It's amazing how much knitting I can get done when I'm not making soap. I got sidetracked in January with Daddy's heart attack and my trip to Virginia. Then, I came down with bronchitis last week. I haven't felt like doing anything but sitting in the chair and knitting.

New soap will be coming soon -- I promise! I need to do a lot of restocking and have many new ones in mind, as well.

I finished a cowl. Yes, another one. I recently finished the Ripple Cowl and headed on to the Greyhaven Cowl. The Greyhaven Cowl is lighter and lacier than the Ripple Cowl. I knit this cowl using Cascade's Venezia Worsted in the Ginger colorway.  I used a size 7 needle and knit in the round. I love this yarn! With 70% Merino Wool and 30% Mulberry Silk - what's not to love?!? This is a great cowl to wear indoors. Light, airy, and lacy.

Next, I've been knitting these little bags using Noro Kureyon to felt. They are Felted Spinning Wheel Bags. I can get one out of a skein with some left over. I'm going to combine my leftover yarn to make one or two more. I think one skein will make one and a half bags. I am signing up to be a vendor at the Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair in August again and decided to make up some of these bags to sell in my booth. Sell - maybe. They're so stinking cute, I know I'm going to want to keep all of them! I can hardly wait to see them felted! I really do think I'm going to have to keep the green one (right lower corner) - love those colors!

Look at this! A gardenia blossom!!!! Three of the best floral fragrances --- rose, magnolia, and gardenia. I continue to try to keep a gardenia bush alive in the house. So far, so good. I couldn't smell the bloom last week but got my sniffing ability back in time to fully appreciate this awesome flower. LOVE this fragrance!!! Delicate. Simple pure beauty. A traditional Southern flower.

 

Comments

[kathy b]

I want one of those bags!!!!!!! Im going to make one....
on my list now

[Sandy]

Love the spinning bags. Since I am taking spinning classes from Abby and Stringtopia Studio, I think these will be just so cute.

[Timmie]

Thanks for sharing the wheel bag. I'm very sure my wheel will have to have one. My dog thinks the wheel oil is hers and aided by the cat constantly steals it. I'm beginning to think I should have named the cat Houdini because she gets it out of places that I think are safe.