I
decided to go for it and see about selling my patterns. We will see if it is
worth it or not. I put the Oquirrh Mountain Shrug pattern for sale on Ravelry.
You can see it on my pattern page. I think I might try posting it on Craftsy
too when I have time. It really is a beautiful shrug I hope the pictures show
it off well. It is hard to tell because I am jaded with seeing it so much.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Shrug Love
I
finished the shrug and love it! I need to get a picture of it being worn but I
did make the small one so my 14-year-old niece needs to model it. I think I
will wait to publish the pattern until I can get some good picts of it being
worn. I am also toying with the idea of charging a small fee for the pattern.
It’s a big step but would be a big help finances-wise for me. Stay tuned for
better pictures and a pattern.
Monday, December 17, 2012
New Cable Pattern for Oquirrh Shrug
I didn’t like the cable
pattern after all so I changed my idea for the cable pattern and did a swatch.
And I started the shrug
I calculated two sizes and I
am knitting the smaller one because I am not sure I dyed enough yarn. I will
have to have my niece model it again I think. It is a quick knit with the bulky yarn so I will be done in no time.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Oquirrh Mountain Shrug
Here is my first sketch of a
shrug. I am thinking of an allover cable pattern which I represented by a bunch
of squiggles in my sketch.
I want to use a cable
pattern similar to this in order to mimic the great canyons of the Oquirrh
Mountains:
I will do a swatch to see if
I like the cable pattern in this bulky wool.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Turmeric dye
I bought some bare Wool of
the Andes in bulky from Knit Picks and dyed it with Turmeric. Look how beautiful!
I think I want to make a
shrug that can be worn over another sweater and coat. Something that will keep
me warm when I go out to sketch in the Oquirrh Mountains again. I enjoyed the
simplicity of the tube hood I made for the West Desert, and I think a tube
shrug will show off a complicated cable pattern that I have in my head. So
another tube it is. Maybe someday I will branch out of the tube.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Oquirrh Mountains
As
I mentioned a few months ago, I was in the West Desert and was struck by the
Oquirrh Mountains as seen from the Tooele side and how beautiful they were.
With the subtle shades of yellow grass and brown dirt making shadows in the
ridges and canyons, the view was inspiring. I definitely want to make something
that can echo those shades in the ridges and I was thinking of cables.
Something with cables made in yellow.
The
Oquirrh Mountains make up the range of mountains that border the west side of
Salt Lake County. They are the mountains we always see at sunset. Although the
Wasatch Front (the mountains on the east side of Salt Lake County) are the
western-most edge of the Rocky Mountains, the Oquirrhs are pretty tall
themselves. The name is pronounced like “Ochre” but it has nothing to do with
the mineral or the color. The name comes from a Goshute word meaning “Wooded
Mountain.” With canyon names like Yellow Fork Canyon and Butterfield Canyon,
the idea of yellow has always been associated in my mind with the Oquirrhs.
The
turmeric dyed silk I did for the West Desert Hood was so vibrant and rich I
think I want to try dyeing some wool with it. I will need to find some undyed
wool to begin the experiment.
Off
to buy wool! So excited.
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