Benita is dying and selling yarn. Insert link here And sent me a bag of odds and ends of her naturally dyed Shetland to make her a tea cozy. My first finished object of 2011 is a Faire Islereversible cozy. The Indigo was a great base color, the yarns were fabulous to work with, and I really had more fun than ought to be legal. Here's the side with copper and tan and greens and orange.
And here's the side with shades of cochineal and something that makes a lovely shades of purple. And a scrap of green left over from the other side. Isn't it fun how different colors make that one band of pattern look different?
I had fun finding buttons for the top, too, and got lost in my button stash for a while, looking for just the right ones.
It went out in the mail today, Benita. Keep an eye open for it.
Last, but certainly not least, here is Ben working on his own cozy. He does not appreciate the papparazzi intruding on it.
So on the first work day of the new year, I hopes you all has a cozy to go home to.
Oooh, pretty colors!
ReplyDeleteBen looks so cute.
SQUEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it! I don't know which side I like best, so they'll both get used alternately. I have got to learn how to knit Fair Isle.
ReplyDeleteThe purple on the one side is some alkanet root.
Aww.. You did such a pretty job. I may have to take a tea pot to work to have it ready to wear it's new sweater when it arrives. Thank you from the bottom it my heart, Roxie.
I was talking with 4th graders about the cozy today. For some it involved pets and video games for others it was an unending supply of Legos. For me it was a secret glimpse into a kid who is nine.
ReplyDeleteBoth sides are beautiful and obviously will be much appreciated :-)
ReplyDeleteThe cozy is beautiful - much more impressive than my hat!!!
ReplyDeleteYour beautiful knitting bring back so many memories as a child sitting at my mothers knee.
ReplyDeleteAs for Ben he looks so cosy SMILEEEE.
Before I started reading I thought they were hats and thought, "how colorful and pretty!"
ReplyDeleteLove all the colors, especially the blue with pink--two of my favorite colors
The cozy is wonderful! You are a clever girl :)
ReplyDeleteBen is one handsome boy. Love the baskets you have around for the kitties.
Nice job on the cozies.
ReplyDeleteThe cosy is a work of art! I know that Benita will love using it.
ReplyDeleteBen is SO adorable. SUCH the cutie.
ReplyDeleteAnd that first hat/cozy is fantastic. LOVE the bright colors. It would make a colorful hat, just right for a snow ball fight. Or, for keeping a tea pot warm and cozy.
Benny is adorable! Your colorwork is amazing! I especially love the colors of the side in the top picture.
ReplyDeleteI just have to tell you one more thing...the way you started this blog post "Benita is dying and selling yarn," I first took as saying she is dying, and selling yarn. I thought Oh Poor Benita! How sad. She is dying....
ReplyDeleteLOL
Glad her yarn is the only thing dying!
Oh, purty-- and Ben looks so cozy... he can afford a little paparazzi coverage, because he's just so handsome, it was bound to happen!
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