while writing up my tale of two cities scarf, i realized that some minor changes in the number of rows between the stripes would make them work out better. meg picked two colors for the new scarf and i knit it up again. it came out a smidge bigger, but we both liked it that way – and it was easier to knit. you’d only notice the size change if you lay them out side by side anyway.
i like her choice of colors. it makes me think of summer, even though the ground is covered with snow.
- 1:4 scale
- abandoned dock
- abjd
- abraham lake
- accessories
- adoption meme
- advent
- advent calender
- advent candles
- advent log
- advent wreath
- aerin
- afghan
- Agoseris glauca
- alberta
- albert einstein
- alice
- alys
- amberglas
- american girl
- amigurumi
- ananda
- ane
- annalise
- ant
- ante
- ante elf
- ante ws
- b&w
- baby spruce
- baby yoda
- bamboo jersey
- banff
- beargrass
- bear grass
- becca
- beezie
- berries
- bid
- big hill springs
- birch
- bird
- birds
- bjd
- bjd. diy
- black
- black and white
- blanket
- bleeding hearts
- blossoms
- board games
- bohemian
- bonnie
- books
- bory
- bottles
- bow glacier falls
- boys
- brown eyed susan. wildflower
- buffalo berries
- bunnies
- burgundy
- buttercup
- butterfly
- calgary zoo
- campfire
- camp fire
- canada post
- canada thistle
- cape
- carcross desert
- catkins
- cereza
- chair
- challenge
- charity
- chipmunk
- chloe
- christmas
- christmas hampers
- christmas lights
- christmas tree
- christmmas
- clematis
- clothes
- clouds
- cobweb weight
- cofee dye
- color
- colors
- columbine
- cone
- conservatory
- cooking pot
- cookstand
- costume
- cotton
- couch
- cowl
- cow parsnip
- crabapple blossoms
- crafts
- craft table
- creche
- cricket
- crochet
- crochet blanket
- crocheted
- cross stitch
- crowned crane
- crystal
- crystalorn
- c s lewis
- dandelion
- daylight
- deardoll
- dear doll
- decorating
- decorations
- design
- desk
- dhs elf
- diaoram
- digory
- dinosaur provincial park
- dioram
- diorama
- diy
- doll
- doll a day
- dollar store
- dollarstore
- doll blanket
- doll furniture
- dollhouse rug
- dollmore
- dolls
- doll sweater
- donations
- dovey
- dressup
- duck
- eat.sleep.knit
- eatsleepknit
- eilidh
- el
- elbow falls
- elbow lake
- elephant
- elf
- elf ante
- elf el
- elin
- ellemeno
- ellowyne
- ellyce
- ember
- embroidery
- emily/emmie
- emmie
- emrys
- enyo
- ery
- erzulie
- esk
- esk badge
- esk cal space shawl
- esk galaxy shawl cal
- eskkal
- esk space shawl cal
- etsy
- eve the cat
- face up
- faceup
- failryland
- fairylan
- fairyland
- fairyland pukifee
- fall
- fallen log
- fallen tree
- false dandelion
- fan art
- farmland
- felting
- ferns
- few flowered anemone
- fireplace
- fishing pole
- fishing rod
- flamingo
- foamflower
- fog
- food bank
- forget-me-nots
- forget me not
- fort mcmurray fire
- fossils
- fundraiser
- fungi
- fungus
- furniture
- gaillardia
- games
- garden
- giraffe
- giving
- glacier lily
- glacier national park
- glamour challenge
- gold
- golden ragwort
- gold metallic
- gray
- green
- greenhouse
- grizzly bear
- gypsy caravan
- gypsy caravanpsy caravan
- hail
- haines
- halloween
- hat
- headphones
- hoar frost
- hollyhock
- honeydelf
- honey delf
- honeythorpe
- hoodie
- hoody
- indian paintbrush
- iplehouse
- irrealdoll
- irreal doll
- irreal doll ery
- irreal dollo
- journal
- kaka
- katie
- kid delf
- kiri
- knit
- knitting
- lace
- lace knitting
- laceknitting
- lace skirt
- laceweight
- ladyslipper
- lae louise
- lake louise
- larkspur
- lati yellow
- leaf
- leaves
- letters to troops
- light
- lightbox
- linen
- littlefee
- littlefee el
- littlefee el ws
- lucy
- luka
- luna
- luts
- m-line
- madelintosh lace thunderstorm
- magpie
- makeover
- malabrigo mecha
- mas
- meadow parsnip
- meercat
- meg
- memories
- mica dam road
- minature props
- miniatre
- miniature
- miniature accessories
- miniature props
- miniatures
- mini chairs
- minifee
- mini garden
- mirwen
- mnf
- moeline
- mohair wig
- monkeyflower
- monster
- monument
- mountain heather
- mr tumnus
- msd
- msd. minifee
- mudstone
- mushrooms
- nandi
- narsha
- narsha friend
- never alone
- noah
- noni
- ocean
- old man's whiskers
- operation christmas child
- orange
- orchid
- oukifee
- pajamas
- pale yellow
- pattern
- peacock
- pearly everlasting
- penguin
- photo challenge
- photochallenge
- photography
- photo lights
- photo prop
- photoshop
- pi day
- pie day
- pink
- pio
- pipi
- pitta
- pkf
- poetry
- pom pom
- poppies
- prairie
- prairies
- prop
- props
- pukifee
- pukipuki
- pumpkin
- pupu
- purple
- pussy willows
- queen's cup
- quilt
- quilting
- quinn. bjd
- quote
- rain
- ravelry
- reafee
- realfee
- real puki
- realpuki
- red
- red panda
- red pandas
- reflection
- reflections
- remembrance day
- rockies
- rose
- rose hip
- rose hips
- roses
- rs
- ruby
- rug
- scenic
- sd
- seed
- seedhead
- sewing
- shabee
- shade garden
- shaelyn
- shawl
- sheep
- shiwoo
- shoebox gift
- shooting star
- shrubby cinquefoil
- silk hankies
- silk thread
- silky lupin
- silver
- skagway
- skylar
- sledding
- smidge
- smilga
- snow
- snowy owl
- sofa
- soom imda 3.0. collette. molly
- sophie
- sos
- soso
- souldoll
- soulkid
- soup pot
- space shawl
- sparrow
- spider web
- spring
- stitch markers
- stocking cap
- stockings
- stone
- stonecrop
- subalpine spiraea
- sunrise
- sunroom
- sun room
- sunset
- swap
- swaps
- table
- teddy
- temperature blanket
- temperature tracker
- texture
- thanksgiving
- the best laid plans.
- the great purge
- thistle
- thread crochet
- thread lace
- three flowered avens
- tiarella
- tiera
- tiger
- tin boxes
- tins
- tiny delf
- tinydelf
- tinys delf
- townsend's solitare
- toy
- travel
- tree
- treehouse
- trees
- trehouse
- tres
- tumnus
- tunic
- tutorial
- tutrial
- twinberries
- upcycle
- washboard
- water
- water drops
- waterfall
- waterton
- waterton national park
- wedge pond
- western anemone
- western spring beauty
- wheelchair
- white
- whitehorse pass
- white skin
- white wolf
- wig cap
- wigs
- wild bergamot
- wild flower
- wildflower
- wild flowers
- wildflowers
- wild heliotrope
- wild rose
- wild strawberry
- william blake
- willow
- winter
- winter fun
- winter photography
- wisp
- wooden spools
- woodland
- wood violet
- wool
- work in progress
- wren
- yarn
- yarnathon
- yellow
- yo-sd
- yukon
- zoe
- zoo
i dream of summer
tale of two cities
both the shawl and it’s name are inspired by a melanie berg shawl called 5190 miles. her name celebrates the distance between the two cities of the collaborators on her shawl. mine of course is named after the dickens novel.
melanie’s shawl was lovely, but both the size and stitch used were out of scale for my doll, so i rewrote it completely with a different stitch that made a similar look, but in the correct scale.
sweet as candy
i really like this one.
the colors are so bright and cheerful. they were inspired by the theme of this years yarnathon “candyland”. but i can also see this shawl done in jewel tones on black, or shades of blue on cream or… well you get the picture. i plan to make up some more after i get a couple of other projects done.
it came out the perfect size for a nice thick shawl for an msd or ellowyne, but i’m pretty sure it would also work as a somewhat smaller size for american girl sized dolls or even an sd.
i’m hoping to get the pattern typed, proofed and up on ravelry in the next few weeks.
ready, set action
meg and i went out today to take pictures of the new shawls. it was almost perfect weather. cold, but not bitterly so, mostly overcast, so a little dull, but no harsh shadows, and only a little breezy. although this first shawl was done with laceweight yarn, the stitch pattern made this one a little thick, so the style options are somewhat limited.
in spite of that, it is kind of fun and the colors are nice and bright
block party
it will be a day or two before i’m home long enough to take pictures, but in the meantime here is a quick look at the shawls being blocked.
finished the kal.. but not making shawls
i finished up the fourth shawl for my esk kal. that gave me the yardage i needed to qualify. but the scarves are so addictive, i’ve already started a fifth which i will show soon. its a variation of my tale of two cities shawl. i used the same stitches and color changes, but changed the position of the stripes a bit so that they worked out better at the edges. it made it just a little bigger, but i’m happier with how it is turning out…
however enough teasing you with a shawl that i’m not showing yet…. here is the one i did finish. it was inspired by the drachenfels shawl, with a bit of moonraker thrown in for variety, to create something totally different that i call “follow the dotted line”
sweet as candy
in spite of the fact that i had to constantly frog this one back to get the vision in my head to match the work on my needles, this shawl was done fairly quickly. it is the biggest of the shawls so far and my current favorite. the colors on this one were inspired by this years yarnathon theme of “candyland” but i think it would look stunning with jewel tones on black, or a gradient of blues on cream. i’m pretty sure there will be more in the girls future….
like the last one, the size of my candy shawl would work equally well as a shawlette or scarf for bigger dolls like an sd or american girl. i’m in the process of turning my notes for the last two into actual patterns, that i hope to have available soon on etsy and ravelry
a tale of two cities
shawl #2 for the eatsleepknit kal, inspired by a really pretty shawl called 5190 miles by melanie berg. i had to re-write this one completely, using different stitches, to get it to workout in msd size. it would also make a lovely scarf for my sd doll (who won’t be modelling it as she has no clothes 😉 ) or an american girl doll if i had one that size.
i’m going to block them all this weekend i hope in preparation for photos next week
winter quarter kal
the eatsleepknit kals are wonderful this year. since they are vaguely freestyle and we can combine projects to get the required yardage, i’m able to do lots of doll knitting/crocheting and have it qualify. i’m hoping to join all the kals, will have to see whether the flash kals work out too. this is going to help me get lots of yarn knit up this year. yay!
the winter season has two kals, melanie berg patterns and persian dreams. i’m knitting some nice warm winter shawl-scarves for my minifee girls for the first one. so far the patterns are more “inspired by” than actually following 😉 but that is always the way i knit and they are coming out quite nicely i think.
back at last?
please forgive me for my long absence, these last few months have been challenging to say the least. my middle child has had some serious health issues that have taken up most of my time. we are hoping/praying that he is stable right now and i may be able to get back to making doll stuff and checking in to my various forums on the net, at least a little bit, anyway.
so one of my favorite yarn stores eatsleepknit is having their yearly yarnathon, and this year looks like a winner as far as i’m concerned. they are allowing us to add projects together for the kals, cals and booster club prizes, so i can work on my doll stuff and actually have it count! 🙂 🙂 🙂
i’ve started a new blanket for the girls couch. i’m only being cautiously optimistic ’cause i started a christmas one O_O. and i’m working on some shawls that will hopefully get done in time to wear before summer hits. everything is being done in malabrigo lace so far. its the softest lace yarn i know of that doesn’t have cashmere in it, and eatsleepknit has tons of colors!
here’s a sneak peek at my christmas blankie.
i worked on it over the holidays, so took my “on the road” pic already in hopes that they have that badge again this year. if not it seemed appropriate anyway to do a snowflake afghan in the snow.