Category: Blog
Yarn choices…so far…
Elsie Lyn – great niece
Upcycled DPN’s
Michelle wearing her Leftie scarf… Happy Mother’s Day!
~Happy Mother’s Day~
To all the Mothers in my Fiberly.
Have a blessed & loved Mother’s Day!!
Le Tour de Sock Registration~ Check!
I am doing it this year. 6 pair of socks, speed knitting, challenging patterns, hand-dyed yarns, count me in!!
Here are a few of the details:
Have fun and raise money for a worthy cause in this speed-knitting competition based on the famous bike race with a similar name! Competitors will race to finish a pair of socks in each of six stages earning points for finishing the fastest. Registration fees (less paypal and shipping expenses for prizes) will go to Doctors Without Borders to help continue their excellent work of providing medical care to those in need around the globe.
Total Donated to Date (over 2 years):
$4,069.62
I am also very excited about the sponsors; 3 of which I am giddy over!
Love of my life. These yarns are amazing. I am planning to use ASC yarns for all the socks in the race but we’ll see just how well that works out. Crossing my fingers!!
Funny enough, I just bought my first hank of Dragonfly Fibers Dragon Sock yarn. The colors are to die for and I can’t wait to knit with it. Chances are it’s going to be a shawl & not a pair of socks for TdS but I can get more if I need to!
For years I have loved Miss Babs yarns. Unfortunately I don’t have any in my stash at the moment, it was all lost in the storage unit. Usually I stock up at Stitches West but I haven’t made it in 2 years. Le sigh.
I haven’t been excited over a challenge like this in a long time. June 1st is going to take forever to get here! Not really, I know, time is flying by.
Comic Con Geurilla Yarn Bombing
I am starting squares soon!! I have a couple of projects already on a time deadline so it may be a week or two but I am so doing this. I think I will dedicate one skein of at least one color. How many squares do you think I can get out of a Super Saver Red Heart skein? We’ll see!!
YARNBOMB PROJECT: “RUBIX CUBE PARK”
I haven’t finished making up the advertisements to go with the Comic Con project, however the ball needs to get moving! I will need 2,700 squares and ANYONE/SKILL level can help. I need 450 squares in each of the colors listed below. I chose a specific brand and colors for this project to keep it all cohesive. Who doesn’t have a skein of Red Heart laying around, right?
Yarn: RED HEART
RED: Hot Red ID# 0390 (Super Saver)
YELLOW: Bright Yellow ID# 0324 (Super Saver)
ORANGE: Pumpkin ID# 0254 (Super Saver)
GREEN: Paddy Green ID# 0368 (Super Saver)
BLUE: Blue ID# 0886 (Super Saver)
WHITE: White ID# 0311 (Super Saver)
SQUARE PATTERN
Hook: I
Form a magic ring OR ch 6 and join with SL ST
Round 1: Ch 3, 2 DC in ring, TR in ring, * 3 DC in ring, TR in ring, repeat from * twice more, join with SL ST to the top of beginning Ch 3
Round 2: Ch 3, * DC in each DC to TR, ( 2 DC, TR, 2 DC) in TR. Repeat from * three more times
Repeat round 2 until square reaches 7.5 inches
Finish off and weave in ends!
Squares can be mailed to:
Crochet Grenade
PO BOX 17188
San Diego CA 92177
Deadline for squares: June 25th
It will be installed guerrilla style, w/no permission, in the middle of downtown San Diego, during Comic Con. I am asking for 2,700 7.5 inch crocheted squares. I will be making an event page for all who want to help. More details about it will be made available in the upcoming days or week, but if you’d like to participate then let me know so I can send you an event invite.
Thanks so much for your interest and I look forward to collaborating!
Crochet Grenade
