More Poncho Pictures.

As promised, I wanted to share some finished pictures of my poncho design.  I am so pleased with it, you cannot imagine! 

Here is an up close and personal look at the stitches.  Yummy color and texture!

All together it was a beautiful weekend, full of sunshine.  I was able to spend some time working on repotting plants and getting the screened in porch cleaned off and prepped for some prime time to be spent out there! 

As I was waiting for a yarn order to come in to begin a custom order I once again found myself going through my scrappy stash!  Oh how I love doing that!  I found a good amount of yardage of two variegated yarns, perfect for a new stitch I wanted to try. 

I used "I Love This Yarn" from Hobby Lobby in two of their "Stripes" colors.  Now I have to say, this really looks like it is woven.  I am so wanting to do another I can't stand myself.  It's an easy pattern, you can find it here!  I warn you though, it is very addictive!

I have intentions on experimenting with solid scraps of yarn. 

Well, I'm off to the races.  Monday is upon us again...so there are things to be done.

Toodles!

At Last!

I finally have my newest pattern available in my etsy shop!! I am so giggly about this. I have worked hard in designing it, and even harder in putting it into written form!

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade buckster.etsy.com So here are some close up pictures of the poncho! Isn't it pretty?  All that color and texture!  And with my previous post, there should be no problem with a bunch of ends to weave in, you knit them in as you go! I like the way the neck line worked up, as well! This was so much fun to make, I have started another in blacks and reds.  It is already looking very pretty, and I will be chomping at the bit to get some pictures posted of it! So, this weekend found my hands idle once again, so I grabbed some yarn from my stash and worked up the prettiest scarf.  Have a looksee! I love it!  I promise more pictures this weekend.  It is supposed to be beautiful weather...I can't wait! For now...I'm on my way to sleepy town!!

Solomon's Knot

This week I taught myself the "Solomon's Knot" stitch, or "Love Knot".  I have been wanting to learn to do this for quite some time, and since I was in between projects this week I jumped at the chance to teach myself!  How fun and how easy!


With about five minutes of practice I was off and running.


Isn't it pretty!  The perfect compliment to ribbon, which I have a little stash of.
I whipped this little wrap up so quickly I did another out of a finer ribbon, and made it larger.

It was hard to get a good picture of this to do the ribbon justice.  It really turned out to be very pretty, and draped over black is stunning.

I also think these are pretty wrapped around the neck.

Like? 

This is about it for the week.  I did start a new project, a poncho, which I am writing a pattern for and an excited about!  A little sneaky peak of my progress so far....

This is pure yarn heaven for me, color, color, color!  And the texture of that garter stitch.  Yuuummm.....yum!

I'm off for now!  It's a beautiful morning here in Carolina!  Looking forward to some outside time before the rain gets here.

Toodles!

Creative Saturday

Waking up this morning, I felt awful...my hip hurt to the tenth degree. I felt depressed and had a serious case of the blues. Four weeks of physical therapy has helped it a great deal, but it still hurts. I forced myself to get up and get dressed and made myself get in the car and went to Hobby Lobby, hoping it would improve my mood. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! While strolling through the store, there was a lady in there with a buggy full of fall stems browsing through all the silk flowers...I couldn't help but stare at her buggy full of flowers thinking, "OMG...what fun!" We struck up a conversation, and she said she was out playing and probably spending way too much money, but she didn't care. I had to get in on the fun, and with a gift certificate in my wallet I went for it! I completely forgot about the dull ache in my hip.

I walked (or rather kinda limped) out of the store pushing a buggy full of fall flowers, a cool vase, and some card making paraphernalia, with a big smile on my face. After a quick stop at the grocery store I set out for home. I could not wait to play with my stuff.

This is what I came up with. It has a place in my dining room now, and I love looking at it every time I walk through the dining room on the way to the kitchen.


Believe it or not, I was able to knit a ponchette to put in my Etsy shop. I like the colors, they are happy and bright. I am thinking about doing a couple more of these in other colors as well as some long skinny scarves to put into the shop. Hopefully they will do well.

Red Heart Afghan Progress!
Saturday afternoon I worked in another row on my afghan. As it gets bigger, my progress slows, but it's still progress. It's coming along nicely and I think I will have it done by fall.


I thoroughly enjoy crocheting these squares. I don't know what it is about the granny square, but I love 'em...each and every one of them.

Tomorrow is Sunday...who knows what it has in store!