Word of the Month May 18, 2008
New feature! Hope you like it. By the way, I made this word up myself.
Yarn*uh*chi*no = Yarn (or WIP, or blanket squares) stored in a Starbucks Frappachino cup
I finally finished Grape Juice! May 18, 2008
No, really! Of course, I’m now working hard on my other projects (most of which I’d forgotten about) to fill the gap… Projects like…my scrap blanket! Oh, yeah, I need some CIY (Craft It Yourself) advice: How do you get images onto those iron-on things?
Grape Juice @ halfway mark!!!!!!!!!!! May 12, 2008
Grape Juice, the hat I’m knitting, has passed the halfway mark! Woohoo! Any other hat knitters out there? Talk to me! Someone please tell me how to post pics, I can’t figure it out. Thanks!
Pattern of the Month: May: Collinette Shrug from Chic Knits for Young Chicks May 8, 2008
Hey, Becky! This is for you. If you have a wordpress blog, please post your username in a comment, because (if you want to) I’m inviting you to write for wildwool. Here’s the pattern.
Collinette Shrug
Materials: 156 yards of a ribbon yarn, such as Collinette Giotto or Party, sraight needles, #17, and, (optional) crochet hook, size J, and 60 yards eyelash yarn, such as Sullivan’s Tickle or FunFur.
CO 40 sts with ribbon yarn.
Rows 1-115: Sl1, *yo, k2tog,* repeat 18 more times, k1.
BO all sts.
Fold up corners and, using mattress stitch or back stitch, seam together, leaving openings for armholes.
Using crochet hook, single crochet with eyelash yarn around all openings for 2 rnds.
Glossary: CO=cast on, Sl1=slip one, yo=yarn over, k2tog=knit 2 together, k1=knit one, BO=bind off, sts=stitches.
April book review: Once Upon a Marigold April 10, 2008
Once Upon a Marigold is, to quote the front cover, part comedy, part love story, part everything-but-the-kitchen sink. And the cover is absolutley right! I loved this book, exept for a little bit at the end where it’s set up for a sequel. This book doesn’t need one! It will be hard for the sequel (if there is one) to live up to the original. Anyway, I thought this book was fantastic. It’s about (predictably) a boy, a girl, and a kingdom. The boy, Christian, (or Chris) was found in the forest at the age of six by a troll. Not one of your “Shall we squash them, bake them, or fry them?” trolls, but a nice troll who lives in a cave I think he must have rented from Merlin. He has two dogs, an anti-tooth fairy campain, and a collection of found items. Chriistian is an inventor, and a good one. So good that, by the age of seventeen, he’s invented a whole new way of communication, (p-mail - read the book and see!) which also happens to be the perfect way of introducing himself (shy guy, isn’t he?) to the lonley and cursed Princess Marigold. I’ve told you what Chris and Ed (the troll) have, so this is what Princess Marigold has: A curse, a loving father, three dogs, a truly awful mother, three older, happily married sisters, a whole lotta unwanted suitors, and Chris’s letters. When Chris takes a job at the palace, things start heating up. No, not literally - there’s no boiling oil in Once Upon A Marigold. But be prepared for dungeons, an evil plot, a jealous gaurd, a flirty dairy maid, two botched weddings, and a failed flying machine. Buckle up, daring readers!
TTFN,
Wildwool
March Book Review: Shiva’s Fire March 14, 2008
SHIVA’S FIRE is about a girl named Parvati, who has an extrordinary gift for Indian classical dance, and has strange things happen to her. She discovers that she has the “Magic of Possibilities” (however you spell that!) . The main location of the book is a dance school in India, where Parvati grows up away from her family, finds (and loses) her best friend, and, for the second time in her life, becomes an outcast among people who fear her gift. Most of the other students fall into this catagory. I really enjoyed SHIVA’S FIRE because the characters are so real and human that I couldn’t help getting sucked into the story. I look forward to reading more by the author!
As Tigger tells the world, TTFN from Wildwool, teen book reviewer. More later!
Felting March 11, 2008
Hi, avid fans, I’m embarking on my first ever felted project! It’s a purse in blue. If there’s enough yarn left over at the end, I’ll knit a smaller purse, also felted, to make a set. Wish me luck!
Wildwool
Project Of The Month: March March 7, 2008
Hey, knitters! This month’s pattern is from Kids Knitting by Melanie Falick.
Curly-Edge Cap
Materials: 1 skein bulky yarn, such as Wool-Ease Chunky or Plymouth Encore Chunky, no. 10 1/2 needles, straight.
CO 72 sts. Work in St st for 8 in. Measure with brim rolled aprox 2 in.
To shape the crown:
Row 1: k2 tog, rep across the row.
Row 2: P across.
rep these 2 rows untill 36 sts rem.
rep row 1.
thread tail through sts and pull tight.
sew up side, and weave in ends.
Project Spectrum Febuary February 15, 2008
Hi, knitters! Here’s an update on this month’s PS colors. They are orange, red, and pink. I’m knitting a red headband for my Mom, a pink scarf for a cousin, and something not on my needles yet in orange. Put up some pics of your PS contribution(s) in a comment, right here on this post! Updates will continue throughout PS. Have fun with this, and always have something on your needles!
Wildwool a.k.a. Lily
