Last nite, I cast on for the last of the baby sweaters. It's the Ribbed Jacket, from my favorite baby knits book, Special Knits. This one will be for my friend Sally, who is adopting a child in december. They don't know the age of their little girl yet, so I decided to make the 12-24 month size. The little girl pictured here is Abigail. She's almost 5 months old, and teething. She enjoys playing with my yarn tails while I knit.
It's almost done! My boyfriend was coersed into going to JoAnn's with me to pick out buttons. As with going to the yarn store, he wasn't much help. "Sure, that looks great." and "Hey, what about these?" (While pointing to gaudy grandma buttons.) We came out with a classy plain blue color. Button sewing to commence soon.
We fianally finished the seaming and weaving in of all ends on the blanket this week. I'm don't think I'll be making something with this many color changes for a long while. Andra's grandma is visiting this week, and I'm told she's an excellent sewer and in need of a project while she's here. Perfect! She's been nominated to sew on a satin binding for little J.T. to squish between his fingers. Pictures will be up next week.
The knitting is almost done for this one-- I just need to seam in the fronts, then knit on the neckband. The button bands were built into the pattern, which is great for me, as I *hate* picking up stitches to knit something on. It usually takes me a few tries before it doesn't look sloppy. My Argyle Cardigan was stalled for a good two months until I could visit Diana to help me with the neckband disaster.
I started knitting this back in June for a friend's baby. Little J.T. is here, and the sweater is almost done. It just needs a little blocking, especially around the button band. It's the argyle cardigan from Special Knits, the cutest baby knits book I've seen. Hopefully by next week it will be off the blocking board and ready for gifting.
While in Maine with my boyfriend's family this summer, I was working a bunch on my clapotis. Cary's mom really liked it, especially the dropped stitches part, so I decided to make her one. The colors in the photo don't really match the real thing.. it's much more vibrant and less Easter-eggy. I'm using Lorna's Laces Lion & Lamb in Georgetown. It's super soft, warm and snuggly.
My friend Andra and I set out to make this baby blanket from Last Minute Knitted Gifts for our friend Kelly. We figured that with only two people, the gauge issue would not be a huge one. Luckily, I began this project before Andra, and she got to match my gauge. I think it took her probably a whole strip of the blanket knitted and ripped out before we were identical. Now, we can't tell who knit which strip, they look perfect together. We're working on the seaming part now, which I don't enjoy.
This baby sweater was started back in June too. It's the Ribbon-Edged Cardigan from Special Knits. I forgot to put the other finished sleeve in this picture, but it's done. Really.
Pattern: Clapotis from Knitty
Yarn: Lorna's Laces Lion & Lamb in Iris Garden
Needles: Boye circular, size 8
I know everyone knits this, but it was too cute and mindless to pass up. This scarf has been to a wedding in Michigan, a drive back to New York, a plane trip to Portland, Maine, and a week on the beach in Old Orchard. It's been around. This was such an enjoyable knit, I'm up for round two in a new colorway.
Pattern: 2x2 ribbing
Yarn: Wool-Ease in Wheat, Navy, Blue Heather and Oxford Gray
Needles: Boye circular, size 7
Just a simple scarf knit for my boyfriend's mom last winter. Her favorite color is blue.
Pattern: Reverse-bloom Flower Washcloths from Weekend Knitting
Yarn: Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille
Needles: Clover Bamboo dpn, size 6
I knit these last winter and gifted them to my mom. They now adorn her window near the bathtub and are destined never to be used. They do look quite nice there.
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