
In charge of all of that is the brain, one here that you can wear on the outside (pattern by Alana Noritake)
.. and an anatomically correct one by Dr Karen Norberg, read about it here
[update Aug 2013] More brain and neurons here from CraftyHedhehog, a project called Neuroscience
[added Aug 2013] Another from Sarah Illenberger
On a microscopic level, some of us may actually have woolly chromasomes
[Added 12/7/13] Not for the squeamish, this is the entire digestive system, part of a knit-along some years ago, follow the links for the pattern:
More visible bits and pieces include ears.
.. and eyes
This one's a cat toy!
Do you know of any more? Let me know in the comments.
Some of these are available as patterns, some are knit, some are crocheted, some are felted.
Where better to start than the heart? This one was created by Kristin Ledgett for Valentine's Day. Pattern is at http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/PATTheart.php
Slightly more multimedia, this one even lights up and was made by Tatyana Yanishevsk
[added Aug 2013] this fluffy heart from Sarah Illenberger who makes objects for advertising use
And so to the respiratory system, these lungs were made by Anna Isherwood
Other organs include Gallbladder (this one by AnOptimisticCynic with removable stones...)
.. and Womb. The pattern from Knitty is here. This is the first thing I ever made in my own hand dyed and spun wool.
[Added Aug 2013 suggested by Poppy Cottage in the comments] There are a few variants of the booby baby beany for breastfeeding, this one is bySara Hanson
Holding it all up is the spine, this needle felted example from estonia76
[added 12/7/13] Suggested by Sue in the comments, the whole skellington
And helping it all move, the muscles. More pictures of this lovely work here
In charge of all of that is the brain, one here that you can wear on the outside (pattern by Alana Noritake)
.. and an anatomically correct one by Dr Karen Norberg, read about it here
[update Aug 2013] More brain and neurons here from CraftyHedhehog, a project called Neuroscience
[added Aug 2013] Another from Sarah Illenberger
On a microscopic level, some of us may actually have woolly chromasomes
[Added 12/7/13] Not for the squeamish, this is the entire digestive system, part of a knit-along some years ago, follow the links for the pattern:
[added Aug 2013] this digestive system from Sarah Illenberger
Another digestive system along with brain & nervous system and other organs, this project is called Body Box by Caroline Gates:
More visible bits and pieces include ears.
.. and eyes
This one's a cat toy!
Do you know of any more? Let me know in the comments.
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