a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/SUbrUr4m62I/AAAAAAAAAvw/twnE_aXHGF8/s1600-h/sm-necklace_poison4.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 378px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/SUbrUr4m62I/AAAAAAAAAvw/twnE_aXHGF8/s400/sm-necklace_poison4.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280166353748552546″ border=”0″ //aI’m definitely enjoying the rain, wishing it might snow a little but, alas, no such luck in Southern California unless you count the mountains. As you know I have a ton of jewelry parts and I was going through them last night for fun. (Fun, i.e. span style=”font-style: italic;”procrastination/span – I’m supposed to learn how to do a provisional cast on but I’ve been avoiding it. Ugh.)br /br /Anyway, I made some pretty stitch markers. I like the idea of combining the stitch markers with a necklace, kind of like a 2-for-1 thing (which is always nice). br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/SUbrVGnoB5I/AAAAAAAAAwA/jjgb1TqvGy8/s1600-h/sm-necklace_poison2.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/SUbrVGnoB5I/AAAAAAAAAwA/jjgb1TqvGy8/s400/sm-necklace_poison2.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280166360925079442″ border=”0″ //aYou can wear each stitch marker (or, hmm, even 2 at once?) as a pendant simply by inserting the toggle into the loop. I made a few of these for span style=”font-weight: bold;”Stitch Austin/span back when I lived in Texas and I always thought I should make more!br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/SUbrUu8658I/AAAAAAAAAv4/qDTaxya6Ai4/s1600-h/sm-necklace_poison3.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/SUbrUu8658I/AAAAAAAAAv4/qDTaxya6Ai4/s400/sm-necklace_poison3.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280166354571945922″ border=”0″ //aI’ve only shown you 1 set here, the a href=”http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18737770″Poison Apple Stitch Marker Necklace Set/a. I have 4 unique sets in a href=”http://fablehandmadegoods.etsy.com”the shop/a. All genuine sterling silver with glass beads. br /br /I’m seriously behind in my blog reading, only lurking here in there. (span style=”font-style: italic;”Hence/span, this is why I know it’s snowing in the PNW via a couple of blogs; I don’t watch/read the news very often.)br /br /I hope you are staying warm, have power and someone to snuggle!

a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/2096915870/” title=”Poison Apple Scarflette pattern – Dead Delicious by The Fabled Needle, on Flickr”img src=”http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2096915870_decf144bc1_o.jpg” alt=”Poison Apple Scarflette pattern – Dead Delicious” height=”496″ width=”400″ //abr /br /I’ve finally got my Poison Apple Scarflette pattern up a href=”http://fablehandmadegoods.etsy.com/” target=”_blank”online/a! It’s has been a long road. This one, above (I’m calling it span style=”font-style: italic;”Dead/span Delicious), is the first one I made up. It’s hard to photograph off-white so I wanted to have another color variation. Enter Misti Alpaca Chunky. Gosh, this yarn is so soft.br /br /Although it doesn’t have the stitch definition of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky and is more “floppy,” it has approximately the same gauge. Actually, I do like how it produces a noticeably different fabric from the Cashmerino. Variety it good!br /br /Here’s the pattern worked up in the Misti Alpaca. I’m calling it Granny span style=”font-style: italic;”Witch/span:br /br /a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/2096915940/” title=”Poison Apple Scarflette pattern – Granny Witch by The Fabled Needle, on Flickr”img src=”http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/2096915940_d12a85f800_o.jpg” alt=”Poison Apple Scarflette pattern – Granny Witch” height=”516″ width=”400″ //abr /br /I’m thrilled with how they turned out. Thanks to my wondrous testers, who helped me get this all finalized and happy. And it has been unanimously decided the pattern works up fairly quick and easy! (Two of my favorite things!)br /br /And for those crocheters not too keen on the apples or just want another look, I’ve included directions and a template for pompom ties. No, I don’t use two rings to make pompoms – this pattern includes a much faster method, in my opinion.br /br /a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/2096140053/” title=”Poison Apple Scarflette pattern – Rose Red by The Fabled Needle, on Flickr”img src=”http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/2096140053_e0db1abf6d_o.jpg” alt=”Poison Apple Scarflette pattern – Rose Red” height=”513″ width=”400″ //abr /br /Looks like Rose Red is enjoying the Christmas decorations!br /br /a href=”http://fablehandmadegoods.etsy.com/” target=”_blank”Visit the etsy shop here./a Hopefully I’ll get the pattern up on my a href=”http://www.fablehandmadegoods.com/” target=”_blank”fable*/a site very soon as well!

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/R0ze0ZSMq5I/AAAAAAAAAEk/_pewAq91MoQ/s1600-h/poisonapplescarflette-web.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/R0ze0ZSMq5I/AAAAAAAAAEk/_pewAq91MoQ/s400/poisonapplescarflette-web.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137726266644671378″ border=”0″ //abr /I’ve been trying to get this pattern out, like, FOREVER, and I’m slowly wrapping things up.br /br /span style=”font-style: italic;”What would Snow White wear if she got a little chilly? Hmmm…/spanbr /br /This pattern is pretty simple. I’m not so much into fancy lace stitches, I’m more interested in the form of a piece. Magnolias, acorns…and now apples!br /br /I’ve just posted in Crochetville a call for testers and I thought I’d ask some of you lovely readers. br /br /strikePlease email me at jennifer [AT] fablehandmadegoods [DOT] com if you are interested. Thanks!/strike span style=”font-style:italic;”Thanks to all who have offered to test this pattern!/span