Category: Craftiness

I had a friend over yesterday for a craft day. Having spent the last 6 months eyeball-deep in being a first year grad student, I have not had much time to unpack and organize, let alone actually do, any of my crafting. When my friend arrived I was unable to find any knitting needles. Piles and piles of yarn, but no needles were in sight. I couldn’t do any of my sewing projects because the new presser foot I had ordered had not arrived yet in the mail [it has now arrived, so I have something to blog about next time!]. Finally, a few hours into our visit, I found one set of double-pointed 8’s in a bag of some project I had never started.

I decided to make some fun, holiday-esque i-cord necklaces. I had seen a similar pattern on ravelry for $5.00 and thought I could just wing it myself. With some leftover yarn and my found needles, I created some very nice, quick jewelry!

The yarn, needles, and the beginning of a third necklace.

Finished i-cord necklaces.

Then today, I decided I would make some matching bracelets.

Three i-cord bracelets to match.

To make this fun jewelry I used: 2 double-pointed size 8 needles, 2 dk-weight yarns (one was probably a heathered cascade 220, I don’t know what the other was), and some glittery yarn. I knit with one of my solid colored yarns together with the glittery yarn to create the fun sparkle effect. I just created the i-cord by knitting 3, pushing the yarn down to the other end of the needle and knitting across again (without reversing the knitting). I just continued this until it reached the desired length. Simple, quick, and fun! Now I have something sparkly to wear to the Nutcracker.

Cheers!