Ennea Collective - December

I am so glad I finally get a chance to share the projects for the Ennea magazine from December with y'all!  The theme of the magazine actually got kicked off when I spun up the luxury batts from Funky Carolina that wound up becoming the Kelp Garden Cowl.  I loved this little skein of yarn so much, I knew I wanted to make something very pretty and feminine from it.

 

Big Thank-You to Marcia for testing knitting this for me!  I would rate this project as intermediate - you do need to have a bit of familiarity with lace knitting to read the charts and get the knit-on border done, although it is not difficult once you get started on it.  I think this would be awfully pretty in something like Malabrigo Lace if you aren't a spinner.  Something soft and squishy up next to your face. 

My Caledonia sweater was one of the fastest things I've ever knit.  That one zipped off the needles and I think I had most of it done over a weekend.  I challenged myself on this one by purposefully selecting that cheery yellow-green-blue handpaint, since I normally gravitate away from yellows, and I think it worked really nicely with the more subdued blue.

 

A HUGE thank-you to my SIL for modeling this and the cowl for the magazine, and to my BIL for taking so many great pics of both.  I owe them both a coupla beers for this task!

Finally, my little One Fish, Two Fish hat.  D and I had a fun afternoon along the Rio Grande for this photo shoot.  We got a lot of odd looks from the fly fishermen along the river that day, but that alone was worth it. :)  This one would be great out a spare skein of Noro you have lying around.

 

There's an article in the magazine in our Spinster's Corner on spinning a chained-ply yarn to create a self-striping yarn, complete with a quick video to help you get started if you haven't tried this technique before.

Next issue is due up in mid-February and we've already got another batch of pretty daggone nifty things in the pipeline for that!

All for now..... 

Comments

[Mary Lou]

Nice issue. I am not spinning. No. Go away.

[Kristin]

Love, love, love your new projects in the new issue!

[PumpkinMama]

I already have Caledonia queued, I have the perfect handspun in stash for it, been waiting for just the right project!

[Laurie]

Lovely, especially the cowl. :-)

[Christine]

FABULOUS! :) Love the new issue!

[Marcia]

Great issue, Anne! Merry Christmas to you, Dave, and all the critters!

[Cheryl S.]

I'm not spinning either. But I do really like Caledonia.

[Toby]

I am cracking up at the comments. I keep saying that I am going to spin (only on a spindle though!). Thanks for the ideas for yarn subs!

[margene]

This issue is fabulous! I love the sweater and the cowl, but so much more, too. I just started a spinning project (your mitts) from the last issue! I'll never keep up with you two and all your great ideas.

[Laurie]

You are amazing. And your commenters think that denial will work??