…now with buttons!
Okay, I actually finished this back in the beginning of November, but never posted the official FO with details, so, here it is:
Pattern: Sweater and Socks: my own. Hat: Top Down Bonnet by Adrian.
Yarn: Sweater and Hat: Peru Luxury Chunky Socks: Aran Weight BFL
Needles: Sweater and Hat: Size 10.5 Bamboo Circs.�� Socks: I [...]
Well, the heels are turned, but…..
…one of the cables are off by a stitch. So, I dropped nine stitches seven rows,
…almost done,
…the fix is finished and I’m on my way to a finished pair of Bayerische socks.
One heel done, they should be finished by now, but . . .
I needed put Bayerische on hold to knit this:
(It needs to be washed and blocked and obviously I need to sew the buttons on.)
And this:
It’s the Top Down Bonnet by Adrian
I don’t have an itty bitty baby to model it on, so here’s [...]
…Bayerische, still not finished.
I’m doing one more repeat and starting the heel tonight.
Hopefully they’ll be finished by Saturday.
No lame excuses here. Been busy, haven’t blogged. To the few readers I have, I’m sorry!
Sooo, let’s get to it…
Molly knits! Woohoo! Three down, three to go!
I knit a few washclothes.
Finished a pair of soaker shorts.
Been working on my Bayerische socks.
First up, Mina’s (my 8 year old) 1st finished sock:
We like to sit and knit together. I helped her here and there, mostly on the heel and toe, and some reminders on how to decrease. She’ll need even less help�with the other sock, except she has SSS (second sock syndrome). She wants to knit a [...]
I’m so excited!! I finally got my invite to Ravelry! Don’t have time right now to upload stash/FO pictures, patterns and such, but I’ll start working on it tonight.
In the meantime …. an FO:
Soaker Shorts
Pattern: My own.
Yarn: Araucania
Needles: Size 6 & 8 circular.
Size: Large
Notes/Mods: Legs were magic looped 2 at once.
At a local vintage shop, Magpie, I found…
…some vintage knitting booklets:
and this book:
I actually already have this book with the newer cover:
but the older one reminds me of my mom, since that’s the one she had. I think my father gave her book away when she past away. She died almost 14 years ago of inflammatory [...]
Socks for Sarah (she likes them short)
Pattern: Toe up, short row heel, Mock Wavy Cable Rib stitch pattern from 365 Knitting Stitches a Year Perpetual Calendar
Yarn: Fortissima
Needles: Magic Looped on Size 2 (US) 29 Susan Bates Silvalumes
Started: February 26th
Finished: March 30th
(Wow, those took way too long.)
Tonight I’m planning to work on my swatch for [...]
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Sometimes I sell yarn, hand knits, or other crafty items here.
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