Fixing the old headphones

When the old foam earpiece covers disintegrate on your husband's old headphones, it's crochet to the rescue! 😁🎧

Improvisational vest of many purples

I finally finished my funky, scrappy vest of many purples. 😁

Here's a link to my Ravelry project page.

Following the very helpful and detailed guidance at Karen Templer's Fringe Association blog, I decided to make a V-neck vest in stripes that would use up some of the scraps in my stash.

Following the instructions for a shaped back of the neck sweater, I started with an i-cord cast on and continued the i-cord throughout along the vest front edges. I wanted the vest to have a deep V, so I increased the front every fourth row. (I decided that if I make another one of these, I'll increase every-other row next time.)

Worked the body in garter stitch with one stockinette row inset at every 20th row for a bit of textural interest. The stripes change color simply where each particular scrap ball ran out. (It would have been "neater" to only change colors while working RS rows, yes, but this project was intended to use up stash scraps, so by golly, I used each scrap up completely.) :-)

I wanted the bottom to have a sort of handkerchief hem effect in the front and be longer in front than the back, so after achieving sufficient width for the front edges of the vest to meet (increasing every fourth row), where one would normally stop increasing the width for a regular-looking vest, I continued to add increases at the vest front (only faster, working them every-other row) until the desired back length was achieved. I wanted the front edges to drape into pointed ends sort of like the way the ends of a shawl drape. The final result came pretty close to what I was hoping for.

A long knit

I've been knitting for a looooong time ... 😎

This is a straight poncho, so the shape is very basic. I'm almost done with it (finally!), so stretched out lengthwise, it also doubles as a blanket. Except for the neck opening in the middle, which you can see in the photo right about where my knees are underneath.

Caedwyn Cowlette paid pattern

I like the way this project turned out. The pattern is Caedwyn Cowlette by Corrina Ferguson.

Amazing skeleton knit sculpture

A friend of mine shared this photo of an amazing skeleton knit sculpture by fiber artist Ben Cuevas. You should go check out their website to see more of their incredible artwork.