It's a good thing that I cleared out all the UFO's (unfinished objects) before school started because once again there is a basketful under the family room table! I've put Chloe A-Little-Bit's Irish knit sweater on hold. By the time got to the armholes it was obvious that the sweater was to large. I finished the back of the sweater, put it aside, and will finish it after Christmas. It will be among my stash of completed items until my little grandgirl grows a bit more.
This created an immediate problem. What to knit that would provide the little gal with a cute sweater but wouldn't cause the Gram to much stress. (I like to have all Christmas gifts done by Thanksgiving) Any knitter knows this means a visit to Ravelry's pattern section. The tiny tea leaves cardi looked like a cute and fast knit. The pattern was bought, the color and yarn discussed, and finally the sweater was put on the needles:
I wish I hadn't gotten such a solid colorway - however, what little girl doesn't love purple?
One of my coworkers had asked if I'd knit a sweater for a soon to be born nephew. I love the Telemark and knit it up over the weekend. She loved it!
Pattern: Telemark
Yarn: Plymouth Encore
Colorway: Ruby Tweed
Amount: 2 Skeins
Needles: US 5
Recently a former coworker called and said that she had come across over twenty five skeins of yarn and wondered if I'd like to have them. Does a turkey have feathers? Certainly I wanted the yarn. I couldn't - wouldn't - turn her down! At first thought I would use it for my knitting class. But then I saw the colors and thought The Chick might like the skeins. Finally, I couldn't stand it and began knitting a charity baby blanket. Only on lunch hour - at school, you understand.
Pattern: Moderne Baby Blanket by KY Gardiner and Ann Shayne
Yarn: Red Heart Acrylic
Colorway: Soft White, Beige, Brown, Blue
Amount: 2 skeins of each colorway
Needle Size: US 8
And The Pirate has been busy too. Not only has he lost another tooth but he's been working on getting the new ones grown in.
This created an immediate problem. What to knit that would provide the little gal with a cute sweater but wouldn't cause the Gram to much stress. (I like to have all Christmas gifts done by Thanksgiving) Any knitter knows this means a visit to Ravelry's pattern section. The tiny tea leaves cardi looked like a cute and fast knit. The pattern was bought, the color and yarn discussed, and finally the sweater was put on the needles:
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| Tiny Tea Leaves Cardi |
One of my coworkers had asked if I'd knit a sweater for a soon to be born nephew. I love the Telemark and knit it up over the weekend. She loved it!
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| Telemark |
Yarn: Plymouth Encore
Colorway: Ruby Tweed
Amount: 2 Skeins
Needles: US 5
Recently a former coworker called and said that she had come across over twenty five skeins of yarn and wondered if I'd like to have them. Does a turkey have feathers? Certainly I wanted the yarn. I couldn't - wouldn't - turn her down! At first thought I would use it for my knitting class. But then I saw the colors and thought The Chick might like the skeins. Finally, I couldn't stand it and began knitting a charity baby blanket. Only on lunch hour - at school, you understand.
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| Moderne Baby Blanket |
Yarn: Red Heart Acrylic
Colorway: Soft White, Beige, Brown, Blue
Amount: 2 skeins of each colorway
Needle Size: US 8
And The Pirate has been busy too. Not only has he lost another tooth but he's been working on getting the new ones grown in.
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| The Toothless Pirate! |
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