Friday 5 September 2008

New labels and some more knitting


Ooh, look what arrived in the mail yesterday - my new labels from Fancyweaver. They were quite reasonably priced and only took three weeks from the time I placed my order to arrive. After reading about these labels here and here, I knew to ask for extra space on either side of the text so I can easily sew them into seams. I did consider using a different name for my Etsy shop, but nothing I came up with really appealed, and I guess it's easier to just use my blog name. Looking forward to sewing these onto some new things this weekend.

And in knitting news, I've finished another couple of projects:

A shrug for me. The first thing I've knitted for myself that isn't a hat, scarf or gloves! I used this pattern, though I only used it as a guide for the shape. I read on Ravelry that a lot of people found that it came out too small, so I chose thicker wool (10ply), larger needles (8.5mm) and actually made a swatch (gasp!) to figure out my gauge and how many stitches to cast on. Since it's knitted in one piece from the top down it was easy to try it on part-way through to check the fit.


A baby beret. Modelled by Pooh Bear in the absence of a suitable model. This is a Sublime pattern from a new book I picked up on E-bay. Made from 8ply Naturally NZ Merino et Soie. We have a couple of friends who are due to have babies in the next few weeks, so I may give this to one of them if they have a girl.

6 comments:

sewfunky said...

love your new labels! :)

sweetp said...

I love those labels too! And I think your blog name is fantastic and always makes me think fondly of lolly munching in my childhood xx

Anonymous said...

Hi Louise, your labels look awesome. I'm might get some myself, as I think about my Christmas crafting. Twenty Cent Mixture is an entirely appropriate name - very kiwi!

Mon Petit Lapin said...

Ooo great labels! I've been thinking about printing some for a while too.

Cindy Y said...

your labels looks great. They would be scratchy if you saw them on the inside of a garment, would they? I have been thinking about labels but I am trying to find 100% cotton type so far no luck...

Kate said...

I just got some new labels too - yours are great!