diy archive

11 February 2010

Totoro, Totoro!

Materials: 4 skeins Knit Picks Telemark (100% Peruvian Highland Wool), 2 in Drift and 2 in Deep Navy. Size 0 and size 1 needles. Pattern: a fusion of Norwegian Totoro Mittens and Anemoi Mittens.
Time: Coupla weeks.
Cost: $8.

26 January 2010

Snowbirds

Materials: 2 skeins Knit Picks Palette (100% Peruvian Highland Wool), 1 in White and 1 in Pimento. Size 1 needles. Pattern: Snowbird, originally from the Fall 2008 issue of Vogue Knitting.
Time: Three weeks.
Cost: $4!

26 January 2010

Dashing

Materials: 1 skein Tahki Donegal Tweed (100% Pure New Wool) in Black (890). Size 5 needles. Pattern: Dashing.
Time: A couple of weeks, largely dormant.
Cost: $20 for two balls of yarn, one of which I didn’t use.

9 January 2010

Slouchy Winter Beret

Materials: 1.5 skeins Elann Peruvian Highland Donegal (90% Highland Wool/ 10% Donegal) in Slate (1147). Size 10 and 11 needles. Pattern: Star Crossed Slouchy Beret.
Time: 2 nights!
Cost: Free.

5 January 2010

Squirrelly Outer Mittens

Materials: Knit Picks Telemark (100% Peruvian Highland Wool): two skeins each of Reindeer Heather and Drift; one skein each of Cardinal and Passion Heather.  Size 0 (!) needles.  Pattern: Squirrelly Swedish Mittens.
Time: A month.
Cost: $13

4 January 2010

Daphne and Delilah

Materials: Leftover Knitpicks Comfy Worsted (75% Pima Cotton, 25% Acrylic) in Silver Sage and Marlin. Size 3 circular needles and DPNs. Pattern: Daphne and Delilah the Momma and Baby Monster from Danger Crafts.
Time: A couple of weeks.
Cost: Handmade items are priceless, you know.

3 January 2010

Perler Bead Coasters Redux

Materials: See the original post.
Time: A couple of evenings.
Cost: Redacted–another gift!

29 December 2009

Vinterblomster Mittens

Materials: 3 skeins of Knitpicks Palette (100% Peruvian Highland Wool) in Asphalt Heather, Clematis Heather, and Green Tea Heather. Size 0 circular needles. Pattern: Vinterblomster Mittens.
Time: Several months, largely hibernating.
Cost: Redacted–they’re a gift!