A shawl to go with my new Anokhi dress. I used Trendsetter Yarns “Dune” and Berrocco Glace. The Dune is mohair with a bit of metallic going through it, and the Glace let me do the leaves on the edge while giving the mohair some body and extra softness. The leaf pattern came from Vogue Knitting on the Edge, and the rest of the shawl was done with alternate rows: P2, yarn under, p2tog / knit across.
Little projects to do while travelling. I did the blue one and the pastel one on the train to and from NYC. The red one I did on the plane from Italy. All three of those are done with Crayon’s Lite hand dyed cotton. The green one I did to finish off the Opal wool sock yarn. The blue hat’s the smallest, the green the biggest, but they’re all kid/baby size. Little Janelle Hoskins got the red one.
Here’s the tank which I made from yarn I bought with my store credit from The Yarn Co in NYC. I had a credit there from the alpaca yarn I returned on my bell sleeve sweater. This yarn is a tape yarn from Knit One Crochet Two, it’s called Tartlette.
Here’s the wrap shirt I made for Trinnii to replace the preemie one. I sized it with 1 year old measurements so I didn’t have to rush. 🙂 The purple yarn is Sidhar Snowflake, and the trim is Rainbow Mills Crayon’s Lite left over from making Anita’s baby’s hat. Both yarns are cotton. It’s midsummer now, but when I put it on her front to see how much more she had to grow to fit into it, she grabbed it tight and smiled. It’s a really soft yarn, and maybe she already knows purple is her color. She should be able to start wearing it in the fall. Hope to add a picture of her in it. She’s too cute!
I have a favorite wrap t-shirt that I copied to make this sweater, adding bell sleeves and bottom edging. I used a size 17 needle for the first 4 rows of the bottom, and 8 rows of the sleeves, and switched to a size 13 to knit the body of the piece. The yarn is GGH Savanah alpaca blend. I was under a deadline to finish it so I could return all the extra yarn I bought… I bought 20 skeins and only needed 10 and this yarn wasn’t cheap. I’ve got a store credit at The Yarn Co in NYC which I plan to use when I visit my cousin in June.
For my birthday last year Peg gave me some Opal sock yarn and small double pointed needles. These socks represent the first time I knit in the round, which is why I’m not showing the cuff, it’s kinda messy. :-] I did most of the knitting on the plane ride out and back from visiting my cousin in Albuquerque.
This lil hat was for my newborn niece to wear while watching the Superbowl. I ordered a skein each of red, white, and blue of Lion Brand’s Pound of Love from an online site… it turns out each skein is HUGE – definitely each one is bigger than the baby. I don’t know when I’ll ever use this stuff up. If anyone knows a team of elves that needs hats… or perhaps some cold patriots?
True love in Rowan babies. for my lil niece. so cute that kid.
Using a Berroco pattern and the glace rayon yarn, I made this as my first pattern to follow. It came out HUGE, but them my mother saved the day and took it in for me. I started it around Memorial Day 2004 and finished it around Labor Day 2004.
When I met my friend Maureen S. on a BSSC trip to Nantucket she saw me knitting this sweater and showed my how to knit Irish style so I could go faster. Because of that I was able to get a bunch of knitting done in 2004.
Here’s what I did with Lamb’s Pride Bulky Onyx for Peg’s Christmas present… Funny yarn adds the trim. I did ’em without a pattern, but had to pull a bunch out ‘cuz the first one I did starting looking more like a boxing glove than a mitten.
