Temperature Scarf ~ New CAL/KAL Mystery

There is a new mystery to make... the Temperature Scarf. 

You can either do the CAL - Crochet-a-long, or the KAL - Knit-a-long, or do both.

They gave instructions to do this for every month of the year, at least 2 rows per day for each temperature color.  You assign yarn colors based in certain temperature ranges.

However, I guess you can modify this any way you want, including the colors you want to use, or how often to knit or crochet a temperature (perhaps weekly), or different stitches to use.  

Instructions are posted at:
Bernat Temperature Scarf

2012 Mystery Afghan

Starting tomorrow, February 15th, Bernat yarns will be posting patterns for the 2012 Mystery Afghan Knit-Along & also for the Mystery Afghan Crochet-Along. 

Weekly clue releases and video tutorials will be posted on their website at:
www.bernat.com/forums

Trying New Things

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? 

September brought a month of trying something new.   As a basic, simplistic knitter, I've not attacked anything harder than the typical knit hat, potholder, or slippers. 

I found a cute turkey baby bib pattern, and some projects with owls on them.  Sounds like great fall projects to try and make. 

Gobble Turkey Bib

Following the patterns was not as difficult as I thought, and even though it may take some extra time in learning something new, the results are worth the effort.

Knit Baby Hat

Making little baby hats for charity is fun, and rewarding.  

The little baby hats can be made quickly.  A great project for an evening watching movies at home.

Newborn Knit Hat ~ in progress

Simple pattern:

Ribbing:  K2, P2, across
Rows:  K1, P1, across.   Add colors of yarn to make interesting strip patterns.
Sew seam.

Blue and Purple Knit Scarf

A simple and easy project that works up easily is knitting a scarf.

Various types of yarn add interest, textures and color to the scarf

I had some TLC Amore yarn in a denim blue color (discontinued?) that I wanted to compliment with some shades of lovely lavender.  Stella has a sparkly light purple, and Baby Bee has a thin bumpy yarn similar to TLC Amore. Add in a splash of a purple section of Fun Fur near the ribbing, and it is starting off looking great.  

Knit Scarf ~ in progress

Ribbing:   K2, P2, across.
Rows:  K1, P1, across.    Add stripes evenly throughout the length of the scarf.
When you reach the middle of the scarf, reverse the direction of the stripes, so it will look correctly when hanging from the neck.

Charity Project: Project Linus

Join the Knit & Crochet-along for Project Linus

Starting February 28^th, 2011 Bernat will be hosting the Crochet-along & Knit-along in support of Project Linus!

Charity Project - "Caps for Good"

Please join me in a wonderful project to make Baby Caps for newborns in the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America through a joint effort from Save the Children and Warm Up America organizations.  This is being sponsored by Michael's craft stores.

In many developing countries, something as simple as a knit or crocheted cap can help
the baby keep warm, which is key to helping newborns survive. Nearly 4 million babies die each year in their first month of life - half within their first 24 hours.  

To download free patterns and instructions:
http://www.goodgoes.org/caps



I will start shipping out knitted or crocheted baby hats that I've made, or have collected from friends, on the 3rd Saturday of each month, starting on September 25th. I hope that many will also join in this effort and collect hats from your friends and co-workers and ship them to this organization.  It is a great way to involve the community in giving back to these precious little babies. This project ends in late February.

Happy Blessings! 

(FREE PATTERNS added here in the COMMENTS section. Click on the COMMENTS link.  Do you have a free pattern (knit or crochet) for a newborn baby hat that you want to share?  Add as a Comment, or send your pictures of your completed hats to bitsofblessings [at] gmail [dot] com    They will be shown on the blog.)