Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Christmas Green


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!

8 comments:

  1. Can't wait to see your finished cowl!! :)
    Fabulous shuttles!!! :)
    Another great Ice Drop!!! :)

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  2. You make me think I need to try flat shuttles. I do like the Christmas green with a red ribbon, works well.

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    1. I 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!

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  3. Pretty colour combo for both cowl and ice drop 💛💚
    My 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 😉😄

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    1. Haha! The bobbin shuttles are the most difficult for me to adjust to! I still use them, though!

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  4. I'd love to see all your shuttles together to see what the proportion of blue ones to 'others' is!!!!

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    1. Hmmm... 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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