Monday, January 13, 2014

Scrap knits, trial and error knits: cozies




Coffee cozies. Not that exciting, but they keep my hands busy for that in between knitting when I  didn't have the amount of time I need for studious patterns or I left my sock at the office ...

I like these, because they are fun little yarn bombs for public consumption. They use scrap yarn, and that always makes me happy.  I have been experimenting with different yarn types. The one on the left was an aran self striping wool. I use this one regularly, and it has garnered some requests at school and the office. The middle one is some left over Lion Brand Wool-Ease Worsted, and the the one on the right is some hand painted misti alpalca. Unfortunately the alpaca didn't work so well, due to the thinness. I would have to modify a bit for a proper knit, but it's decorative ;) These fit a reusable Starbucks Grande, cast on with a 32, and a stretchy 2tbl bind off, but I'm thinking I will try to go up to 36 to see if it fits better for non aran worsted.




The above are two more soccer knits that I had from that yarn that matched my son's soccer kit. The hat is for one of the coaches, and the coffee sleeve is for another parent. Just goofin' around with my scraps.


And this was my attempt at a kindle cozy (Wee Pleasures does them very nicely). I'm less than satisfied with it, mainly because one should never try to kitchener at midnight with the night lamp on . I kitchenered wrong, but I couldn't back it out, so I tried to re-inforce the seam with some muddled weaving in. The pattern is great.  I will try again. I have actually had successful moments with the kitchener stitch, so I'm a little surprised at this hot mess knit. It was supposed to be a gift, but I will have to dig out some other yarn and try again for Mlouis.

I am not really knitting very well right now. In fact I am blocking a shawl that is another good pattern that I seem to have murdered. I may have to frog it. Maybe I'm a "need to knit it twice" kind of gal? Good thing I like to knit!

Remember tomorrow is the last day to enter for the January Give-away! Happy (and Quality!) knitting to you!

15 comments:

  1. I do well with kitchener on stockinette - anything else, hmmmmm, not so much!

    Love how you are playing with scraps with great results.

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  2. great way to use scrap yarn! the red & white hat is lovely~

    i too, am a knit it twice kind of gal : (

    have a great week!

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  3. I love your coffee cozies. They may seem small but I think small projects take as much love and energy as large ones. I've been practicing my kitchener stitch and I'll tell you...practice is key!

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  4. That does it. I'm knitting to go cup covers. Ntonite

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  5. Terrific ways to use up scarp yarn. I really like how the first cozy came out and that red set.

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  6. Those coffer cup cozies are so great, and I love the hat, great pop of color. I think you are doing great with all your bits and bobs of yarn. Hugs to you, Meredith

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  7. nice in between knitting you are showing! I love doing quick little projects while thinking of big long projects :)

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  8. The kindle cozy is really nice! I made an Ipad cover for my daughter for Christmas this year and it has "turned heel" corners and ended up decreasing so that there were only 16 or so stitches to kitchener as opposed to 80. I liked the look, though reading the pattern was a bit scary. It's in "Sock Yarn One Skein Wonders" if you're in the market to do a few more of these.

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  9. Your Idea. I've cast on two in 12 hours. Love the cup snugggies

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  10. what a great use of bitty scraps!!! (are you like me----and just CANNOT toss any bit of yarn???) nice job!!

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  11. 2 cup covers down…more to go!! Im addicted. Your fault

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  12. Thanks for mentioning me!! I love the yarn you used for your kindle cozy!! The striping is so pretty.

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  13. The red and white set is gorgeous! Congrats on all those finishes.

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  14. Way to use up those scraps. That's cool.

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