Sometimes at Show and Tell I have battery or camera issues or articles are put away too soon and I miss photographing them. More than once I have gone into peoples bags to find the items and take photos (with permission of course, lol). This time, I missed Randie's tea towels and her knitting. My show and Tell for most months is this Blog!
Below you will see two handmade donations to the Comfort Bin, by Karen and by Pat. Thank you! They will be much appreciated by the future recipients.
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| Karen G crocheted this huge Norwegian flag blanket for her husband. |
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| Barb L spun a hank of pure cashmere and received this cashmere & silk hank B-day gift |
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Donna spun Corriedale Fleece and plyed
with silk and merino. |
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| Ilse spun the yarn from a Vernon fleece source and used her stash for the knitted variegated blue cowl. |
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| Karen G chain plied 200 m of DK weight yarn spun at the Spinning Retreat and knit a modified hounds tooth cowl. |
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| From L to R, Marg H knit 2 prs of socks using superwash sock yarn, a pr of boys acrylic socks and spun the hank of yarn from 150 gr of merino & silk fleece. |
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| Jen used her dyed roving to create locker hook hot pads and her chair pads |
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| Patricia needle felted and beaded fairy Anya (meant for hanging), part of her Elf series. |
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| Karen B knit this Bouclé shawl for the Comfort Bin from stage yarn and was also her entry for Jen's Calendar Challenge. |
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| Pat B crocheted this cheerful lap robe for the Comfort Bin. |
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| After weaving so many rugs for others, Gail made this 26 x 50 inch rug for herself using a cotton warp and mostly sheets and some t-shirts cut into strips for the weft. |
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| Ilona's "Curling Scarves" woven on a rigid heddle loom using her stash of of mostly cotton and some linen. Notice the beads in the fringes. She says the rigid heddle loom is easy to make a warp and to weave if you are having back problems. |
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| Maggie is learning to weave on a borrowed rigid heddle loom. Here are two table runners she wove. The photo is of a scarf she knit for a friend |
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| Christy acid dyed merino and spun it as worsted weight. The weaving is only her 2nd. It started as a scarf that transitioned into a table runner |
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| Karen B wove these blue checked and repetitive pattern stripes as a part of a Jane Stafford on-line workshop. She really enjoyed the experience. |
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| Celia is learning to weave on the Dorothy loom. |
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| Klaudia knit an Irish fisherman style sweater for her husband (cables, tried new stitches and new neckline), the socks and a toque. |
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| Marianne M knit this shawl for her sister |
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| Diane H knit this intricate alpaca wool tam. |
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| Diane L knit this tea cozy for her sister. |
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| Pat B wore her new sweater that she knit. |
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| Stephanie knit a "Frozen" dress for her 2nd granddaughter |
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| Doreen was busy winning medals! She won 1st in the 5K in Florida. |
Hello. I came across this blog post because of Ms Karen's crocheted Nordic flag. Do you know if she has a pattern for it for sale? I have scoured the internet for Scandinavian flag patterns as blankets and I keep running into the Solmuteoriaa mini flag project.
ReplyDeleteKoza, please see Karen's comment below giving the information on the flag.
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ReplyDeleteHi, Koza. Apologies for taking so long to answer. We have been attempting to post a response for several weeks, but the web site has not been cooperating!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your interest in my project. I’m happy to pass along what information I have about how I made the Norwegian flag blanket.
I didn’t have a pattern. I made it up, basing the proportions on information found on a site like this one:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Norway_with_proportions.svg
If the link doesn’t work, copy it into your browser or search “Norwegian flag proportions” on the internet.
The finished blanket is made with Bernat Premium yarn and measures 50” by 67”. It used 3.7 skeins of red, 1.3 skeins of blue and 1.2 skeins of white. It is done in double crochet stitch, with a 5 mm hook at a gauge of 10 stitches = 3 inches wide by 1/2 inch tall. I started at the narrow end and worked back and forth in rows, changing colours as needed. When changing colours the yarn can just be dropped (not cut) as it will be needed again on the way back in the next row.
I hope this is helpful and that you enjoy making your own Norwegian flag 🇳🇴.
Karen, a thousand blessings to you! Thank you very much for sharing your project and the specific details. I appreciate it! Your information is absolutely helpful. I want to make this blanket for my husband as his family is from Norway, too. Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, thank you Desert Sage Member!
I passed your comment on to Karen.
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