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My Hats & Purses

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Hat Kits Socks & Slippers

Sweaters

Shawls & Afghans

Patterns from Pursenality Pattern Book.  Green purse is Cascade 220 stranded with Manos hand dyed yarn, top border 220 and eyelash stranded together.  Brown purse used Cascade Eco wool, double strand.  Flap I added novelty yarn Cascade Bobble.
Using Cascade 220 and Brown Sheep Lambs Pride worsted yarns doubled.  Patterns: Knit Kit My Little Companion.  Yellow purse pattern can be found in Felted Knits Pattern Book.
Black purse in rear, Fiber Trends Pattern Sheep Tote.  Knit with a strand of Cascade Pastaza and a strand of handspun painted brushed mohair.  Black purse on left: Fiber Trends Pattern Felted Party Purse, with Cascade Dolly added to the top border.  Purse on right: Knit Kit My Little Companion,  knit with Cascade Pastaza in simple fair isle design, added Cascade Dolly novelty yarn.
A laptop computer or book bag.  Knit using Cascade 128, bulky tweed yarn.  Knit and Felt Pattern by Knitkit - Mercury.
Pattern from Folk Bags by Vicki Square.  Knit and Felt, Booshong Bag.  Used Cascade 220 Tweed worsted, double stranded. 

One skein of Cascade Jazz for the hat.  One skein for the mittens. 

Optional Solid yarn used was Cascade Pastaza doubled.

Using Shapely Scarf Pattern by Oat Couture, 235 yards of Madil Fiordo and U.S. size 15 long circular needle.
Using Cascade Eco wool, natural white.  Small brim hat from the pattern book Felted Knits.  I added a strand of brushed mohair & metallic yarn in the brim.
Simple basic stocking cap knit using Cascade Eco Wool, natural color brown and Cascade Flurry 423 reverse stockenknit for the first 6 rows.

Yardage:  137 yds
Fiber Content:  100% Cotton
Stitches:  6
Needle Size:  5
Weight:  50g

One skein will knit a small childs hat.

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 Fiber Trends AC 1 Felt Hats Pattern 

4 different styles.  200 yds. (250 for wide brim) heavy worsted wt. yarn. 

Needles: 24" circular & double points  in size 11.   

 

Red Wool worsted wt.  & Red mohair Boucle

greyhat.jpg (88684 bytes)Grey wool worsted wt. & Brushed Grey Mohair Colorblend
whitehat.jpg (26222 bytes)3-strands: White Wool, Ecru brushed mohair, Curly handspun mohair locks.
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Fiber Trends AC 06.  Firm Felted Beret, shape as desired will damp.  

Used 1 strand of light weight worsted wool and 1 strand of Boucle.  

Mohair boucle will substitute.

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Fiber Trends AC24 done in Brown Sheep Hand Paint Originals.  Pattern calls for 100 yards, I  used one skein 88 yds of the hand paint, adding a couple of rows of black at the beginning & end of cuff instead.  2 skeins would result in wider "painted" cuff. 

Don't like the Hairy Look, Give it a Trim!

Yarn:  200 yds black.  88  yds of HP100 Mountain Majesty. (see note)

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For Toddler: Felted Mary Jane's & Bonnet.  Cascade 220 for the shoes.  Hand Painted wool-mohair for the bonnet.

My felted Mittens:  Used 1 strand of light weight worsted wool & Hand painted brushed mohair.

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Pastaza Hat 

mohair hats.jpg (85980 bytes)Stranded Brushed Mohair with Cascade 220, Boucles, Pastaza or Lofty Mohair.

 

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Quick to Knit with size 13 needles.

Strand of Cascade Pastaza & strand of Brushed mohair. 

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Red Handpainted Lofty Mohair

Handspun Angora

Brown Handspun Wool

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Handpainted-Handspun

 

Hand dyed Yarns

 

Headband Pattern posted soon in the Free Pattern Area

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Tam in Mohair Color Change.  Limited Supply of this fun yarn.  Colors change automatically as your knit.

 

Free Pattern

FREE PATTERNS- KNIT A TAM, EASY SHAWL OR THROW

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