Diana Poirier

the wedding present…

March 28, 2016Diana Poirier

Hello everyone!

I’ve completed the second cushion of the set for the wedding present for my co-worker.

Here’s the second cushion using the same colours as in the first cushion – chocolate brown and cream. I created the “heathered” look by knitting with the 2 coloured strands at the same time.

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For this cushion cover I used just your basic garter stitch (knitting every row). I used US size 9 needles and casted on 60 stitches of a DK weight yarn. I knit with the two colours of yarn at the same time and continued until the piece measured 30″ in length. The finished cushion is 16″X16″.

Here are the two cushions together.

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Well off to find a box to put them in so I can wrap them up and bring them to work with me tomorrow!

Happy knitting!

a dish towel or 2…

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016Diana Poirier

Hi everyone!

Yes, I’m still working on the second cushion for my co-worker’s wedding present, BUT yesterday I received my order from loveknitting.com and just had to start the project I purchased the yarn for! LOL!

I’ve never knit with cotton before but wanted to give it a try and make some new dish towels for my kitchen. So far, I really like working with the cotton.

Here’s a sneak peek of my soon to be dish towel.

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I’m using “Rico Creative Cotton Aran”.

Well, off to finish the dish towel and the cushion.

I’ll post pictures of both when I’m done.

Happy knitting!

mr. + mrs.

March 14, 2016Diana Poirier

Hi there!

In my last post I mentioned I wanted to make a little wedding gift for one of the girls at work who is getting married at the end of April.

Since I’ve been on a bit of a cushion craze, I thought I would make her a set of cushions.

Here’s the first one in the set.

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I plan on making a second cushion to compliment this one by using the same two colours – cream and dark brown. I’m going to mix the two colours together to create a “heathered” look.

I’ll share photos of the set when I’m all done!

Happy knitting!

I’m finished…

March 8, 2016Diana Poirier

Hey there!

I finished my mock cable cushion cover!

It ended up a bit shorter than my other cushion covers I knitted, but once the cushion was put in and I sewed it up, it looked just fine.

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I used 2 balls (320 yards each) of DK yarn. I double knit using 2 strands of yarn at one time and used US size 9 single pointed needles. I casted on 62 stitches and followed the mock cable pattern until I came pretty much to the end of my yarn.

The yarn that I used (and use for just about every project I make!) is Stylecraft Special DK and I purchase it on line at loveknitting.com.

The mock cable pattern was written out in an earlier post. You can click here to find it!

I was going to start my second matching cushion cover today, but I just found out one of my co-workers is getting married at the end of April and I want to make her a little something. I will share it once it’s finished!

Happy knitting!

Almost finished…

March 7, 2016Diana Poirier

Wow! It’s been awhile since I posted anything!

We’ve had a couple of birthdays around here so had some busy weekends and also I’ve started working more. I work as a part-time administrator at a local greenhouse so of course, in the Spring, we are the busiest!

But, I’ve managed to get in some knitting and am still working away on the cushion cover for my bed. I’m almost finished! My balls of yarn are near the end and it doesn’t look like I will come even close to the 30″ in length I made my other cushion covers. I’m only going to finish the balls and then see how it turns out. There’s a lot of stretch in this pattern so it should be o-kay…I hope! LOL!!

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Well, I’m off to bring my son to guitar and I’m hoping after supper I’ll have time to finish the cushion cover!!

Happy knitting!

A new stitch pattern…

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016Diana Poirier

Hi there!

It’s really snowing and blowing here today so it’s a great day to knit! Well, really every day is a great day to knit, LOL, but more so when the weather is yucky!!

In my last post, I mentioned I wanted to knit some new cushion covers for the throw cushions in my bedroom and wanted something that had a lot of texture. So, I pulled out my knitting books and found this super easy mock cable stitch!!

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For this stitch pattern, I needed to learn a couple of things I didn’t know – “yo” (yarn over needle) and “psso” (pass slipped stitch over). You may have already come across these techniques in other knitting patterns, but I never had. So, I googled them and found some really good YouTube videos that showed me how to do them.

I really like this stitch pattern, so below I have written it out so you can try it too!

Mock Cable

Cast on a multiple of 4 plus 2.

Row 1 (WS): K2, *p2, k2, rep from * across row
Row 2: P2, *k1, yo, k1, p2, rep from * across row
Row 3: K2, *p3, k2, rep from * across row
Row 4: P2, *sl 1, k2, psso both k sts, p2, rep from * across row

Repeat rows 1-4 for pattern.

Happy knitting!

What’s next???

February 21, 2016February 24, 2016Diana Poirier

Hi there.

Here’s a couple of photos of the second infinity scarf I’ve completed as promised.

The request was for purple, so I used a dark Emperor purple and added a band of a neutral colour – Parchment – to give the scarf a bit of pop and break up the purple a bit.

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Now that I’m done this scarf, I have no other requests, so it’s back to working on my blanket (yes, I’ve made some progress on it LOL), and I’ve decided to make some new cushions for my bed. What I haven’t decided on yet is which stitch I’m going to use for them. I want something that has texture and some visual interest. Hmmm?

I hope you’re enjoying your day!

Happy knitting!

They’re done…

February 17, 2016Diana Poirier

Hi everyone!

I’m done the 2 other pairs of slippers I was a making for a couple of girlfriends. I delivered them today so I can share some photos without ruining the surprise!

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The slippers above were double knit using teal and lemon yellow yarn and for the slippers below I used dark purple and lemon yellow. The yarn I used is Stylecraft Special DK and I purchase it on-line at loveknitting.com. They have such a large selection and the yarn is excellent quality.

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These slippers are super easy and fast to make.

You can find the pattern here!

Now I’m off to finish an infinity scarf I was asked to make and maybe take a nap! Everyone here at my house has a cold and no one slept well last night! Well, maybe the puppy did!! LOL!!

Happy knitting!

Cold weather = Gramma Slippers…

February 13, 2016Diana Poirier

Hey there!

I knew it was going to be super cold this weekend so I thought I would treat myself to some cozy slippers! They only took me 1 day to complete. You could have them done sooner if you have no interruptions but we just got a new puppy so I’m interrupted constantly!! LOL!!

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DSCN2657 The slippers are knit using two different colours of yarn at one time. You can find the pattern by clicking here. I added some pom poms on mine. I thought they made the slippers super cute!