Another quick, easy project! I'm pleaed to be using dk stash odd balls. Ideal projects. I wonder how many cowls a girl can have?
This is another Stitchnerd pattern, Zen Pleats. The yarn is unlabelled (as usual, must try to keep labels) but it feels like a merino silk, with a hint of cotton!
Althoguh I haven't done much knitting I seem to have stuff finished and stuff on the needles, and I've just not got time to blog...
Anyway two more finished things, fro Christmas
Lush Cardigan for a 2 year old. The photos are rubbish, and the colour is more of a baby teal than as deep as this.
And a close up of the yoke, You start this cardigan with the lace yoke knitted sideways, then stitches are picked up for the body and sleeves. I didn't particularly enjoy knitting the yoke, Sometimes a lace pattern just doesn't flow!
More felted clogs! One more pair to knit. They're fast, but a bit tedious, especially the sewing up!
I'm not going to felt them - I'll just wrap them up with felting instructions.
I've been finishing off a few smaller projects.
First up is the Swirl hat. It's using the elftovers from my Honeybee cardigan, Rowan's wool cotton 4ply in Butter. Such a quick and easy project.
It's a stretchy lace pattern, so it's also looking as if it's long and thin! This is when I need a model...
The second hat is a Crossroads Hat. This is the monthly pattern donation on te PAM ravelry group. It is MUCH nicer in real life! And would look even nicer on a model! Not a 2d project at all. If you lok a thte pattern link you'll see they are all shown modelled! I cna't even find my blaloons to show off the hat.
It's knitted in Rowan wool cotton dk remnants, dark blue and light green. A great stashbuster.
I only have a pair of socks on the go now. Oops, forgot, I've also started a Babette blankt, in my leftovers from the Groovyghan. I suspect I'll have to order a few more balls, in the necer colours (which I used more of in the Groovyghan).
I've had a very unproductive weekend, knitting-wise. I've cast on three things but barely made any progress. Can't even use the excuse that they're difficult, they're all very easy!
We have:
The start of some Serpentine mitts, in Yarn Yard's SSS6 (which is SPARKLY, despite the photo not showing any sign of aparkle), These fit nicely into my Sigma13 and Sizzling Summer basket.
Very easy 2x2 ribbing, to start with.
Socks for Mr's C in Opal Smokey Eyes or similar
Again, very easy, just ribbing. These are the reason why I have no knitting progress, as I've spent most of Sunday trying to unpick the huge tangle which is Opal sock yarn. Tonight I'm going to have to cut it as I don't want another frustrating night of knots. I really ought to have learnt by now to wind up Opal sock yarn before starting to knit as I always get it tangled up.
Crossroads hat, from thr Project a Month ravelry group. I could get hat and cowl, but I'm going to see if I have time before downloading the cowl. This is a donated pattern for the month, and I only participate if I know I'll knit the pattern, I'm using up half balls of Rowan wool cotton, in a dark blue and a pale green (which looks white on my screen...)
Let's see if I can get some knitting progress in the coming week!
I joined a few KALs this month, more baby/toddler stuff! With our mini heatwave (not as hot as 1976, for those of us around then!) I'm happy to knit on small projects. No shawls, cardigans or blankets in this heat!)
First. Summer Storm.
Knitted in dk weight, I opted for King Cole Cotton/bamboo blend. Nice yarn, except when it runs. and runs and runs. I spent more time trying to pick up stitches or tink back than knit the rest of the garment! Needless to say, I'm fed up with this now!
The photo is rubbish. Not blocked, or even laid out properly, so it looks all lumps and bumps. I have tried to take more photos, even bringing it into work (so it's daylight!) but to no avail. It's dark and raining today!
I love these Rowan metail buttons, must buy more.
The second one is Ohh Summer!, very girly and pretty. I used stashed Rowan 4ply cotton, in a fresh green. It's knitted top down, has lace sleeves and lace body, with a bit of flair going on there with such open lace. It's meant to be shortish, so although it looks like it's for a baby, it's actually size 4T.
The closures are ties, with beads. I used some bright Pony Beads, using a crochet cast on over a needle and immediately casting off, thinner than I-cord, more substantial than a crocheted chain.
Love.
Wow! Summer has arrived with a vengeance in London. I'm a northern girl, and really don't do well in hot weather. Our office is stifling. The commute is dreadful. Any 'air-conditioning' on trains isso minimal you can hardly feel any benefit. Thankfully Honeybee is finished, and the only things on the needles are socks and these two kals.
Both are designed by Elena Nodel, whose designs for babies and children are seamless with some sort of texture or detail (not that I'm an expert, but I've knitted Pepper and Summer Days and have a few more in my ravelry library).
First off, it's Ohh Summer! which is a girly cardigan. I'm knitting it in Rowan 4ply cotton from stash, It's knitted top down. Clues one and two complete.
This is sized 4T. I think that there's just one more clue to do. That should be finishing off the sleeves and possible a cord tie or something similar (there are Pony beads involved..)
The secone KAL is Summer Storm, which is a unisex/boy's vest. It's knitted from the bottom up. Three clues done so far. I'm knitting a size 24m for this one, and using King Cole's Bamboo Cotton. I have no idea how it wears and washes, but it's nice to knit with!
This one has afterthought pockets and an asymmetrical frotn 9which took me a while to figure out, thought the pattern had errors in pocket placement!
Here's a close up of the pattern (and more like the colour of the yarn)
I need to think about buttons...
This is a pattern I've had a while but was uninspired to knit until a few weeks ago, when I went home to visit my parents and wanted an easy knit. It's a seamless, sideways knit baby cardigan, with a garter bodice and a garter ridge pattern on the bottom half of the cardigan.
Pattern: Sideways Babe
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK, 3 balls from stash
Needles: 3.5mm
Size: 9 months.
There are two sleeve options, short or long, and I chose long. There's also detacheable long sleeves, which are attached wtih buttons to the short sleeves, I couldn't rally imagine this as a summery cardigan, with the dk wool, so opted for the long sleeves.
This photo shows the texture a bit better. It's draped over a bush (so the light hits it sideways) hence the odd shape!
The finished cardigan is lovely. I can see me knitting more of these in the future! It's also from my ravelry library, I'm trying to knit up a few of the patterns I keep buying!
I've had this finished for a while, just haven't gotten around to taking photos.
It's for 18 month old Polena, but I've knitted the 2yo size so she can wear it in the cooler months (ha! but she lives in Moscow, sometimes they have hot summers)
Pattern: Olearis
Start / finish 19th May to June 4th
Yarn Louisa Harding Kashmir DK, 3 skeins (I think, but might be 4. it seemed to eat up the yarn)
Needles 3.5mm, but 2.75mm for some of the garter edgings.
I can't say I'm keen on this yarn. I've used it before for baby stuff, didn't like it then either. I had a pack of this colour. Not sure if I should get rid of the rest or keep trying to use it for small stuff!
This pattern has ruffly bits - where you double the stitch count and then after several rows decrease back. Can't say it's my favourite knitting either! It's a seamless pattern though. If I knit it again I'll use some sort of lighter yarn as this Kashmir seems a bit heavy to me. (Yes, it's 50g with the same yardage as other dk yarns, so that doesn't make sense does it?)
I have more of this in Ink ...
I love this little shrug!
Pattern: Summer Days
Start/finish: May 27-June 04 (I finished this in a few days, but the washing and sewing on of buttons took a lot longer!)
Needles: 3.25/2.75mm
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino from stash about 1.5 balls.
Size: 18months
ONE photo taken! It was so bright outside I couldn't see my phone screen and just pointed vaguely at the shrug, hoped it was in shot!!
This is a top down pattern, with sleeves (and puffiness) knitted as you go. I really like this method of construction. Always a pleasure to knit with Baby Cashmerino too. I found this in the stash. Thought I had five balls, but on closer inspection (ie opened bag) I found I only had two balls, and three of DK weight.
Just the thing for summer. With a short length and short sleeves hopefully Polena will get a bit more wear out of it too, it won't look like she's grown out of it as quickly. Another pattern I'm glad to have come across and will be a useful summer child's shrug pattern. It's knitted for a sport weight yarn and sizes range from 6 months to 14 years.
Over the Bank Holiday weekend I planned to do a May knitting goals catch-up.
I had four things on my May list:
1) Finish Audrey - ends darned in, buttons sewn on and a wash/
2) Start my next adult garment.
3) Start something under the label 'home'.
4) Make headway on C's socks - my May goal was to finish this pair, and I still had one sock to knit.
Weeellll
Not quite to plan.
Audry has been washed but the buttons havent't arrived. Circumstances beyond my control.
I couldn't start a new garment, either, as my new needles didn't arrive! (I do have plenty of needles, but wanted to use my new favourites!)
I did start C's second sock, but have only done about 2", it'a a bit boring.
I didn't fancy starting a 'home' thingy either.
So nothing on my list was done.
But Olearia is coming along. I'm pretty fed up with it now. It weighs so much, must be those gathered sections. And I'm not keen on LH Kashmir DK either.
Yesterday it was put on hold when I found a couple of balls of DB Baby Cashmerino in the stash. Pretty pink. I have found the ideal pattern too, by the same designer of Pepper.
It's a little shrug, worked top down in one piece with a great way of knitting as you go the set in gathered sleeves. It's called Summer Days, and I love it. This is sized for 18months, but I can see this looking as cute on 6m Sonya as well as 4yo Evie!
Here's a close up of the body and sleeve, love the little textured body and plain sleeve.
