I seem to be knitting everything in three’s as of late. By the third i’m definately ready for another project so its just as well i’m not knitting in four’s. These are the cutest little tissue socks I whipped up over my lunch break. Simple and small enough to mindlessly knit and finish within the day. I used left overs of sock yarn that I had laying around.… Read More »three by three | Celtic Cast On
Thats what i’ve been for the past 7 days SICK!!! I haven’t been since the whole three years I’ve been married and then BHAM!!! It hits me like a ton of bricks. Thank goodness there was only a 4 day work week because I don’t think I could have handled all 5. I went thru 1 and a half boxes of tissues and 2 boxes of advil cold and sinus… Read More »SICK! | Celtic Cast On
This post if for Monika and anyone else interested in the whole rug hooking how to’s. Its a very simple concept really and I will try to portray it in pictures. Keep in mind these pictures were taken by me with the timer on so if I didn’t get a good enough shot and you aren’t understanding it all please let me know and I’ll try my best to capture… Read More »Hooking 101 | Celtic Cast On
is for Duffle Coat Pattern: Duffle Coat by Zoe Mellor in Double Knits Yarn: Cascade 220 green 8903 Needles: US size 7 Start Date: January 2008 Finish Date: 24th February 2008 *Waves white flag* Ok Jeanne, you win, I’m done with Moss stitch for a while!!! This project was getting very monotonous at the end, I just wanted… Read More »D is for…… | Celtic Cast On
In an effort to catch up on the ABC along here is my C post. C is for asting on obblestone! Finally I have a few knits out of the way so I could ast on for this sweater. I’ve only had the yarn for a little over a month…… every day it would stare at me, BEG me to ast on. I’d tell it well, maybe tomorrow… Read More »C is for…….. | Celtic Cast On
Pattern : Chevalier Mittens Start Date: January 1st 2008 Finish Date: February 11th 2008 Yarn: almost 200g of Cascade 220 * Two different dyelots, one for each mitt as I ran out. Thanks to Pat I was able to finish* Needles : 3.75mm DPN’s I did the shorter version of these mittens, which is minus two green sections on the pattern. Good thing because they are a… Read More »Warm hands and cold feet! | Celtic Cast On
Joining Ginny over at Small Things for Yarn Along. “~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs. I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well. So, what are you knitting or crocheting right now? What are you reading? … ~” I have two books to share with you this week. I took the first book… Read More »Celtic Cast On » Blog Archive » Yarn Along 4
A few weeks ago we took T snowshoeing on our property. Last year when she was just a wee thing we’d pop her in the carrier and she would be out like a light in a few minutes. There was plenty of time to snowshoe as long as we kept moving. Now that she’s bigger and knows what she wants we were kind of hesitant to take her down over… Read More »Celtic Cast On » Blog Archive » Snowshoeing
WOW!!!! First off let me say a huge THANK YOU!!! To all the Gretel love I have received. I’m glad i’m not alone in my love for her…. although I probably was the only one dancing around the house singing “oh what a beautiful hat!” *grins* Next let me welcome you all to the first post of 2008 here at Celtic Cast On. I’m excited to see what this year… Read More »Happy New Year | Celtic Cast On
I told you I had another almost finished knit and I’m soooooo in love with it. Presenting……………… GRETEL and a picture of the back…. This is Gretel by Ysolda You can buy the pattern here for a meer 2 pounds, its WELL worth it! Pattern: Gretel by Yosolda Needles: 3.25mm and 4.5mm circs and dpns Yarn: Cascade 220 colour 8010 1 skein Start Date : dec 14th 2007 Finish… Read More »Love for Gretel | Celtic Cast On