Colinette’s Arizona Dreams – Lone Star

This week has galloped by – I must be getting old – either that or I am spending too much time knitting in front of the snooker! 

At the beginning of the week - I knitted another strip of my odd ball throw but I am now knitting some samples for Colinette.  The first group of samples are knitted in the Lone Star colour-way using the Grand Teton pattern.  My first sample is shown below:

The following photo shows what this kit looked like when I knitted it in the Sonoran pattern earlier in the month. 

There are 5 Arizona Dreams patterns to choose from.  I think Grand Teton is the easiest to knit.  It reminds me of the Absolutely Fabulous Throw kit that used to be available.  Perhaps I should add at this point that I am not on commission!  I really think that the yarn is beautiful and the kits are very good value.

Knitted Snooker Tea Cosy

I am a big sports fan and my idea of a perfect afternoon is knitting in front of the sport.  The World Snooker Tournament starts this weekend and I intend to spend the following 17 days knitting. 

A couple of years ago I came up with some sports themed tea cosies.  It seems an appropriate time to show you my snooker tea cosy.  Three images of it are shown below:

The reds look a bit odd in the photos – in reality they look better.  The basic tea cosy is a square green shape with a brown trim.  I then knitted the 15 reds for the top – the baulk colours on one side and the blue, red and black on the other.

Colinette Arizona Dreams Throw – Sonoran Design - Finishing Touches

At the weekend, I did manage to finish knitting the main part of the Colinette Arizona Dreams Sonoran throw.  I then needed to do the finishing touches.  This included the triangles that I needed to knit along the side edges.

I also had to sew in all the ends and  then lastly I made 8 curly ques to finish off the long edges of the throw.

This is a close-up of one of the curly ques.  For some reason – they never seem to turn out exactly the same.  I suppose I must twist some more than others.

The photo below shows two curly ques sewn onto the throw.

The throw is now finished and has been posted off to Colinette.  I am thinking about what to knit next and I think will make a start on another strip of the multi-coloured throw that I started last month.

Colinette Arizona Dreams Throw – Sonoran Design

At the moment I am knitting a third Colinette Arizona Dreams throw in the Sonoran design.  This time it is in a colour-way called Lone Star – which is mainly mauves and blues.

I actually knitted this first diamond last Thursday and since then I have set aside my odd ball throw and have knitted a lot more.

I am glad that I spread it out to take some photos because I noticed a mistake I had made!  I have now done some unravelling and am in the process of reknitting a few diamonds.

I am still pleased with my progress, but I will have to pay more attention.  I am very careful when I start - to make sure I am using the right yarn for each diamond, but then I tend to get a bit blasé! 

I hope to finish this throw over Easter weekend and then I can get back to my unfinished projects.