This is a very simple baby cardigan from the Vogue: On the Go series, Baby Knits. It is knit all in one piece with just the sides and underarms seamed up at the end. I made the 6 month size and I think it came out a bit more on the 6 to 9 month scale which is perfect come fall and winter for the new one. I used LB Microspun as called for in the pattern and a size 7 circular needle. I definitely like it better in the purple than in the red shown in the book. I also love the buttons. They were a pack of 8 in the dollar bin at Michael's and the perfect combo of colors if I do say so myself. My seaming skills still need (a lot of) work but nothing like practice to make them better.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Purple is my fave
This is a very simple baby cardigan from the Vogue: On the Go series, Baby Knits. It is knit all in one piece with just the sides and underarms seamed up at the end. I made the 6 month size and I think it came out a bit more on the 6 to 9 month scale which is perfect come fall and winter for the new one. I used LB Microspun as called for in the pattern and a size 7 circular needle. I definitely like it better in the purple than in the red shown in the book. I also love the buttons. They were a pack of 8 in the dollar bin at Michael's and the perfect combo of colors if I do say so myself. My seaming skills still need (a lot of) work but nothing like practice to make them better.
Fun little knit...
This is a quick little knit I did to dress up a bear for the Camp Erin bears that are given out to the campers. I used a pattern supplied by my LYS, the Knitting Bee. The grey and red yarn is some Encore and the blue is LB Worsted Wool-Ease. The button I found at Jo-anne's. I really enjoyed making something so small and fast and may have time to do another before the deadline, maybe something in orange with fun fur.......hmmm, now the ideas are churning.....first I need to finish updating the blog though.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Photo and Finish Free
Well this is just a WIP post, no photos and no FO's. We are getting ready to have our second little one and I think the hormones have turned me into a "starter" because I keep casting on without finishing things and usually i have only 2, maybe 3, things going and get one or two finished before starting others, but right now, well lets see.....
1. Pedicure/Spa socks found in SpunMag
I am using Cascade fixation in a lime green color and just a regular 2 x 2 ribbing for the top, no the cable cast on. I have 2/3 of the first one done.
2. Widdershins: I have one completed and haven't started the next. Somehow they ended up way too big for my size 8 feet so I will gift them to my sister, maybe for Christmas, so no rush on them. I am using Brown Sheep's Wildefoot in Vinca Minor, a very pretty pure purple color on size 2 dpns
3. Another pair of Horcrux in Sockotta, a blue/gray/purple colorway, for myself. Boy am I being selfish with the socks for myself lately, huh? They are only 1/3 of the way done on first sock, again on #2 dpns.
4. A set of baby bibs using Sugar and Cream cotton for my cousin's little girl, very cute, simple construction, will post pic when they are done.
5. The Zodiac sleepsack that is in the current edition of Knitty. I am doing this without the zodiac symbol though so just plain sugarplum lavendar Cotton-ease. I am all done except for applying the I-cord trim and attaching a zipper. I keep putting it off because it looks like I should have made the next size up based on baby's current inutero size. Oh well, someone I know will have a normal size baby someday
As always, I also have a dishcloth on the needles, so easy to do especially when tired in front of TV and I fall asleep with the needles and yarn in hand (yep, it happens ALL the time lately). Just finished the mid-June KAL from MonthlyDishclothKAL yahoo group. I also joined Dish Rag Tag. It seems like it's going to be a fun race/swap thing.
that's about it for now.....as soon as I download more photos, I will post a couple finished objects.
1. Pedicure/Spa socks found in SpunMag
I am using Cascade fixation in a lime green color and just a regular 2 x 2 ribbing for the top, no the cable cast on. I have 2/3 of the first one done.
2. Widdershins: I have one completed and haven't started the next. Somehow they ended up way too big for my size 8 feet so I will gift them to my sister, maybe for Christmas, so no rush on them. I am using Brown Sheep's Wildefoot in Vinca Minor, a very pretty pure purple color on size 2 dpns
3. Another pair of Horcrux in Sockotta, a blue/gray/purple colorway, for myself. Boy am I being selfish with the socks for myself lately, huh? They are only 1/3 of the way done on first sock, again on #2 dpns.
4. A set of baby bibs using Sugar and Cream cotton for my cousin's little girl, very cute, simple construction, will post pic when they are done.
5. The Zodiac sleepsack that is in the current edition of Knitty. I am doing this without the zodiac symbol though so just plain sugarplum lavendar Cotton-ease. I am all done except for applying the I-cord trim and attaching a zipper. I keep putting it off because it looks like I should have made the next size up based on baby's current inutero size. Oh well, someone I know will have a normal size baby someday
As always, I also have a dishcloth on the needles, so easy to do especially when tired in front of TV and I fall asleep with the needles and yarn in hand (yep, it happens ALL the time lately). Just finished the mid-June KAL from MonthlyDishclothKAL yahoo group. I also joined Dish Rag Tag. It seems like it's going to be a fun race/swap thing.
that's about it for now.....as soon as I download more photos, I will post a couple finished objects.
Backwards Bag
This is a string/mesh bag that I knit while the yahoo Knittingparents group was doing a KAL...the pattern I used can be found here. I say it is backwards because I didn't realize until after I gave it to my MIL for mother's day that I had seamed it together with the wrong sides facing, not that the seams are that noticeable due to the mesh pattern, so she just kept the right side out anyway, but I think this picture is of the wrong side out....oh well...I used Peaches and Cream cotton yarn in a country blue color and kept the original cast on number of 45 stitches instead of 35 like she suggests. It was a fairly quick knit even for me and I will probably do at least onee other for myself soon.
My first swap
Even though I knit all the time and read tons of blogs and belong to a few yahoo KAL groups, I had never done a swap until this spring. It was the quarterly swap for the Monthly Dishcloth KAL group and it was so much fun....I will definitely do it again. Anyway, my very generous package came from Barbara in Tennessee. She included two soft dishcloths with a matching kitchen hand towel and som extra "twist" S&P yarn for me to use along with a sample of teas and little lotion for my knitting notions bag. I really like the colors (coral and cream) and they are nice large cloths for dishes.
More socks....
These are from a Fiber Trends pattern, Butterflies and Blossoms, using Louet Gems fingering weight in a pretty aqua color. I used about 1 and 2/3 skeins on size 2 and 1/2 crystal palace dpns for size 8 women's feet. I liked doing these because it was really easy to make them the same size just by making sure I had the same number of repeats of the butterflies. I have decided though that lace socks don't look fabulous on my wide feet.
These are a pair of socks for my hubby done in LB's Magic Stripe yarn in the Lumberjack colorway. They actually have a cool pattern in them, the Horcrux pattern from the SixSoxKAL group, but you can't see it at all in the picture. This took a full skein plus a bit extra from a second skein to make for his size 12 feet. Very warm socks.
A whole lotta stuff
So I kind of dissappeared from this blog shortly after creating it but want to try and be much better at updating it. That being said, I have a whole bunch of photos of stuff I've knit in the last few months and now I am going to thrust it all into blog land. Here goes......
This is a set of felted pot holders I made for my MIL's birthday last november. They are from a pattern found in an issue of the UK mag Simply Knitting-September issue maybe? I used the Rowan Big Wool on size 17 needles. My front loader took a few extra cycles to get the felting but they seem to work wonderfully to protect her hands in the kitchen.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Crater Lake
Explaining to us why he had to "play" with the tree. This was all about an hour before he fell face forward on a sharp lava rock and missed stabbing his eye by less than an millimeter.
Wizard Island
This is the munchkin playing with some sticks on Wizard Island at Crater Lake this past September.
M's halter top
I made this little halter for a freind's baby girl. Very cute and easy, from the Katja pattern on knitty.com. I used the same cotton the pattern calls for and the same needles (I can't remember right now all the details and I am too lazy/busy? to go look). It's one of those things that is cute to make and might be wearable on a SUPER hot day where you have to put something on the baby, but really not that practical overall. Still fun to do though.
Fetching don't ya think
Fetching, from Knitty.com, done in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, in a dusky dark blue. Used exactly 1 whole skein for the set and I only did two rounds of the cableing (the pattern calls for three) so I would suggest 2 skeins just in case. Also, I used size 7 dpns instead of 6's. I should have done the 6's because these are a bit looser than I would've like. I'll know for next time.
Red scale sox
This is the Scale Skin Sox pattern from the SixSoxKAL group. I did them in Wildfoote Luxury Sock yarn in blue-blood red (Brown Sheep Yarn Co.) on size 2 dpn's. I started with Brittany Birches but after 3 broke I switched to Crystal Palace and they were much stronger needles in my opinion. One day I'll take a better picture that shows the "scales".
Munchkin in Hoodie
So here is the hooded tunic on the recipient, my munchkin. It fits very well with enough room to last through the winter, early spring and maybe even enough for next fall, we'll see.
Toddler Hooded Tunic
I completed this about a month ago. It is Big Mexico yarn (by Schoeller and Stahl? ) and it took me about 6 and 1/2 skeins on size 8 circulars. The pattern is from Pure and Simple and is knit in the round from top down with a kitchener stitch to finish the hood. Went pretty fast for me, about a month of an hour or two in the evenings. I am really happy with the results. This is only the second sweater I've done and it's much better than the first.
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