A Seasonal Yarn Bomb for the Chesterfield

With the gray weather, and quickly approaching cold, things are looking a little bleak on my front street. I thought I would create a little holiday cheer for the neighbourhood with this yarn bomb!

In the past I've only used yarn scraps and leftovers from my acrylic collection to create my knit graffiti  however, this time I didn't have the right colours for my vision of a candy cane striped pole. I made a trip to the local knitting shop down the street, Mouliné, to see what they had in stock. I was able to get some great, reasonably priced chunky yarn in the colours I wanted. The bright red is Viking Balder from Viking of Norway and is 100% wool, the green is Van Dyck from Filtes and is 46% wool, 39% acrylic and 15% alpaca, and the cream is Comfort Chunky from Diamond Yarn and is 40% superwash wool, 40% acrylic and 20% alpaca.

To make my work go quickly, I used 9mm (US 13) needles. I used this Lanesplitter Skirt pattern to create the texture and slanted stripe effect.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Rosebud the Fairy

After seeing my pictures of little knit fairies, a friend asked if I would make one for her daughter. My friend and her daughter had made up bedtime stories about a fairy named 'Rosebud' who her daughter described as having a green dress with a rose on it and beautiful green hair. This is my knit interpretation of Rosebud the Fairy. A week after I sent her off in the mail, to my delight, this note arrived for me.

I'm so happy I could bring Rosebud and Lucy together!