White/Grey on White Table Runner

I just love the look of white on white Swedish weaving but I discovered with this project that it looks much better if the pattern is a full and busy one because it shows up better.  The pattern I used here is not full or busy so the white Caron's  Simply Soft Party yarn with a pretty silver thread hardly showed up at all.  I decided to outline the pattern with Simply Soft Part yarn in grey.  It's still difficult to see in the photo but it really is pretty and made a world of difference.

And now on to another project.

Swedish Weaving Lap Afghan For Dee

This is a lap afghan I'm working on for my friend, Dee.  Since I like to alter existing patterns to suit my purpose, I started out with "Cascade", one of only 2 patterns i brought to Florida with me.

As you can see, my alterations, being made up as I go along, are turning out just fine.  This isn't always the case but it's working this time.  I especially love playing around with the diamonds used as filler between the pattern.

The fourth row you see on my work is the center and I haven't yet decided to use the beige or a dark green so I'm waiting to reach that spot in the afghan once again so I can try out the dark green.  I don't want to pull out the beige right now in case it's time and yarn wasted.  I will continue to use the beige for the diamonds.

I'm using Caron Simply Soft yarn in bone, pumpkin, and possibly dark sage...I might not use the sage.  I like to use at least 3 colors in an afghan but I like the way the 2...bone and pumpkin...look right now.  Dee wanted something to go with the brown in her room and I really don't like brown or even working with it.  That said, I've seen some really beautiful Swedish weaving afghans made where the weaver used brown.

I'm also weaving on white monk's cloth and could not have used the bone yarn if I'd chosen the ecru fabric.  It would have disappeared into the cloth.

I'm very much enjoying this pattern I've concocted and am now weaving love into the afghan.

Note:  I've decided to go with just the 2 colors...bone and pumpkin.  I tried inserting some green again and it just didn't look right.

To Outline or Not

Not such a great photo but I hope it shows what I'm doing.  I love the look of white yarn on white fabric and that's how I started this runner.  What I hadn't taken into consideration is that the pattern I'm following is not a busy one and it started to look a little sparse to me.  I'm also using Caron's Simply Soft Party which I'm not thrilled with but all I could find right now with a glitter thread.

While shopping, I noticed that Simply Soft Party also came in a soft grey color so I have outlined the pattern with that grey.  I really like it and will show the completed table runner when I'm done.

I have made afghans using the white on white method and they are gorgeous but the patterns I used were quite busy.  Maybe that's the secret.

Denim Table Runner

Here is my latest project...denim blue monk's cloth with a variegate Simply Soft yarn.  I used the Marquise pattern from the Diamond booklet and altered it just a bit to suit me.

I stay in an RV park in Florida for the winter and had to use the park sewing machine to finish this runner off...not happy with the way it worked because the tension was screwy so I won't be using it again.  We've been told the park is buying 2 new machines for us to use but I'll believe that when I see it.

I really enjoyed the look of the variegated yarn on the denim fabric and would use it again in the future.