Adventures in Intarsia

Now that people have actually started giving me money for the items I make (I am just as shocked as you!), I've been able to experiment more with interesting textures, yarns and patterns. My newest project is a completely improvised intarsia design using (what else?) Knit Picks yarn (this time Vacation in Sunshine and Get Away in Rafting). Both of these yarns are going or are already out of stock over at Knit Picks (it's my habit of getting yarn on sale...) so once my stash is gone that's it. I decided to make this scarf really wide and long, so that it would be nice and bulky. The material is an acrylic/nylon/tactel/cotton blend. It's really soft and bulky to the touch.



The intarsia also produces a magnificent amount of ends I'll need to weave in at the end. I've been trying to do most of them as I go along, since not only are the ends annoying, but they get tangled with the three balls of yarn I happen to have attached to my needles. It's all very exciting.

Speaking of exciting, I discovered a great web service today, and I vow to sign up for it soon! It's called Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/) and it's basically the Ebay of the D.I.Y. folks (I like to include myself under that rubric). Not only will it help with my visibility, but it will enable me to ship all over the county without panicking. Hooray! I've kept away from Ebay because I feel that people go there to find the best price. I just didn't think my items would fetch a fair price there. But with a service like Etsy, people go there for the quality and not the cost, so I'd be much more likely to get the price I want for my stuff. I'll make sure to post a link to any Etsy listings I make for my knitting.

In the meantime, contact me at sweet-avocado@hotmail.com for orders.