Tell me this doesn’t sound amazing: eating dinner by candlelight, feasting on a gilded cake and sipping on Blackberry Whiskey Smashes. It’s an amazing way to ring in a a new decade for photographer and birthday girl Anna Wu Photography. With friends and industry experts Amanda O’Shannessy Creative + Natalie Bowen lending a hand, she threw a party set against a California winter, where al fresco is still a thing. I really didn’t think I liked purple that much, but after seeing this setup I love it! The colors add romance without the need for red and roses. Check out all the images from the party over at Style me Pretty.
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Another Way to Use Up All Your Sock Yarn Scraps
I feel like I’ve been writing a lot lately about projects that are made to use up all your scraps, or that could be adapted to use scraps, because they call for mini skeins and the like.
I have been saying this for years, but I really am trying to use as much of my stash as I can, for economic purposes as much as I just like the idea of using what I have. I like the creative challenge of making a project work with the yarn I already have on hand.
If you happen to have a lot of odd balls in the sock/fingering weight category that at least somewhat coordinate in colors, the All Used Up Shawl might be just the project you need to clear out your stash.
This pattern, designed by Julia-Maria Hegenbart, uses two strands of yarn held together to make a DK weight. Change colors whenever you need to in order to use up all your yarn bits.
The body of the shawl is worked in garter stitch with a deep edging that uses slipped stitches for dramatic effect. It’s an asymmetrical triangle and you can make it any size you like to use whatever scraps you need.
In addition to the shawl itself, you can get a pattern for a coordinating shawl cuff free with the purchase of the shawl pattern, which is available on Ravelry.
This pattern looks so squishy and easy and like it would use a lot of yarn.
This is one where you should definitely look through the finished projects on Ravelry as you are deciding how you want to approach this one. I love the tonal quality of the original, but there are others that use more solid stripes, color blocking, a couple of colors throughout or a wild mix that truly looks like using up oddballs. And they all look great! What kind of magic is that?
[Photo: Julia-Maria Hegenbart]
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