With the colder weather, I find myself turning to knitting and crocheting so that I can feel the warmth of the yarn in my hands. This summer, daughter Joanne and I found a sale on Caron x Pantone yarn. Who can resist half price? I had two skeins in my line of vision, and I decided it would make a wonderful cowl. I didn't find a cowl pattern that inspired me, so I turned to my copy of Sequence Knitting, a book that I love to browse through. I found a pattern that I liked and got to knitting. I'm eager to see how this looks when it's finished!
Rita Richmond of Shuttle by Design has been offering some gorgeous shuttles lately. I took a chance and looked in her shop last week, and I was surprised to see this beautiful Iris shuttle still available. Rita also had a new shade of blue for her handmade shuttles. I love them both!
I also found some beautiful new shuttles from ShuttleSmith Karen Bovard. I do enjoy tatting with flat shuttles!
As for Christmas Green, I'm very happy to have tatted a Frivolity Ice Drop in this cheerful color. The red ribbon seemed to be the perfect touch!
Can't wait to see your finished cowl!! :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous shuttles!!! :)
Another great Ice Drop!!! :)
Thanks, Sue!
DeleteYou make me think I need to try flat shuttles. I do like the Christmas green with a red ribbon, works well.
ReplyDeleteI know flat shuttles aren't for everyone. My fingers are extremely dry, never oily, so I have no problem with the thread getting dirty from handling. I made my first one out of cardboard to see if I'd like it. That fell apart quickly. I have some lovely wood flat shuttles, and they're among my favorites!
DeletePretty colour combo for both cowl and ice drop ๐๐
ReplyDeleteMy fingers and hand are so stubborn & neurotic, they just disconnect their neural network and refuse to move if I try to change my bobbin shuttle to a post or a flat shuttle ๐๐
Haha! The bobbin shuttles are the most difficult for me to adjust to! I still use them, though!
DeleteI'd love to see all your shuttles together to see what the proportion of blue ones to 'others' is!!!!
ReplyDeleteHmmm... that could take a bit of doing. Maybe I'll get around to that once I've finished organizing all my stuff!
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