Divinely Crafty

Proof positive that I spend way too much time online. Last week my internet connection went down for 48 hours and to fill the time, I finished a pair of socks and made a felt painting.

Perfect English spring/summer socks. Cotton, Wool blend. The pattern is SpunMags Basic Rib Socks Super comfy – I love ’em!

Buddha Mama felt painting. In all her sacred wisdom, holding her belly. The base is blues and greens wet felted, and the picture is needle felted. A piece long time in my head, finally made real with the carthartic with the whacking and smacking to shock the fibers of the mat and the poke-poke-poking of the needles.

Many a tear realeasing love and sadness are fixed firmly within the fibers of this piece. It is destined for a special place in my collection.

Made this for a knit along at Sewing Mama’s – Mother’s of Purl forum. (c’mon over and play with us!) The pattern is from
here.

Made from leftovers and odd balls from my bag. And lordy lou is it bright! Not my usual style, but I like it.

The edge is just a stockinette decrease to shape a triangle. I knit off the circulars onto straights at each section. It was a PITA to join the yarn again for each section, but I couldn’t figure out how to get the stockinette going the same way as the body of the blanket in that shape any other way. If some enlightened reader knows a trick for this, please share. I like the effect but hated the work. I am a lazy knitter for sure. For extra body and texture I did a quick double crochet around the edge.

I have been working on this lap blanket here and there for several weeks. The idea was to have it done by the time the weather was nice enough to sit outside and enjoy a cup of coffe in the morning. As luck would have it, I finished this last night, just as the weather has (at least for a couple days) shifted in the right direction. Perfect timing!

Simple diagonal lace pattern, perfect for late night insomniac knitting binges. I used a big ol’ skein of Aran Wool blend that I picked up at a charity shop for £1.

And in a sweet little twist of fortune, a friend went to Naples for a few weeks last month and brought us a one of these little beauties.

Perfecto!