DIY wrap bracelet

In an attempt to take a break from studying and writing papers I wanted to be creative, with a quick finished product. Knitting is more of a labor of love, so I decided to make some jewelry.

Thanks to my new found obsession Pinterest, I found this project and I was determined to make my very own wrap bracelet.

I bought some 'Naturals' ancient beads from michaels and some hemp cord and here is the finished project

I am looking forward to using the other beads that I bought and some thinner black hemp cord. Christmas presents anyone?

First Hat for Jennifer

My sister Jennifer is going off to college next year in Minnesota. In an attempt to get ready for the cold weather awaiting her, she gave me a big box of wool, and instructions to make her hats, scarves, and cowls.

This is the second hat that I have made from this pattern. The first was by far my favorite hat from last winter, I used the same yarn (simply soft eco by caron) but in a charcoal.

Fair Isle adventures

This is my second fair isle project, the first was a hat that I made, it ended up way too small for me, so I gave it to a friend's baby (that's how small it was!).

This particular pattern is based off of a scarf that Hermione wears in one of the Harry Potter films, I've already made a version of the hat seen above. I've been coveting this scarf for a while now, and because school is out I have the time to attack the project, and hopefully finish by the time winter comes around.

Interestingly enough, this scarf is knit in the round to create a sort of double fabric, and that way it's reversible. Makes it really thick, almost too thick in my opinion. I'm starting from scratch now to make it into a cowl, I realized after one pattern repeat (with 8 more to go), that I'm not a big fan of long scarf ends, and that cowls are much tidier. So time to start the cowl.

The original pattern called for 72 stitches, I think that either doubling it, or even tripling it will get me a nice wrap-able cowl, a sort of infinity scarf in a way.

Will update as progress continues.