Sarah's Shawl

Sarah had this gorgeous shawl in at the shop last Tuesday night and put it away before I could hide it in my bag!

I can see wearing this dressed up over a pretty dress, and also dressed down over jeans and a solid color long sleeve tee.

Nice work Sarah - I can't wait to see the kits for this shawl in the shop! Coming soon....

Going for the Gold!!!

Another great Winter Olympic Hat

This one is also done in Cascade 220.

Lynne has the pattern in her head and if we ask really nice,

she might share it, but it is the Olympics maybe we should

give her a medal instead.

Sweet Success!!

For all of those who helped Sally unwind this especially challenging skein.

THANK YOU!!!

Jodi finished it off on Thursday nite (Feb 18)

Don't forget your Veggies!!!!

Marguerite steamed these up out of Cascade 220.

You can find the pattern in Amigurumi Knits

They look good enough to eat!

Finished the Olympic Hat

The boys had hockey games at 5:30 and 7:30 last night way over west of us so I wasn't able to attend. (Jim was there to cheer them on). The good part about that is that I could sit on the couch and FINISH my Olympic hat.

Overall I am very pleased with it. I have definitely come a very long way in my color work. There is hardly any puckering and with the exceptionally long floats, that's very good for me. You can see the navy blue through the white in places but I think that's to be expected in such high contrast yarns. If I were to make it again, I may try duplicate stitch instead to see if that's better but then I worry about the original white stitches showing - 6 of one, half dozen of another? ;-) (don't ya love those old expressions?)

I used Cascade 220 yarn for everything. The red started to bleed a tiny bit in a warm soak but unless you look for it, you wouldn't notice. The hat fits me nicely and is a little roomy at the top of the head but based on the pictures of the US athletes, theirs does too.

Details on Ravelry

Olympic Hat!

I really loved the hats our US athletes were wearing and thought someone else might too - enough to have created a pattern? I was successful at finding it and can't wait to dive into my cascade 220 stash!

2/15 update - here's where I'm at after working on it on Sunday - loving it!

Winter surprise from Knitty

Knitty just posted 2 new winter designs for our fun - a great long vest pattern and a sock using a cool construction method.

Check them out!

Photos courtesy of knitty.com

Burberry Inspirations

Maybe you would like to buy your cowl instead.
Check out the price.

Cowl Crazy!!!

New ChicKnits Patterns are in.

Cowls seem to be the thing to knit and wear.

Burberry Cowl

Have you checked out this pattern on ravelry???

It is all the rage at the shop and we have a new yarn to try. Cascade Venezia!!

Perfect for this cozy neckwarmer.

Side Button poncho class

This is the beginning of the Side-Button poncho- the picture on the pattern doesn’t do it justice!

The ribbing is a ‘seeded-rib’ stitch which I have never done before- but I love how it looks! The body of the poncho is a twisted rib…there is so much texture-the poncho is going to be BEAUTIFUL!

I’ve ripped out all 185 stitches- twice- and am going to start over- AGAIN! But now I have decided that I am going to work the Back and Front at the same time to ensure that I get it done!

If you are interested in an interesting class- and a fun garment…this poncho is the class to take!

Ceceli

New Classes starting this week!

Classes in January include:
Magic Loop Socks
Felted Hearts
Beginning Knitting
Ivy's Cabled Hat
Erik's Glovelets

Check out our full class list on our website

Ceceli's Elf Family

I’ve found ONE really good use for Red Heart yarn! Knowing how silly everyone would look helped me get past the squeakiness of the yarn on the needles and the prickly-poke of the ‘fiber’ as I knitted!

Why am I not wearing an elf hat? Because I made them- so I could choose not to…that’s why!!

Ceceli

Home is Where the Heart is

Check out my new obsession.

Felted Hearts!!!!

This wonderful pattern was created by Teresa Fox and can be found on Ravelry.

I will be using it to teach a two night class in January. The second nite we will embellish them, I can't wait!

Free scarf pattern

I made this scarf for my husband's new dress coat. Try it out with your own yarn combination and send us pictures!

Finished Size is 43 inches long and 5 1/2 inches wide.

Yarn: 2 skeins main color and 1 skein accent color chunky weight yarn
I used 1.25 skeins of grey Nashua Creative Focus Chunky and 1/2 a skein of red Nashua Creative Focus Chunky.

Needle: Size 9 or size to get you the fabric that you like (I used a 24 inch circular)

Directions: Cast on 150 stitches using the main color.
Tip: If you use the crochet cast on, it will match your bind off side - thanks Sarah!

Knit 1 row with the main color, then repeat the next 7 rows as many times as you would like (I did it 4 times)

Row 1: Knit all stitches in accent color
Row 2: Knit all stitches in main color
Row 3: Knit all stitches in accent color
Rows 4-7: Knit all stitches in main color

When the scarf is as wide as you would like it, knit one row in the main color and then bind off very loosely in the main color. (I used a size 13 needle in my right hand when binding off)