Marie Leonard

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Knitting: Tote
Uses 7 skeins of Cascade 220 Wool. The example shown used one full skein of black, and partial skeins of the other shades. Other items needed are 8 extra large grommets to string handles through bag. Pattern includes tutorial on mosaic knitting.
Crochet: Rug
I saw this stitch used on a dishcloth and thought it would make a nice bathmat.
Knitting: Tote
“Shirley” is a fulled (“felted”) bag that uses eight colors of Cascade 220, a 100% Peruvian Highland Wool yarn that fulls beautifully. The color patterning is done using mosaic slip stitch patterns (as they were first called by Barbara Walker). This is a very simple yet very effective method of doing color work that requires that you work with ...
Knitting: Backpack
“Jodie” is a fulled (“felted”) backpack that uses eight colors of Cascade 220, a 100% Peruvian Highland Wool yarn that fulls beautifully. The color patterning is done using mosaic slip stitch patterns (as they were first called by Barbara Walker). This is a very simple yet very effective method of doing color work that requires that you work wi...
Knitting: Shrug / Bolero
The Graduate is a shrug constructed of two simple garter-stitch rectangles with no increasing or decreasing for shaping, making it a good project for those knitters who are ready to “graduate” from knitting scarves! Part of the design also relies on using increasingly larger needles to produce “graduated” stripes – so you and your knitting are ...