Valley Yarns on Ravelry #12 – Charlemont for Accessories
I’m wrapping up the Valley Yarns Charlemont series with a collection of great projects, many of them available for free on Ravlery. There are cozy socks, cute fingerless mitts, a lacy shawlette, and two self-designed weaving projects. Really nice work everyone.
Bouton d’or socks by Nicole Masson, knit by klynnknits
(pattern available for free on Ravelry)
Elm by Cookie A, knit by chapala
(pattern from The Knitter’s Book of Socks)
Stepping-Stones by Clara Parkes, knit by tinkrbell
(pattern from The Knitter’s Book of Socks)
Straightforward Mitts by Simone Draeger, knit by MissusVonkysmeed
(pattern available for free on Ravelry)
Gallifrey by Velma Aho, knit by Nileinthesky
(pattern available for free on Ravelry)
Holden Shawlette by Mindy Wilkes, knit by whylion
(pattern available for free on Ravelry)
Waffle Scarves, woven by carpeyarnum
(Leslie Ann combined random skeins of fingering weight yarn for the warp and used a single color of Charlemont in the weft.)
Defense Against the AC Shawl woven by knit4fun972
(Joanne gives details of her shawl on her Ravelry page.)
All of this love for Valley Yarns Charlemont has got me itching to start another project using this yarn. I’ve knit and crocheted with it. I think it’s time to finally trying weaving with it too. Leslie Ann has created some spectacular woven pillows using Valley Yarns Charlemont Hand Dyed. She’s working on writing up a draft for them now. Maybe that should be my next project.
What would you like to make with Charlemont?
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Tags: knitting patterns, Valley Yarns Charlemont, Valley Yarns on Ravelry, weaving
February 7th, 2012 at 2:40 am
I’m using Charlemont for the primary color in weaving a scarf in my clan tartan. It’s soft and lustrous, while the 40% silk and poly reduce the elasticity found in a 100% wool yarn, making it great for weaving. I’m getting a nice, even twill beat at 15 epi, which helps a lot, as tartan has to be symmetrical. Really nice to work with!