Wednesday, August 24, 2016

A Knit Top Fit For a Mermaid


 I'm gradually working through my Vogue Knitting Live purchases. If you remember from a few months ago, I fell in love with this yarn (Bubblegum Blues by Oink Pigments) for it's bubblegum yumminess...

And all of the beautiful White Lies Designs patterns, but especially the one on the bottom right (the Kate Bustier), because it looks like something Ariel might wear in the The Little Mermaid!


Mix them together, along with some fancy blue buttons from Joann's and some magical, floaty, cobweb-weight Kid Seta for the top part, and you have...

A bubblegum-colored top fit for a mermaid!


I love the way it turned out! What do you think?

Just keep swimming,

Assunta

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Surprise! A Light Box!

This is the surprise I was hinting at a couple of weeks ago. I finally bought a light box!

With light box
It's just the most simple, tent-style version you can get, but look how much better the colors and details of this yarn look! I'm very excited for how this little investment will help my projects shine in my blog and my Etsy shop.

Without light box
And yes, I'm still working on plying my blue alpaca yarn from Tour de Fleece. I'll admit my motivation has gone down since the Tour ended, but I am happy with how it's turning out. I decided to ply two strands of the blue with one strand of silver thread. It's one of my favorite color combinations, as some of you may know.

Have a great week!

-Assunta



Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Teaser

I've been adding a lot to my crafting tool box lately. This week I ordered a cool new thing to help me with my Etsy shop, and I can't wait to show you what it is!

Other than that, I don't have much news. I still have a few projects going, but I think I'm going to wait until next week to share my progress. Hopefully you'll see why!

Have a great week,

Assunta