So the chenille yarn pillow cover is
almost 2/3rds done. It has worked out perfectly! I had 2 full
skeins of Carons Jewel Box chenille, in pearl, and 1 partial skein of
some dark teal/turquoise chenille (no idea what brand or how many
yards)
Skein 1 of the Jewel Box yielded 7
inches (by 16) the teal, 2.25 inches. Now I am on to the second skein
of the Jewel Box—and the result will be an almost perfect 16 X 16
inch square. The chenille will be sewn onto some white cotton, and
then made into a square pillow. Perfect! It matches (sort of) my
bedroom right now, but I plan to remove the wallpaper, (a
blue/green/teal print on cream) and paint the walls teal—one accent
wall a dark teal, the remaining 3 a pastel.
I loved the wall paper when I first saw
it.. and I bought the completed set—wallpaper, edging, sheets,
comforter, shams, dust ruffle and curtains— They are not all one
pattern, but several complimentary prints. One has a cream base and
small print, the other a dark green background and large print. The
sheets combine the two, (as does the wall paper/ and edging paper) I
liked the look—for a while, but now 15 years later, I am bored with
all the matchy-matchy pieces. Solid walls, and colored sheets will
be much easier to accessorize and change. The comforter and curtain
will work well with solid painted walls, but there will still be a
big difference.
The Winter Love Braid Cap is finished,
too. And the pattern is closing in on being done. I will make an
other version in a commercially available worsted weight wool—just
because—and then the pattern will be published. (and another
little bit of stash will be moved to the FO pile.)
I got a few rounds of the sock done,
too. But the yarn is still pink-but the next round will change to
peach—so some, but not much progress—but any progress is
progress. I will concentrate on these socks for the next few
days—before working on the cap. I might even make a third cap,
with another skein of home spun. Maybe a variation—same style, but
change the cable and other minor changes (and bigger!) The cap just
fits my bowling ball head—It would be better just a little bit
larger. And there are other details that would improve the
design—Tweaks—as it were. I might just bundle the 2 patterns
together as an option.
