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richard lawn	Sunday 24 December 2006 4:54:30 am This topic should collect all the postings made on the individual product pages about items made with those yarns... IF you post them from individual yarn pages your post will be linked to that yarn and show up on that page too, so please try and either match your post to the yarn or just add it here directly... CLICK on the thumbnail to see the full size pictures, which can really show the detail in many cases...
Beverley Thompson	Spot the Colourmart Sample Packs!! Monday 18 August 2008 5:08:12 am Setting up of our site for the Elder Stubbs Allotment Festival. Beverley This post relates to the following product: Sample Pack
Beverley Thompson	Are there many male knitters out there? Monday 18 August 2008 5:05:31 am Last Saturday I attended an event at Elder Stubbs Allotments in Cowley, Oxford. One of the visitors was a French/German couple who attended the previous year and who had spent some time at our pitch where we were demonstrating spinning using a drop spindle/spinning wheel, tapestry weaving and braid-making. Of the two it was the husband who was the most keen. At the end of last year's event I gave them a black Colourmart cashmere hat for the baby they were expecting. They returned last Saturday and brought along their son with him. It was great to see them again and I was particular delighted when the husband returned again - a couple of hours later - and brought with him 3 hats that he had made during the course of the year for his son. These are now attached! Before he left I handed him one of Richard's Sample pack along with the sample skein of 7/24NM dk wt Aaromatic Cotton - Origano. We do get a lot of interest from men with regard to spinning - but not many have shown in interest in knitting - am I wrong in that assumption? I especially love the middle hat which, I was told was made from Alpaca and all 3 designs were created by the father. Isn't that brilliant. This post relates to the following product: Sample Pack
richard lawn	links from postings Monday 11 August 2008 3:44:54 am Hi, in answer to the question on links, we did once have separate forums for each yarn (which is what we would have to do to keep the postings separate) but we have so many yarns types and change them quite often too so we just ended up with lots of confusing small forums... maybe we can get the system to find the right page on the general forum but I'm not sure it can be done... we'll try again though Richard
D C Petro	Question about links to this forum Sunday 10 August 2008 4:52:47 am Why doesn't clicking the picture or title of a project on the yarn pages take you to the page/place here where that project exists? I find it extremely annoying to have to wade through ten pages of (VERY BEAUTIFUL BUT DISTRACTING) photos trying to FIND the one I clicked on!!! I can't believe it would be that difficult to accomplish this... Diane
Beverley Thompson	Beverley's Mum - 55/45 Cashmere & Silk Yarn Design - Colour "Karma" Thursday 07 August 2008 4:48:59 am Front/Back of mum's design is now complete. I think I'm going to have to re-do the sleeves (That'll teach me for not doing a tension square!!) So far the front/back have taken nearly just over 3 cones. The great thing about knitting in the round at the start is that I don't have to sew up the sides at the end - just the sleeves. I'll have just under 2 cones left over and will probably use this to make a garment for the son of one of my friends. This post relates to the following product: 55% Cashmere 45% silk dk weight
Michaela Chytil	Schaltuch SweetHeart Thursday 07 August 2008 1:54:25 am I love it! 100% extra fine merino 15/44NM dk wt color: burnt orange Needle : 4,5 mm 110 g More picÂ´s http://michaela62.myblog.de/micha...20/2_Schaltuch_SweetHeart_mit_Perlen Pattern: http://www.die-wolllust.de/shop/p.../p963_Wolle_SchaltuchSweetHeart.html Michaela - Vienna This post relates to the following product: 100% extra fine merino dk weight
Beverley Thompson	Close up - Crochet/Piping Effect for Beverley's Danish Traditional Shawl Tuesday 05 August 2008 5:00:25 am Can't wait to wear this garment. The piping effect is going to take some time as you need to do each colour "crossover" in turn. However' I'm enjoying the challenge. The lighter ball of wool is 2 strands of beige (100% cashmere) and 2 strands of white 65% cashmere/35% silk which I dyed with Black and Grey food colouring. This post relates to the following product: 1/14NM lacewt soft spun & boucle
Beverley Thompson	Last Leg - Beverley's Traditional Danish Shawl Tuesday 05 August 2008 4:56:34 am Latest picture This post relates to the following product: 1/14NM lacewt soft spun & boucle
natasha Tkachenko	100% extra fine merino 10/30NM DK weight Monday 04 August 2008 6:43:25 pm wavy lace wrap from vogue-knitting fall 05. One 300gr cone was enough to complete this. I don't know was the yarn oiled or not, but I washed it 2 times with detergent in warm water just in case. Colour is adorable)) I tried several times, but still can't put the picture of it(( This post relates to the following product: DK weight smooth silk yarns, 8/28NM and 32/120NM
Olga Kaplin	Apres Surf Hoodie without hood Monday 04 August 2008 2:31:53 pm Gauge in stockinette stitch 26 sts and 36 rows with two strands held together on 3mm (US 3) needles. Needed almost two cones for this project. The yarn gets much softer after washing and is a dream to wear. This post relates to the following product: 2/18NM fine 4ply weight 51% baby alpaca 49% cashmere
Gill Tyerman	Close up of the cable stitch. Sunday 27 July 2008 11:35:32 am Close up of the cable stitch. This post relates to the following product: 100% camel hair 2/15NM 4ply weight and 1/15NM lace weight
Gill Tyerman	Camel sweater Sunday 27 July 2008 11:34:12 am This is a cabled sweater in the 1/6 camel yarn in Mocassin. It took a fraction under 300g for a 38 inch chest size, and gave 42 stitches and 44 rows to 10cm over the cable pattern. There was no bias despite it being a singles yarn, and it produced a clear cable stitch. This post relates to the following product: 100% camel hair 2/15NM 4ply weight and 1/15NM lace weight
shirley lau	Champagn cashmere/viscose Tuesday 22 July 2008 6:17:53 pm Dear Borie, Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I also had a cone of the same yarn in the sam ecolour. Its really good to see the option I ahve about changing its colour. I bought the Wilton's icing colour last month and is waiting to try it out. Did you wash away the oil in the yarn before you dye them? Shirley This post relates to the following product: Cashmere/viscose 4ply weight
Borie Petrovay	SOTS III swatch #2 Tuesday 22 July 2008 10:18:09 am This is the same swatch made with Champagne yarn, but I dyed it with Kool Aid, after a good wash in hot water to remove the oil. The color turned out very uniform. Borie This post relates to the following product: 50% Cashmere 50% cotton cobweb weight
Borie Petrovay	SOTS III swatch Tuesday 22 July 2008 10:14:30 am For this swatch I was using the 4 ply cashmere/viscose yarn, color Champagne, on US #3 needle. Even though the yarn is still oiled (?), it is nice and soft. After I washed it in hot water, stretched it, it measures 8"W X 71/2" tall, and turned out to be even softer. For the swatch we had 39 stitches and 51 rows. Borie This post relates to the following product: Fingering, DK, Chunky, Aran weights from singles
Lesley Greenaway	Tulipa sweater Saturday 12 July 2008 8:09:06 am I bought just about every colour Richard had when he listed the cashmere/lycra, but in this case, it was white. As most of the garments I knit are neutrals or pastels, I find it goes with most things. However, I do have some of the darker colours that I use when knitting cashmere socks for my husband. Lesley
judith gilbert	Tulipa sweater Friday 11 July 2008 12:58:49 pm hi Lesley - very pretty, I love the way the different yarns mixed! is the lycra/cash white? or did you buy different colors? Judith
Lesley Greenaway	Close-up of Tulipa pattern Friday 11 July 2008 12:20:04 pm I found it impossible to show the detail of this pattern in a full-length photograph, so here is a close-up. I think you can see why it is called Tulipa. Lesley Lesley This post relates to the following product: cashmere/cotton/silk lace weights
Lesley Greenaway	Cashmere/cotton/silk sweater Friday 11 July 2008 12:09:40 pm This sweater was adapted from Elsebeth Lavold's "Tulipa" from Designer's Choice Book Eight, The Enchanted Garden Collection. I used one strand of 2/17 cotton/cashmere/silk in Sandstone, plus one strand of cashmere/lycra, plus one strand of very fine silk that I had in my stash in a hot pink. As the Sandstone is a creamy colour, the end result was a pinky/peachy shade. Because of its slubs, this yarn is particularly suited to mixing with other yarns. In size 42, the sweater weights 291g and I achieved a gauge of 7sts and 10 rows per inch on size 3.25 needles. Shrinkage after laundering is quite considerable on this yarn, but the end result is worth it. The sweater is very soft and light and ideally suited to a British "summer". Lesley Lesley This post relates to the following product: cashmere/cotton/silk lace weights