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I’ve had several finished objects come off the needles in the past few days, so I thought I really should get them up on the blog. One of those objects is a hat to match the little mitts I posted yesterday.
Pattern: Ruffled Baby Hat
Yarn: Jaeger Matchmaker Merino DK
Needles: 3mm
Size: 3 to 6 months-ish
I think she likes it. :)
My wee one needed some woolly warmth so I decided to knit her some cute little mittens and I thought I’d share the pattern.
Overview:
- size up to approximately 9 months
- requires approximately 60 metres of DK yarn
- Techniques used include: knitting in the round, grafting, I-cord, and some crochet to create the flower.
The pdf is available in two formats, Letter and A4. Please download which ever size suits your needs.
If you need more information on specific techniques, knittinghelp.com has tutorials on I-cord and kitchener stitch available. Crochet help can be found at about.com among other places.
Hope you enjoy the pattern. :)
My photo for the day:
These booties were a quick and easy knit, even if done while holding the baby for which they were made — something that was very common place today.
Pattern: Saartje’s Booties pattern
Yarn: Wendy Peter Pan Print DK
Needles: 3mm
They finished blocking this morning. I unfortunately don’t have sock blockers so I just wet block them by flattening them out into shape on our chest of drawers. It’s not perfect, but it certainly helps make the heel and toes look a bit better.
The fabric of this sock is wonderfully stretchy and I think I may even have been able to make the smaller size, even with my instep. I’m also thinking these could easily work as knee highs without much modification.
This pair is also my January sock for the Sock a Month 5 KAL which I’ll post to tomorrow as it is getting a wee bit late here.
Pattern: Mock Croc Socks (on Ravelry )
Yarn: Jaeger Matchmaker Merino 4 ply
Needles: 2.5mm DPNs
Mods: Eye of Partridge heel flap and heightened instep
I finally got a chance to photograph the Ellen neckwarmer I finished a few days ago. I’m really liking this piece, and as a bonus it matches a pair of fetchings I own. :)
Pattern: Ellen (on Ravelry )
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, 1 skein
Needles: 5.5mm
Last night I finished my Mock Croc Socks. They are currently blocking so hopefully I shall have photos of them tomorrow. The new socks on the needles are Hedera by Cookie A.
I actually decided to frog these after I took the photo and add two repeats and go down a needle size. It was a real stretch to get it over my instep. I swear I must have the biggest instep in the world. If the sock doesn’t strech to at least 13 inches it is really tough to get over my heel. Hopefully this will work…
The sock yarn I ordered from Violet Green arrived today. Gotta say I love these colours.
This is the Rainforest colourway. This will become a pair of socks for me, pattern as yet undecided.
The To The Lighthouse colourway is for socks for Joey in the Boyfriend Socks pattern.
And finally, the Burnt Orange colourway is for socks for me. I’m thinking of using the Nutkin pattern.
All of the skeins are Stroud Wool which is 75% wool and 25% nylon. I’m really looking forward to casting these on.
On the photography front, I’ve already taken over 1,000 photos so far this year. Kinda scary, but I’m having fun. And I’m loving the fact that project 365 is giving me the drive to take decent photos of my yarn and projects among other things.
I promised some fibery goodness along with today’s photo, so here we go. The yarn is Sirdar Country Style Dk which I originally used to knit up a wrap cardigan. They cardi never got worn, mainly because it turned out too big so I frogged the lot, washed and re-balled it. I have a total of 700g:
I’ll be casting on Roam today. I just really wish I had of noticed the entire cardi is knit in seed stitch before I fell in love with it…. I’m knitting it anyway. In fact the gauge swatch is now done.
Among other projects on the needles are some Mock Croc socks.
I’m loving how these are knitting up. :)
Today’s Project 365 photo:
This was a woman’s sleeveless jumper, but I’ve harvested the yarn and it will become a Hooded Baby Cardigan. I thought it might be nice to share the before photo of this cardigan, and I have to admit the yarn makes a wonderful photo subject… at least in my opinion. I see this being the subject of many of my daily photos.
I think harvesting yarn from charity shop jumpers can be a fun and economical way of knitting up items for personal use. This particular jumper was bought for £3. If anyone is interested in the steps to harvesting yarn from charity shop jumpers, then you first might want to know what to look for in a jumper (particularly the type of seaming). Neauveau.com has a great post about seams and unravelling knitwear. You might also want to have a look at this recent article from Knitting Daily which talks about the best way to unravel the yarn itself and how to straighten out the kinks.
I finished off clue 4 the other day, so I figured I should get around to taking a quick photo of the stole in progress. There’s a 2 week gap between clue 4 and 5 due to the release of Harry Potter, so that gives me some time to work on hubby’s cable jumper that has been cast on this week. I’ll try to remember to take a photo before it’s finished.
Back to the stole…
This is officially the last clue for which I can take a photo of the entire stole since if it gets any longer it will no longer fit on the settee and I don’t have anything other than white mattress/sheets to pin it out on (hmm… off white stole… white sheets…. nope, don’t think that’s gonna work. Call it a hunch.)
I’m really liking this pattern so far. I’m still thinking of dyeing it baby blue when it is finished, but we’ll see how it looks when it’s all said and done. I’m actually not much of a stole wearing person (you may at this point be wondering why on earth I’m making it), but figured it might make a great large scarf like object to wear with my wool coat as I like my lightweight scarves on the long and wide side… kinda stole sized. And besides, you never know when I might actually need a stole. ;)
What I actually found amusing about taking the photo of the stole was this:
This is me and my 7-month pregnant belly taking a photo of the stole. Why do I like this photo? For the simple reason that this is the only time (from any angle) that I’ve actually looked pregnant. I actually have to thank the camera angle and the fact that I’m leaning back for the baby belly, because it’s really not that big (in otherwords, object in the camera are not as big as they appear). In fact I’m getting a bit tired of people telling me that I’m not 7-months pregnant. Like I’m going to lie to them about this. Really, people.
Now I really need to get some stitching done….
Fetchings … I love these. I ran out of yarn the first time I tried to knit them, so this time I bought two balls of the Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran… funnily enough, this pair was made out of a single ball with several yards left over. (I’m seriously thinking that I’ll frog the first pair and try to reknit them to see if I can squeeze them out of the single ball…again.)
Such a great pattern — beautiful, easy and quick! I cast the first fetching on around lunch time and cast off the second about 5 minutes before my husband got home from work. A nice afternoon knit. :)
Oh, and please ignore the pasty white arm in the photo…. I live in Northern England and I haven’t left the country in nearly a year. The area isn’t exactly known for sunshine. It’s hard to get a good tan in the rain. ;)
- Pattern: Fetchings off Knitty
- Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran (1 skein)
- Needles: Aero 4mm metal DPNs
- Started/Finished: 26 July 2007