It's been a long haul trying to find some decent cotton sock yarn. Other sheepless knitters will no doubt agree. When I was in San Francisco, I picked up some Panda Cotton at Imagiknit. This stuff is wonderful: springy, nice stitch definition, and good color palette (although some magenta and orange would be nice additions).
The pattern is Sodera and I can't wait to finish these up!
Used the pattern in Heather Ross' Weekend Sewing, just shorter as my girl likes to slide at the playground. Dresses + slides + hot summer day = not so much fun.
I finished another sweater for the kid this morning. After looking hopelessly through my button box for the perfect set of mismatched buttons (hey, it's my thing!), I found some lovely wooden buttons at the bottom of the button stash.
Yarn: Classic Elite Classic Silk in rhubarb
Pattern: Sweetheart Cardigan by Laura Brown
I changed the eyelet pattern a bit and went for something a bit more simple. Otherwise, no mods.
Here's the Ravelry link
Just a quick post. Sally is the best babysitter and as such, she needed a new tote bag.
Here it is featuring Ikea fabric and Irish linen. The pattern is from Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts.
Hi! It's been a while, but at least I have an FO to show.
I've made different versions of this scoopneck sweater before, which is essentially a pretty basic pattern cobbled together from several other basic sweater patterns.
This time I used Calmer (purchased from Kelp!) and I also added short row bust shaping following the directions from Knotions. I kinda messed up the placement of the short rows, but not enough to rip it all out and start over again.
The result - instant fav! Now I gotta get started on a sweater for the girl.
Things have been busy here. Suddenly, it's the end of 2008. So here's a little FO shot for the end of the year.
Pattern: Petal scarf (rav link)
Yarn: Supercotton in 70
Not for my little one (seen below) but for one of my nieces. Think I want to make one for myself now.
Happy New Year everyone!
Just a plain stockinette scarf with multicolor fringe using scraps.
On a recent trip to Portland, Oregon, I splurged on some Handmaiden Flaxen yarn in Nova Scotia colorway at Knit/Purl. Ah, silk and linen, so rustic, so beautiful! I made myself some Toasty fingerless gloves (caution, pdf link) and wore them to the playground today.
And I was thankful for warm hands.
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving with lots of pie!
PS - I have another skein of Flaxen in Nova Scotia left over (i used less than a skein for the gloves). If anyone wants to buy it, leave me a comment.
