Patriotic Boat-bottom Bag
Started May 13 or 14th. Similar to my craft bag, but with some ribbony yarn carried along side. The small bag is all ribbon, and the large bag has ribbon stripes.
Finished
Strawberry Wyrvens
First try at 2 socks on 2 circs toe up with a figure 8 cast on! Worked on this during the Stephanie Pearl-McPhee talk on Earth Day. In Kingdom Hearts, there is an enemy called a Wyvern. I originally thought it said Wyrven (rhymes with Swervin’) and so that’s what I called them. I still…
Flower Washcloth
I had this yarn sitting around from a clearance sale, and I needed to make something for my brother’s girlfriend. This was a pattern I’d seen at the library and really liked. I think I’d like to try making it again in the actual yarn it calls for, but hopefully this will soften up and…
Striped Garterlac
I didn’t have a recipient in mind, I just needed something to do while on a trip. And I wanted to see how Stripes worked out in this pattern. Pretty cool actually, a pleasing color scheme and a nice knit. I did the picking up a little nicer this time around; by going into more…
Sarah slippers
I wanted some basic slippers. Sarah admired my library slippers with the fuzzy top and the padding in the bottom, so I wanted those to be elements of these socks too. I did short row toes and heels similar to Knitty’s Twinkle toes and then added eyelets so a piece of yarn could be woven…
Mr DarkGreenjean socks
Finished, April 21. These were toe-up. I did a short row toe, and a heel with a gusset to better accentuate the cable on the side. Not-so-noticeable flaw: I started the first sock with the first cables being twisted every 4 row. Somewhere around the third repeat, I got off on my counting and did…
Neopolitan Knitting Bag
I took this pattern as inspiration and made it my own with a custom bottom, working circularly instead of flat, and eyelets for a drawstring before the handles. Bottom notes: I used short rows to make the center of the base be wider. Then I used short rows on the sides to create a boat-like…
Baby Slip-stitch Mittens
This pattern is one I came up with after reading a variety of baby mitten patterns and about 4 attempts at the first mitten to get the proportions correct for where the thumb goes. I’d like to write it up and make it available, but haven’t done that yet. It’s a slip stitch pattern rather…
basic hat for Jon
Finished, December 8, redid the head between Christmas and New Years. Made this slightly bigger because Jon’s head was bigger than some peoples. Adjusted the stripes to be larger instead of repeaty. Can’t wait to see how it fits! This pattern was really easy, and definitely what’s I’d recommend for a basic hat. Full changes…
Pink stretchy ballet slippers and legwarmers
When I realized I wouldn’t have enough yarn to make purple slippers, I went for an elasticy yarn I knew I could get locally. Also some legwarmers to go with this out of the same Cascade Fixation with other worsted weight yarns (Wool Ease in a Lilac, Light Rose Heather, pink, and yellow; KnitPicks Swish…