Easy Neckwarmer Headband November 8, 2008

Easy Neckwarmer Headband

Yarn: 100 yards of worsted weight such as; Cascade 220 or Noro Kureyon

Needles: size 8 24″ for the circular version, size 8 straights for the seamed version

Size: stretches up to 23″ circumference

Available at Renaissance Yarns for FREE!!!!

The perfect Christmas or birthday gift!

It’s quick, easy and only takes 100 yards of worsted yarn. Whether your neck is cold in the office or you are heading up to the mountains, you’ll want to take a couple along in a few different colors!

Don’t stick with just the basic pattern, add pins, buttons, patches, embroidery or crocheted flowers to really make it your own and show off your sense of style

Pattern: Easy Moonlight Lattice Scarf October 31, 2008

Hey everyone!

I just released my first for-sale pattern!

You can buy it in my patterns section or on ravelry.

I think every girl could benefit from one of these scarves!

 Only $2.00

Yarn: 1 skein of Lion Brand Moonlight Mohair

Needles: size 19

Skill level: Pretty easy, great first lace project

This beautiful scarf is sure to win you lots of compliments from knitters and non-knitters alike. Wear it over a black dress for a night out or t-shirt and jeans for an everyday glamorous look. It knits up super quick and you won’t even use your entire skein of yarn. You could also try knitting it in; Rowan Kidsilk Haze, Rowan Kidsilk Night or Noro Aurora.

P.S. You could always buy the pattern and some yarn and get a knitter to knit it for you.

Mini 1gram of fat pizza! October 6, 2008

This is my favorite breakfast treat! Make it your own by adding spinach, slivers of onion or other vegies instead of the tomatto.

What you need to make two mini-1-gram-of-fat-pizza:

1 whole wheat English muffin

2 tsps. of pasta sauce

1/4 cup shredded fat-free Cheddar cheese

1/2 sliced tomato

2 pinches of grated Parmesan cheese

Sprinkle of dried basil

Salt(optional)

Steps for one muffin:

Divide English muffin in half

Spoon 1 tsp. of pasta sauce on muffin slice

Sprinkle cheddar cheese on muffin slice

Place 1/4 tomato on muffin slice and a small amount of salt(optional)

Top with sprinkle of Parmesan cheese and basil

Toast in toaster oven until cheese melts

Enjoy!

Hello world! October 1, 2008

So, this is my first wordpress post. Check out my pizza recipe, it’s pretty yummy!

A job, spinning, my book and Ravelry! August 4, 2008

(I thought I published this a while ago….)

I got a new job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At a yarn shop!

At this yarn shop!

As you can probably tell, I’ve been enjoying my job which is a few blocks away from Kent Station.

As for spinning, I’ve been spinning a 80/20 alpaca/merino blend that I got at Weaving Works in Seattle.

I loved their fiber/spinning section, not so much their yarn section.

It’s a beautiful heathered grey and it’s spinning up lovely!

Also, Amy gave me some of her dog’s Emerson’s hair to spin up!

I haven’t washed it yet so it smells a little stinky, but it’s so soft and white!

Knitting, it’s mostly been knitting for my book and so, I can give a vague description…

a pretty lilac cardigan, a maroon lace shawl and some fair-isle handwarmers.

I’m thinking of self-publishing my book once it’s finished as it’s very complicated to do a book the traditional way.

I’m not planning on my book being traditional anyways, you can expect some recipes and other fun things scattered through out.

Come join me on ravelry!

It’s a super fun knitting social-networking site where you can show pictures of your finished(or works in progress) projects, yarn stash, chat with other knitters and much more!

The guy hat June 6, 2008

The guy hat
Originally uploaded by colorfulpurls

Hey, this is my recent project and I’ll post progress later. Why don’t you come back later and I might even post or something.

New Pets May 28, 2008

I would go on and on about how cute and wonderful my new pets are, but I got the flu and this post needs to be updated. Maybe I’ll do that tomorrow or something.

Here’s the baby chicks!

This is Maxwell Smart. He is named after the main character in the old “Get Smart” TV show.

And this is the adorable Teddy!

Music Player May 15, 2008

I haven’t been knitting that much so, I haven’t been posting. Duh.

In the last month or so we have aquired a few more pets. 8 baby chicks, 2 doves(w/ 1 baby) and 1 puppy. I guess I’d better take some photos and post it soon.

If you look to the left, I have a music player with a few favorites. When I say few I mean few. If you ask me what my favorite bands are we can have an hour long conversation. No joke.

Still have the stupid headaches, but I can still knit a little even with a headache. I can’t do lace or decreasing, just ribbing and stockinette.

Have you signed up for Ravelry yet? I love it!

TTYL

AGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! *ahem* May 1, 2008

Agghhhhh! Sorry about the photos…I thought the problem was just with my computer! To see the real pictures go here. To answer the question that’s on everybody lips…no, I did not use fruit to dye my yarn. I wonder what would happen if I did dye yarn with fruit and vinegar. Would the sugar react? Would the yarn take the dye in the fruit? Would the finished yarn be so delicious that I had to eat it!?! Jk. I made you think about it though, didn’t I? The challenge is on, find a fruit to dye yarn. Post the results. Go.

Yummmm…yarn April 24, 2008

I haven’t had much to blog about, until now…presenting, Colorfulpurls first shop update! That’s right, I’m on Etsy! Right now I have just two skeins to test out Etsy. Below are pictures of the skeins along with part of the description that I gave on Etsy.

Yummy lemon yellows, juicy oranges and tart grapefruit are delicious to eat, but even better on yarn!

A close up.

Salty blue water, green seaweed, pink sea stars, purple starfish and seashells are the inspiration behind the colors of this yarn. Everything I love about the beach without sunburns!

A close up.

Yum.