airplane baby hats

The pattern is a conglomeration of many basic baby hat patterns that I keep in my head.  The fun part was making the airplanes take flight with a running stitch.

Finished!

progress continues on the freeform wrap

Koigu in freeform

The workshop with Prudence Mapstone last month gave me an idea for a purse cover for this 31 purse.  I’m using many shades of Koigu KPPPM to form the leaves and bullions.

freeform workshop with Prudence

Last week I went to the freeform workshop with Prudence Mapstone.  What could be better than an all day class with my favorite freeform artist?!  It was wonderful.

The project was an organic wrap.  Our homework was to knit some leaves.  In the class, we experimented with various ways to embellish the leaves.  I’m going to try to make the 3 point scarf like Prudence’s sample.  Here are some progress shots:

Yarns for the project

Homework assignment:  knit the leaves to be embellished during the class

Embellishment done at the workshop

Mapping out the scarf.  I’m still embellishing and figuring out where it needs filling in between leaves.

speedy freeform

Last weekend I bought a few new tops, some of them in a different color range than I usually buy.  Instead of wearing them with black, I’ll want to wear them with brown.  This purchase, along with a lack of a purse to carry with brown prompted this new freeform purse project.

I’ve had the base purse for a while, and I’ve wanted to make a bag with brown, greys, purples and blacks for over a year.  It seemed like a fun personal challenge to see how quickly I could complete the bag.  The sooner it was finished, the sooner it could be used.

Monday I chose yarns and started crocheting.  Just a few minutes ago, the last piece was sewn on to the original purse.  It’s nice to know that I can do freeform quickly if I really want to.  Just for kicks, I kept track of the time I spent working on the project.  18 hours!  And I was in speed-mode.  Usually it would take longer.  Most of the time, being leisurely about it is part of the fun.  But I really wanted to wear this purse.

And tomorrow I will wear it to the Crochet Guild of America’s Knit and Crochet Show in Greensboro.  I’m taking an all day freeform scarf/wrap class with Prudence Mapstone, my favorite freeform artist.  Yay!

Cozy freeform class project

This fall, I’m teaching a class on freeform mitts.  Yesterday I finished the samples.  They are a short project, relatively speaking, for freeform.  I did these in a week.  You don’t even have to have a deep stash of yarns to make freeform mitts, they are perfectly lovely done in one yarn instead of many.

If you live in the Triangle area and want to try freeform mitts, come by Cozy to sign up, or call us at 919-286-3400.  The class will be on Sunday evening, November 6th and 13th from 5:00 – 7:00.  You should know how to do basic knit and crochet stitches already.  If you don’t have these skills, consider signing up for a Learn to Knit class or Beginning Crochet instead.  Whatever your skill level, come on in!