Sometimes you come across some glass you just have to write about and here’s some! I love a sense of humor and this glass art has it. Check out Jamie Burress over on etsy. So much fun and it really makes me smile. She fuses and does mosaics with some of her fused pieces. I just love love love her goodies and I think you will too. And she does things with cupcakes and skulls and anyone who knows me knows I like cupcakes and skulls too! And so well done too. She also has a Facebook page that you should check out.
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Get Graphic with the Snug Wrap Knitting Pattern
I don’t know if it’s possible to look at the Snug Wrap from Sylvia Watts-Cherry and not smile. There’s so much fun stuff going on in it that if I had a bunch of sport weight yarn in my house I definitely would have cast this one on immediately after seeing it.
There’s stripes and circles of different sizes and colors, worked with intarsia. The wrap is worked sideways in both garter stitch and stockinette, so different sections also have different textures. Color blocking means you’ll use a lot of two main colors, and there are two more colors used for contrast throughout the piece.
As I mentioned, the project calls for sport weight yarn, and it’s already pretty big — 23.25 by 82 inches or 59 by 208 cm — so you probably wouldn’t want to use heavier yarn unless you just want to make it a super scarf. You could use even lighter yarn to make it more of a scarf than a shawl if you wanted.
The yarn used is a combination of Merino wool and recycled threads from La Bien Aimée’s yarn making process, so it’s a fun way to reduce waste while making something awesome.
The color motifs are depicted in charts in the pattern, but none of these are difficult so even if you’re new to chart reading you should be able to handle this pattern. The colors in the sample are so pretty but you can of course change it up with your favorites that will make you smile as you knit and wear this super fun pattern.
As usual, checking out the projects tab on Ravelry will show you some more fun color options. I love the idea of using jewel tones to give it a more wintry look, but the sky is the limit when it comes to color options.
You can find this pattern on Ravelry.
[Photo: Sylvia Watts-Cherry]