Ribbon Triangles

I wanted to make something fun for Ms. Mary, my daughter's ballet teacher, and chose the "Ribbon Triangles" pattern and Tartellete ribbon yarn, both from Knit One Crochet Two and both from Holly Spring Homespun. A pair of size 17 needles and a weekend later, I was done!

The intriguing part of this pattern is that the scarf self-fringes. You knit a giant triangle and then drop stitches - on purpose! - along one edge. I'm sure this is old hat (or scarf!) to you Clap-ers, but I was so amazed, I took pictures!

Here's the end of the big triangle, and the four victim stitches:

Here are the stitches on the loose (I left the needles close by in case I got cold feet!):

And the fringe begins! The unravelling was really fun.

And here is the final product:

I'd make this scarf again with no worries. It knits up really quickly and makes a nice size triangular scarf for only two skeins of yarn. The pattern can also be extended to a shawl by using four skeins, but I would think that with the fringes, it might be a bit much, especially as Ms. Mary is a tiny person.

Hope she likes the scarf version!

Erin Go Braugh!

If indeed the saying means "Ireland Forever", then I'm not late posting these pics. If it means, "Blogger go Bad", then that would work too. Had the hardest time uploading photos last week, so now I have a bit of a backlog.

Growing up, St. Patrick's Day was an annual event featuring the traditional foods. My favorite was the Irish Soda Bread (mostly because of the butter rubbed on the top of the warm loaf and the sugar sprinkled on top of it). It wasn't until I was an adult that I discovered that it is supposed to have raisins in it. My dad hates raisins, so he adjusted the recipe to suit him. That's what I like about the holiday, you can adjust whatever you'd like to celebrate your own way (like posting pictures a week late!).

Here's my finest loaf. Three batches, each completely different, one inedible, and this was the tastiest. Too bad it went to friends - except for that little strip in the middle. Quality control is important, right?

I also cranked out a shamrock washcloth out of Peaches 'N Cream. It is posing beside the blooming hyacinths.

And here is my loveliest leprechaun:

This is my view sitting across from her at breakfast. She's eating her oatmeal and milk (both turned green by the leprechauns), in front of the windows decorated with shamrocks (also the leprechauns), wearing her Irish shirt and green beribboned ponytail holder, while checking out the lap book we made about St. Patrick's Day (that was also visited by the leprechauns). That's a lot of Irish!