Category Archives: Knitting Projects

Projects……

Posted on February 3, 2018 by ThePaintedTiger

Although I’ve been pretty busy with life in general, I have been working on a couple of projects. The latest is when I took this Tiger Club fiber and took it for a spin on my Flat Iron. I made … Continue reading →

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Driftwood Shawl

Posted on June 26, 2015 by ThePaintedTiger

I finished! Here is my shawl, knit from the Tiger Club yarn for February. I hit a few bumps along the way….like the pattern not coming out even when I got to them…..but discovered it was my own silly fault….the … Continue reading →

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Project Round Up

Posted on January 12, 2015 by ThePaintedTiger

I had some time to work on projects over break, and I’m trying to keeping going (moving the computer away from easy reach of my chair has helped.) I finished this Quaker Yarn Stretcher Boomerang shawl first. It was a … Continue reading →

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No Fuss Fractal Loving Forest Shawl

Posted on November 13, 2013 by ThePaintedTiger

Yes, my friends, I actually cast on for a knitting project.  Don’t panic. But let me back up….. I finished spinning my Forest Targhee, which I used a fractal technique for (the link is to prior blog article about spinning … Continue reading →

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Planned Pooling Completion!

Posted on August 25, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

A year ago, I dyed Tiger Club with an eye to making a planned pooling scarf. You can see the beginnings of that in this previous post. Well, I’ve been slogging along on it, on and mostly off, and finally….FINALLY … Continue reading →

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Planned Pooling Project – Third Time’s the Charm

Posted on October 2, 2011 by ThePaintedTiger

Well, hope you enjoyed my trials and tribulations with trying planned pooling with the knitting machine.  Even my seed stitch didn’t work out….pretty, but it was going to end up about 17 inches long….more pillow-cover-ish than scarf-ish.  So on to … Continue reading →

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Tiger Club Reveal – August 2011

Posted on September 12, 2011 by ThePaintedTiger

Time for another reveal!  August was about the waning days of summer, and enjoying those last pretty evenings before we have to worry about bedtimes and homework.  “Sunset over Sage” is a glorious purple-coral-straw sunset over a field of sagey … Continue reading →

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Silk Hankie Gloves Tutorial

Posted on February 5, 2011 by ThePaintedTiger

Join me on a photo tutorial of making gloves from Mawata Silk Hankies!   This project is inspired by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s silk mittens, as you can read about in yesterday’s blog post.  Here are 4 hand dyed hankies, about 1 … Continue reading →

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Mawata Silk Hankies : Project Inspiration!

Posted on February 4, 2011 by ThePaintedTiger

I’ll admit, I don’t always keep up on the knitting community, especially now that I’ve discovered spinning and weaving.  During my Ravelry forum wanderings yesterday, something caught my eye.  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (aka the Yarn Harlot), blogged about some lovely mittens … Continue reading →

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