Workroom #107
Work Room

Workroom #107

Lorri Carney

It’s been awhile since I have shared the projects that I am currently working on.  I promise that I am always working on something – idle hands and all that.

The Sweatpants of hair ornamentation

What am I referring to? Snoods!  Super stylish and an easy solution for a bad hair day.

an image of vintage knitting pattern for snood
I’m bummed because I have been unable to find a link for this one. 

I chose this pattern specifically because it was a knitting pattern. The stitch was interesting and very spiderweb like. I have yet to add the ribbon detail.

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First start
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Starting again
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The snood in progress, stored inside the ball of crochet thread
an image of the finished red knitted snood
Knit snood

Red was my choice for my very first snood because I have several garments that can be accessorized with red. Specifically two of my wrap Hoosier dresses, among other things.

an image of the WWII frilled snood pattern

This pattern was addictive, well mostly it was. I just couldn’t figure out how to make the frill so I left it off. Being black is so versatile, that is where I started. It worked up so quickly that I just had to make another. Being that it was close to Halloween I chose to use a orange cotton yarn from my stash.

I just have to take a moment to talk about this yarn. It was given to me by my friend Daisy. She had unraveled one of her husband’s sweaters. When she asked me if I would be interested in the lace weight cotton yarn I said something to the effect of “yes please”.

The faceted black glass beads were also from my stash. I had taken them off of some garment that I had taken apart. The picture doesn’t do the sparkly justice.

an image of a black crocheted snood
crocheted snood #1
an image of a crocheted orange cotton snood with black glass faceted beads
#2 crocheted snood
an image of a purple and green crocheted snood
crocheted snood #3
a close up image of the clear sequins on a purple and green crocheted snood
close up of clear sequins

Speaking of sparkly… I just HAD to do another. Using this variegated crochet thread inspired me to use some clear sequins (close up in circle), also from my stash. They are not obvious in real life, but the subtle sparkle make is fun to wear. 🙂

Pugsley

I knew that the longer that I kept this, my first needle felting project, I would keep finding “problems” that needed to be corrected.

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Finally finished
an image of the finished needle felted Pugsley dog
Such a cute puppy

I brought him to work with me and gave to my manager for her son. It was alot of fun!  She carried the “puppy” around showing him off.  At first glance, people thought that Pugsley was REAL!  She took him home and her son renamed him Gerald.

Christmas Gifts for Grandkids

If you have been  here for awhile, you already know that I do my best to make something for each of my grandchildren for Christmas:

an image of my original letter sweater, and "E" from 2017
2017 – Original Letter Sweater
an image of double decker bus sweater vests from 2018
2018 – Bus Sweater vests
2019 red "E" letter sweater
2019 – Red Letter Sweater
an image of Grandson #2 modelling his "L" letter sweater from 2019
2019 – purple letter sweater
An image of Grandson's modeling their Christmas sweaters from 2020
2020 – Charlie Brown Sweaters
an image of "E" letter sweater from 2021
2021 – “E” blue Letter Sweater – Redux
an image of 2021 "L" letter sweater being modelled by Grandson #2
“L” blue letter sweater – Redux – 2021
an image of 2021 "A" letter sweater
2021 – “A” letter sweater – first time around
  • 2022 – slippers – Sadly no pics
  • 2023 – Hat and mitten sets!
an image of the parti-colored hat in the process of being knit
an image of mittens ready to have the yarn ends to be woven in
2023 – working on mittens
an image of a red hat and mittens set
2023 – Red set
an image of a purple hat and mittens set
Purple set – 2023
a set of hat and mittens in parti-colors
Parti-colored set

Christmas Stockings ~ New & Redux

After Christmas 2021, I had time to sit down and knit DW’s Christmas Stocking. And… then nothing.  (I actually thought that I had knit it after last Christmas, but past-posts don’t lie)

This year, I figured it was time to knit my stocking as well.  I already had the yarn, after all. Mine was out of the same type of yarn, only in pink.

an image of the pink Christmas stocking in the process of being knit
an image of the recently finished pink stocking next to the misshapen previously knit blue stocking.

I thought my pink stocking turned out great!  Then I put the stockings next to one another and wondered what the heck happened to the blue one?  It was ugly. 🙁  You must know what came next…

an image of the blue stocking in the starting faze of re-knitting it

Yup, that’s correct. I pulled it out and started over. I’m really glad I did too!

an image of both finished stockings side by side.

Don’t you think it looks so much better?

an image of both stocking hanging from the fireplace mantle
The stockings were hung by fireplace with care

The Huntsman’s Scarf

A picture of the finished huntsman's scarf from the book "once upon a knit"
an image of the description of the Huntsman's scarf from the book "once upon a knit"

This pattern is one of the offerings in the book “Once Upon a Knit”.

an image of the cover of the book "once upon a knit" to show which book the huntsman's scarf pattern came from

I don’t remember how long ago I purchased this book, but I have had it for a while now. The Huntsman’s Scarf is the pattern that I have had in my mind ever since first gazing upon it. Being that I was making as many of this year’s Christmas gifts from only my stash, I planned on finishing the spinning and plying of this yarn.

an image of a pocket spinning wheel in the process of plying two bobbins of singles yarn from a lazy kate
I don’t know if you know anything about spinning yarn. When you make the first spin, I doo mine with a “Z” twist, this is called a “single”. Then you take two or more “singles” and “ply” them together using an “S” twist. 

(“Z” twist has the wheel turning clockwise. Conversely, “S” twist is counter-clockwise.)

When you are purchasing yarn, you can tell how many singles were plied together by reading the labels: 4 ply, 2 ply, etc.

an image of the finished plied yarn on a swift.
Me spun and plied yarn
an image of 7 rows of the huntsman's scarf knit with 2 strands of white yarn and one strand of brown yarn followed by 3 rows of one strand of brown yarn with one strand of white yarn.
My white yarn was so thin that I thought I should double it up. The brown yarn was left over from a prior year’s project. For me this was a new stitch, the Linen stitch. I find this stitch to be very visually pleasing. As I was knitting along, it seemed like the white was more visually forward than the brown. The person I have in mind for this scarf prefers brown. In the picture above, the last 3 rows were knit with only one strand of white. I really preferred that look so I pulled the stitches off my needles and frogged it back to the beginning.
an image of the huntsman's scarf made with a single strand of brown and a single strand of white
This is the redone version. I love how this is working up! This is also the first time that I am working with “Me Spun” yarn. It has been very enlightening. I have to say that “overspun” yarn isn’t as pleasant to knit with as properly spun yarn. And with that insight, I have moved further up the learning curve. 😉

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Published by Lorri Carney

I am a modern person living in the future, who also yearns for the aesthetics of the past. Whether it is clothing, furniture, home, transportation or advice.

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