Fibre Art

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I’m stuck for the time being. Cant progress until i go get my ball of red yarn from the yarn store. I need another ball to knit the left red side after the white center. About 30 rows to go before i start working on Mickey itself.

You can see the pattern better here. Isnt it a great Mickey Mouse knitting pattern? Damn, i hope to go to the yarn store soon. If not, Gordon will grow too big for his Mickey Mouse Tee, lol.

This is my latest buy. Jet Fil Rodeo Drive in Lilac. Ribbony softness….oooohhh; iLike!!! Three 20g balls of 200m each. With a gauge of 20 x 14 in 5mm. Gee, what can i knit with only three balls. The shop says it’s more than enough for my size, lol. A skinny top perhaps. It’s 100% nylon.

It’ll look really bland on it’s own. So, i jazzed it up with 5 balls of Lily yarn in matching rainbow lilac.

Here’s how both yarn look like combined. It brings out the Rodeo Drive even more, am i right. Oh, you’ll have to wait to see for yourself how it looks like. WAIT being the order of the day.

Lily Yarn has always been my all-time-favorite. It’s soft and very elegant both on its own and matched with other yarn. This is out local yarn store’s specialty item and it comes in lots of colors. Enough to match with every yarn they have in stock. It’s best to use two balls at once with 4mm dk needles. For those who enjoys self-torture may want to try with 2mm ones. Highly discouraged. It’ll take forever to finish, unless you want your project to go on forever and forever and forever.

This is Spanish Katia Cindy No. 8. A very soft yarn. This has a blend of shimmery golden yellow, brown and green mix which does not go very well with my skin tone. I cant even describe its colors properly, lol. But who cares, iLike. 50g balls with a gauge of 20 x 26 in 4 - 4.5mm dk needles. I bought it cos i thought it’ll look good with a pattern i saw earlier. Now that i want to start work on this, i cant locate the pattern and have to go back to the yarn store to get it. And i know once i get there, i’ll come home with even more yarn and most likely forget about the pattern. The only way is to bring the whole batch of yarn there and get them to start the project off for me. Till then.

Here are 4 balls of very colorful Katia Tropical Punch ribbon yarn in varying thickness along its length. Very tropical indeed, lol. 50 g balls/ 75m with a gauge of 18 x 20 in 4 - 4.5mm dk needles. Now, what am i to do with them. Another tube top or halter perhaps. I think that’s what i can knit with only 4 balls, the last of what the yarn store has. Or maybe if i no longer like it by the time i want to work with it, i’ll change it to something else. Forgotten what made me buy them in the first place. Oh, that’s so ME.

Nice, right. Debby’s my best friend and i got her started knitting last year. Then she got pregnant and then she’s all busy with her baby now and has not much time to knit. But that didnt stop her from buying this bag for me. She also bought one in pink for herself. And when she brought it over for me a short while ago, the first thing that came to my mind was it’s gonna make a great knitting bag. In my favorite shade of green color too!!! And that’s what she has in mind too, lol. See, that’s what best friends are like: we think alike. Now go tell me what a wonder bag and friend i have, lol.

Lolol, i’ve absolutely no idea what these are for. Marking pins? Mark what?? I dont think you need much guessing that these came together with my Tulip knitting needles set, lol. You can see those colorful tulips. I dont think i’ve opened the flap before also. Practically virgin needles. Gee… what am i supposed to do with these??? In all my knitting years, and i’ve yet to use these.

Used to protect the pointed ends of knitting needles. The bigger knitting needles wont hurt that much. These are for my larger knitting needles, say 4mm and above. It’s the smaller ones that hurt, and breaks easily too if not handled carefully. I hardly use these. I cant seem to find the smaller rubber point protectors. Must have lent them to my friend whom i’m teaching how to knit. I found that the smallers ones being sold now doesnt really hold on to the smaller 3mm, 2.5mm and 2mm knitting needles. The quality of the rubber is somewhat harder. Dunno, uses less latex and more plasticiser perhaps.

Also known as tapestry needles. Used for joining two or more pieces together. Can also be used to embroider patterns onto knitting. Have you tried doing cross-stitch patterns on knitting before? These will come handy.