AAD Craft Fair

Hi,

I sold knitted items at my first craft fair today!! Some of the items are posted below. I sold the green victorian scarf for $20, the knitted slippers for $12 and I made a quick $5 on some earwarmers (I don't have a picture of this item yet). The earwarmers were just something fun I made up. I'll post a pattern for these soon. YEAH, $37 and my sister sold about $100 in earrings so we donated $25 to the local food pantry. I also got a commission for two pairs of Christmas stockings, a zip-back baby sweater and two more pairs of slippers.

Holiday Slippers from the Patons Next Steps: Socks and Slippers pattern book
Victorian Scarf by Knit Picks made in Crayon (100% cotton)
Whitney's hand warmers from the PurlBee blog.
Camoflauge helmet liner from the Patons Classic Wool free flyer
Three Tams from Knitty.com - Tam B in Patons Classic Wool Merino
Tam A

Lots of fun, Sue

Chenille Wrap

This is another stash buster. My sister loves buying stuff on ebay and she bought me a cone of recycled cotton chenille in a champagne color a number of years ago. It has a sport weight but feels a lot like Lion Suede or Berroco's Suede tape. She also bought me for my birthday 10 skeins of Bernat's Matrix, a ladder yarn which I had a hard time figuring out what to do with.

When I came upon Iris Shrierer's How to article in the Vogue Knitting Spring 2006, I found my pattern for these yarns. Her wrap suggested a thicker yarn but it's an adaptable pattern and I used a 7 needle alternating two rows of chenille and two rows of Matrix. I love the result!!

I finished this just in time for my trip to California!!

Take care, Sue

Holiday Slippers

Hi,

I just finished these fun Holiday Slippers for a charity craft fair I'm participating in. They are from the Patons Pattern Book Next Steps Four - Socks and Slippers. I used some bulky yarn from my sister-in-law Wendy's stash which she gave me this summer. I was amazed - she gave me so much beautiful wool! This is Katia Himalya, a bulky wool blend. I adjusted the pattern by adding a rolled hem rib at the top and the red pom-pom. The rib goes like this: picked up 36 stitches around edge and K1,P1 for 3 rows then K every st for 3 rows, bind off.

I knit these up quick in two days. Take care, Sue