Using some of the leftover yarn from the Stripey Steeky Blanket. Knit during baby shower and while Lisa was in labor to send my positive energy towards her. Plus, while waiting to meet her for the first time. They turned out kinda manta-ray-ish as I wasn’t paying full attention to the increases and decreases. Delivered…
Started for knitting on my Bday extravaganza, which took us to the beach this year. They look like birthday cupcake colors! Knit during the drive AND on the beach with my toes in the sand. Did my standard toe, Judy’s magic cast on with 12 stitches; 2 at a time on 2 circs on my…
using Knit Picks Simply Cotton in the same colors from the blanket, adding a little green tea heather from the stripey steeky blanket for baby C, also due this summer.
Adapting from original pattern to use worsted weight and knit shorter length. k-co 23 stitches for about 3” square blocks. putting totals used for blanket, sweater, and hoodie in this entry for ease of measuring – I didn’t weigh skeins between projects! still need to enter marshmallow, grey, and green tea which are overlapping with…
knitting along with the Knit Knit Cafe podcast KAL. Yarn was purchased at OFFF 2011, and it’s got some silk content like the original pattern. The colorway is Echo, ala Dollhouse. With silver, ooh Shiny! This skein is just a little short for the larger shawl so I did the smaller version. Did one extra…
the cast on is tricky. I kept trying to rotate the work (ala a sock toe) instead of turn. envision making rainbow shaped arcs with the 5-stitch on each end as the tips of the rainbow. Worked on this for one evening, then knitting in, and then I decided I wanted to wear it the…
put the eyes and smile on to finally finish!
a hat to match the Steeked blanket. yes, i’m matching a hat to a blanket. heh! Did a 5-color helix. used decreases set out loosely by the pattern but still in helix colors. made an I-cord with a knot to end the top. the 1×1 rib looked too loose, so I rolled it up and…
Wanted something that would work as a baby dress this summer and then be a tunic as she gets older. Adjusted the pattern to work in the round, be more full of a dress, and have ties instead of shoulder straps. Lace is slightly askew on part of the skirt but it’s not too noticeable….
Saw this pattern on the Yarn Crawl 2012 at Close Knit and had to make it to match the dress already in process. Using more of the sport-weight cotton to make a hat to match the dress/tunic. Adjusting pattern to make it work with the same feather-and-fan spacing of the dress and my gauge from…
