Completed Knitting

Lately, I’ve been finishing projects! I don’t know if it’s the determined frame of mind, or the new yarn… but I’m going to run with it while the motivation lasts….

 

I had to adjust the pattern because I knit pretty loose… and maybe the yarn was just too bulky for this pattern… so, I recalculated everything and cast on 30 to start for the back.   Everything went well until the hat… Or maybe I just don’t remember how big baby’s heads are, but it seems like the hat is huge, even with the pointy little accent on top.

Now to start one in pink.

Pattern - "Red, Set, Go Cardigan" by Sharon Turner from the Monkeysuits: Sweaters & More book (affiliate link).

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What’s Blue & White & Striped All Over?

Free pattern from Lion Brand website.
 
Cute, fun, project to use up bits of yarn.  I’m going to make some more animals with this basic circle shape as a starting point.

The project on Ravelry.com.

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Delicious Baby Booties

I adore these booties, they were so much fun to make. Pattern is Saartje's Bootees. I used Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino Wool. When I went to the yarn shop, I browsed and browsed, but kept coming back to this yarn, it was so delicious. The shop owner warned me that I'd be addicted & she was right. They're perfectly squishy & I'm trying to figure out what I can make with the remains of this skein.

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Finished baby sweater gift

I wish I had looked at the photos before packing the sweaters up - I would've liked some better pics to save. These sweaters were really fun to work on. I guess the problem with forgetting the pink border turned out ok - if I had knit the ribbing with that yarn, it would have been wonky - the gauge was different and I probably would've knit too much to want to take out and start over before realizing it. Now onto the next project!

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Gift Baby Bolero completed!

Someone donated some Merino Wool at the library, so I will donate the things that I make with it.



Pattern is Baby Bolero from the book One Skein by Leigh Radford (affiliate link). Very cute.

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Knitting Today

I got these beautiful Noro yarns after seeing an adorable baby sweater at a yarn shop while on vacation. The pattern is the cover sweater of the Filatura di Crosa Baby...Toddler... Spring/Summer 2006 booklet. The green one has been knit up, and I will begin the purple tomorrow - both will be trimmed in the pink yarn. They will be for a friend expecting twins this fall (who I'm hoping doesn't read this blog!)

The yarn shop was this one I found in Nyack, NY & the owner was so helpful and friendly. That means a lot to me when I go into a shop. I love to talk about projects & get ideas from people; when shop owners aren't friendly, it's really unpleasant.

I read about blocking boards in an email newsletter so I ordered one last night. I usually just pin the pieces together and sew them up - but it's often sketchy and things don't always line up - I redo many seams. So, since I love knitting baby-sized items, I figured this will be worth the expense: it's waterproof, pins and irons can be used on it and it has all the measurement grids, too. If you look at the green sweater in the picture, it's all rolled up, you can tell that it desperately needs blocking! Of course, when they're both complete, I'll post pictures here.

So, now that I'm home, this will be my new take-along project. I think I'll sift through fabric tonight or tomorrow sometime and try some of the new things I've been brewing up.

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Baby Hat

Finally blocked the baby hat I finished a few weeks ago from the One Skein book by Leigh Radford (affiliate link). This was really fun and easy to make.
Now back to the Clapotis.

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Friday::Red + Knitting

Friday's Red is a peonie from my garden, just blooming.


Finished this bib last night, too bad I didn't photograph it for yesterday's color. Petal Bib pattern from One Skein by Leigh Radford (affiliate link).

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