Last Friday afternoon my second ever online yarn order arrived and boy was I excited!!!!!!!!!! Here it is right after I opened the top!
Here is all the yarn laid out. It might look like a lot (or maybe not) but I didn't pay over $3 for any of it and a lot of it was $1 or $1.50. I've already used up almost all of the red for a scarf you will see below. I made sure to get enough yarn to complete a project, so these are all attached to projects, mostly hats, scarves and a pair of mittens!
Remember that heart hat I started last week for my Knitting class? Well I really got going on it and realized I didn't even need any help! It was really fun to make and it fits!!! It's maybe a bit snug in one spot and it's a little longer than I would normally wear but I really like it!
Here is the scarf I made with those 8 balls of red yarn pictured above. It was the first project in either knit or crochet that I made using 2 pieces of yarn at a time! It came together really fast! The pattern was in the first issue of Crochet Today I ever got last spring, it was actually on the cover so I will attribute it to getting me interested in the magazine!
Yarn used:
8 skeins Filati Cervinia 1616
As I've been doing every week I picked and started a new project to get help with in Knitting class tonight. This week I picked this hat from 60 Quick Knits. I had some yarn I was just going to use and then decided I really really really wanted to use the yarn from the pattern (Cascade 220 Amethyst Heather) I checked 3 yarn stores and nada, but luckily at my last stop the woman working there (who had been my crochet teacher!) suggested another yarn that had a similar look and I'm rather happy with it!
Yarn used:
Plymouth Yarn Encore Worsted 2426
I'm still on a magazine kick, earlier in the week I had tried to find something new to get without any luck and then yesterday when I stopped at a new yarn store they had 2 issues I had missed in Summer when I wasn't really working on my Knitting skills which I was sad I had missed so I snatched those right up and also the new Interweave Crochet Accessories issue that I've practically been haunting stores looking for it!
Today I also picked up a skein of Bernat Mosaic in Ambrosia (one of the magazines had an ad for it and a beautiful free pattern!)
For more crafty goodness be sure to stop over at WIP Wednesday! And find me on Raverly as mint910.
You are so crafty! The hat is adorable!!
ReplyDeleteI love the hat! So cute
ReplyDeleteWhat site did you order the yarn from? I could use some good, cheap yarn.
ReplyDeleteMan, I love that hat!!!! I must go pick up the crochet magazine! I hope I can find it.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! I have to say I was rather impressed I was able to make it, turns out it's not that hard!
ReplyDeletesurban- I got it from Smiley's Yarns http://www.smileysyarns.com/ :D
Tami- I bet you will be able to find it in the next week or so!
Oh your heart hat turned out wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteWow. You're knitting for 5 minutes and turning out stranded colorwork. That's amazing. If I weren't so completely impressed, I might be a smidge annoyed. ;) Beautiful job -- on the hat and the yarn score!
ReplyDeleteCute hat! Isn't it fun to get yarn in the mail?
ReplyDeleteAlea,
ReplyDeleteYou did a beautiful job!!! That hat is so cute :D
I never thought about ordering yarn online. I make yarn wrapped wreaths and could use an inexpensive source besides WallyMart lol
Going to check out Smiley's Yarns !
In the box, not so much yarn. Out of the box, it's a fair bit of yarn.
ReplyDeleteLove the hat, it very cute.
I'm always on a magazine kick! But I can't really get them here :( So I would love to know where you purchased all that yarn from?!?! Because what a great deal!!! Can't wait to see more projects from it all.
ReplyDeleteI love yarn orders, they're so exciting :) And that hat is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteGoodness gracious you're so fast with the craftiness! Do you have speed fingers or what?
ReplyDeleteYour hat is fabulous!!!! You are a natural.
ReplyDeletePaula- Trust me, it's still error central over here. I was doing so well on that purple hat & then all of a sudden the bobbles were in the wrong section and there was a big hole so I ripped the whole thing out, hours of work gone!
ReplyDeleteSuddenExpression - Google Smiley's Yarns! It's awesome!
Thanks everyone!