This is a super idea!
Join to create your own scarf and help attempt a World Record…
… But hurry, you only have a few days left!
This is their website:
https://www.wrappedinmerino.com/index.php
They are also on Facebook, if you like the page:
https://www.facebook.com/WeLoveWool
You can add your facebook photos from your profile!
Have a nice week! x x
These are my newest creations for Mrs Frills.
I love them, because they are wooly, soft and smell good.
They are also very easy and fun to make.
To make one for yourself, you will need a Ball of Yarn of your choice ( You can use Super Chunky Wool if you want it big, like 25cm, but usually I knit it with Aran Wool, that will give you a 15cm cushion). A 50gr Ball of Yarn will do.
The size of the needles will depend on the type of wool you chose.
Just a few hints: for Chunky Wool, you can use 10mm to 12mm Needles. For Aran Wool, I usually use 5mm to 7mm Needles.
You will also need a Stitch Holder and a Darning Needle.
For the Filling, you can use Polyester or Cotton Wadding (The stuff that comes inside cushions), and a Lavender Sachet.
The lavender sachet is optional, I just like the smell of lavender!
The beauty of this project is that you don’t need to maintain tension, just keep your stitches even and you should be fine.
This is the Pattern for it:
The heart is knitted up in two equal pieces. The heart-shaped pieces are knitted in Stocking Stitch with a band of Moss Stitch across the middle.
Make two pieces and stitch together adding padding (and the lavender sachet) as you go.
FRONT:
Using your chosen needles, cast on 3 sts.
Row1 – Purl.
Row2 – (RS) Inc 1, k3, inc 1. 5 sts.
Row3 – Purl.
Continue in st st, increasing by 2 sts as set every RS row until 25 sts.
Row23 – (WS) (k1, p1) to last stitch, k1. Work 4 further rows in seed stitch pattern.
Row28 – K2togtbl, knit to end, k2tog. 23 sts.
Row29 – Purl.
Row30 – K2togtbl, knit to end, k2tog. 21 sts.
Row31 – P9, p2tog, p10. 20 sts.
Row32 – K2togtbl, k8, turn and work on these 9 sts only, putting remaining stitches on a stitch holder.
Row33 – P2tog, p7. 8 sts.
Row34 – K2togtbl, k4, k2tog. 6sts.
Row35 – P2tog, p4. 5 sts.
Row36 – K2togtbl, k3. 4 sts.
Row37 – Cast off remaining 4 sts.
With RS facing, rejoin yarn to the work and remaining 10 sts.
Row1 – K8, k2tog. 9 sts.
Row2 – P7, p2tog. 8 sts.
Row3 – K2togtbl, k4, k2tog. 6 sts.
Row4 – P4, p2tog. 5 sts.
Row5 – K3, K2tog. 4 sts.
Row6 – Cast off remaining 4 sts.
BACK: For the back, knit the same again.
Darn in any loose ends. Pin out the knitting, right-side down, onto a padded surface or blocking board to form the correct heart shape.
Cover with a damp cloth and press it gently with a hot iron.
Leave to dry completely.
Join the front and back pieces together, facing each other, inside out.
Now, sew the front to the back, starting from the bottom of the heart.
Stuff the heart with soft padding as you sew it. You can vary the amount of padding or stuffing depending on whether you want a relatively squashy cushion or a firmer, more resilient one.
Leave an opening of about 5 cm, and then close the love heart sewing on the outside, very carefully not to leave any yarn sticking out of your lovely cushion.
When your cushion is sewn, you can sew a ribbon and a button to the top of it. Use sewing thread and appropriately sized ribbon and button that tone in attractively with the yarn.
Now you can hang your cushion up and show off to everyone how “crafty” you are!
I have some of these still for sale on my Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/100115740/loveheart-lavender-cushion
They make an excellent present for Valentine’s or Mother’s Day.
Or simply if you are feeling that Love is in the Air!
ABREVIATIONS:
inc- increase
k- knit
k2tog- knit 2 stitches together (1 stitch decreased)
k2togtbl- Knit 2 stitches together through back of loops (1 stitch decreased)
p- purl
p2tog- purl 2 stitches together (1 stitch decreased)
RS- right side
st st- stocking stitch
st(s)- stitch(es)
WS- wrong side
The pattern was adapted from the book: How to Knit: Simple Knits, D&C, David and Charles.
You might have noticed by reading my posts that I LOVE WOOL. And if you are reading this it’s because YOU LOVE WOOL too.
Well, we are not alone.
There are millions out there just like us, and many of them are not shy. They are really open about it, and have no shame in saying that THEY LOVE WOOL.
Thankfully, for all of us, ME, YOU and THEM, there is a community on FACEBOOK called WE LOVE WOOL.
It’s a great page, it is always full of photos of wooly things, and lots of people talking about what we love the most, Wool!
Well, if you are on facebook already, please join this community. I promise you won’t regret it!
They might inspire you to make something cool with wool, 🙂 or even show you the way to that so wanted pattern challenge that you were looking for, for so long.
Their address is https://www.facebook.com/WeLoveWool
Come on, go into their facebook page right now, join in, and have fun browsing.
I know, THEY know, WE all know that YOU want it!
Because WE LOVE WOOL!!!
These are just some of the images you will see there, hopefully it inspired you to LOVE WOOL too!
We’ve all got at least one of these.
Some people get them every year (poor them).
You can do this
Where’s Me Jumper?
And if you didn’t manage to loose it in the disco, on St Stephen’s Day…
you can still try and return them. Just like this;
Prank call – Man tries to return unravelled wooly jumper
I love Irish humour!
And here’s a wooly jumper way to spend a few mins on this holiday season… http://www.shaunthesheep.com/games/woolyjumper/
Following the 80’s theme, here is another must have for this season.
To keep your ears warm and fashionable this winter, get yourself (or a loved one) one of these.
Find my creation here:
New piece for MrsFrills shop, and to keep the Movember mo bros warm this winter.
Check it out boys and mo sistas:
The perfect Christmas gift for your temporarily hairy fella.
Find this cowl on my Etsy: MrsFrills
I have been meaning to put this up here for a few weeks.
Today I took the time and took some photos and voilá:
Here is the Lush Green Cowl, a hard and laboured piece of knitting made with lots of love and patience, all the while listening to this song:
It’s not that easy being green
If you liked the cowl and want to buy it for you or a loved one, go to my Etsy Shop: MrsFrills
This piece is as posh as its colour name, I loved to knit it, I knitted it in only three hours.
It is made of a wool called Big softie, chunky wool, from Sirdar. It is 51% wool, 49% Acrylic. Which makes it so nice to touch, very smooth and soooooooooooo soft.
And the colour is gorgeous and perfect for this time of year.
There are other colours of the same wool, and I am already thinking of a pattern to knit them all.
Did you like it?
This knitted piece can be found to buy on my Etsy Shop here:
This is a simple project, that I knitted in two days.
It’s made of gorgeous wool, very colourful and easy to knit.
I used 7mm knitting needles and 200gr riot chunky wool yarn.
Start casting 39 stitches, and work all the rows at the same pattern, knit 3, purl 3.
It depends on the size of your stitches, but usually this amount of wool makes a 1.5m scarf.
I loved the colours and it’s feel to the touch.
Still in the knitting frenzy, I found a really cute roll of wool for only two dollars, and decided to knit a scarf for my sister-in-law, she is a teen and loves all things cute and purple, hope she likes this one.
I finished it in a few hours, and ran to the shop to buy more of the same wool, because I had great fun knitting with this kind of wool.
Now, that it is ready, all I need is to post it to the far away Emerald Isle.
Imaginarium 