Another Computer Crash and New Cowl

Yes, I have had my computer crash yet again.  This time I decided I needed a new one and bought one last Friday.  I love the new computer but still hope to be able to fix the old one.  I miss my big monitor and sadly I had not backed up my photos from 2011.  The rest were all copied on USB drives.  So, sadly all the new coffee cup cozies and the new cowl photos are not available; I had erased them from the camera memory card as well.

So, here is the new cowl pattern. The pictures I wanted to show you of it in progress are not available but here are the photos of the finished cowl.

The first one is knit with 100% acrylic yarn from La Bobineuse in colours of royal blue, green, grey, brown and taupe.

 

This second cowl is knit with 100% acrylic yarn in a blue-green colour.

The last one is knit with a mushroom coloured 100% acrylic yarn.  The stitch pattern used to knit these cowls is very lovely I find.  I like the fact it looks the same on both sides.

21 Sales in my shop

Today I had my 20th and 21st sale in my Etsy shop. Youppi! for moi! The cable and lace slim scarf has been my best seller so far; I have knitted new colours and some with added fringe.

I must one day knit these adorable mice I found on Fuzzy Thoughts http://blog.fuzzymitten.com/2009/11/holiday-mice.html They are absolutely cute. They look like an incredibly easy and quick knit! I just wish I could find time with all the knitting I have to do for my Etsy shop not that I am complaining things are going so well.

Black scarves

Lately I have had orders to knit scarves in black; one cabled and the other lace. The cabled one was a nice and quick knit although I did have a hard time finding a nice yarn I wanted to work with. It is now enjoying its new home in New York City.


For the lace scarf I knew exactly what yarn I wanted to use from La Bobineuse and it turned out gorgeous. It is a nice simple lace pattern but knitting in the black and with the 3-ply yarn was a bit of a challenge. This one is enjoying its new home in the vicinity of Québec City.