Handspun Fibers

Okay so yesterday I received some amazing yarn!  First of all I'd like to say that I've NEVER used hand-spun yarn or even hand-dyed yarn.  But I seriously LOVE IT!  And I am not quite sure how the heck I'm going to look at yarn the same ever again.  I didn't plan on buying this yarn, I just did it on a whim.  The was an RTS (ready to ship) sale going on one of the Facebook pages I follow and thought, hey, why not?  I just found this yarn to be so pretty in the picture it drove me to buy it.  And I'm SO glad I did.

Hand-spun is money well spent!

Here is a picture of the beginning of my project:

 

I did do some frogging with this yarn and surprisingly (for me) it was fairly easy to rip out.  There isn't much negative I can say about this...I'm IN LOVE with it...so much that I posted a blog page about it!  LOL :)

Here is the finished product (and my youngest son):

I hope all of you who have not tried hand-spun yarns/fibers will give it a go!  I'm glad I did!



I got this yarn at Spun Sugar Yarns.  You can also find them on Facebook here: Spun Sugar Yarns Facebook Page.

St. Patty's Day Shamrock

 

Double Fun Shamrock

 

Hook: H8/5.00mm

Yarn: Worsted Weight

 

Magic Circle

 

Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), 7 dc in circle, sl st in top of ch 3

Round 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each st around, sl st in top of ch 3

Round 3: Ch 9 (first ch counts as first sc) *sk 3 sts, sl st in next st, ch 8, rep from * to beg of round, sl st in first ch.

Round 4: Sl st in first ch-8 sp, ch 1 (counts as first sc), sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc, 3 tr, 2 dc, 2 hdc, 2 sc in same ch-8 sp, (2 sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc, 3 tr, 2 dc, 2 hdc, 2 sc) in each ch-8 sp around.  Sl st in first ch 1.

Round 5: Working in front of clover made sl st around first post (in between first and last petal made), sl st in open dc from round 2, *ch 5, sk 1 dc, sl st in next 2 open dc, rep from * sl st in first ch-5 sp.

Round 6: ch 2 (counts as first hdc), hdc, 2 dc, 1 tr, 2 dc, 2 hdc all in ch-5 sp, (2 hdc, 2 dc, 1 tr, 2 dc, 2 hdc) in each ch-5 sp around, sl st in first ch from beg ch 2. Do not finish off.

 

Stem: ch 10, hdc in 3 ch from hook, hdc in each of next 7 chs, sl st to finish off.

 

Weave in ends. 

 

This pattern has not been tested.  Please let me know if you find any mistakes.

If you tell others about my work, please only link back to my blog, but don't copy my patterns to your site. Also you can sell anything you make from my patterns, but don't sell the free pattern. Thank you! 

 

Enjoy!