Baby stuff

So here's the stuff that I sent off to Janice and Harold last week. I hope it makes it in time for the baby shower!

Child's Placket Sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. Made in the 6-12 month size. The yarn is Laines du Nord's Giunco, lovely soft superwash merino. I really liked the fact that there was very little seaming to do for this sweater (just some grafting in the underarms), but also disliked having to do the sleeves on dpns. Can't win, huh? =)



And a closeup of the little ladybug button:



I also threw in some of these baby bibs from Mason-Dixon Knitting. Sorry for the very poor quality of the photo!

More baby knitting

So much for stash busting. I ended up buying some new yarn at Lettuce Knit.


Some Dream in Color superwash merino. The photos I took are pretty bad, and don't do justice to the lovely colour of the yarn.



And here's that peachy one knit up into yet another baby sweater.

Counting the days to Janice's baby shower, and I'm thinking that I might need a little more to give her than just the sweater I made (o.O) What to do?! I need to think of something fast!!

Knitting again, slowly

Have I ever been a terrible blogger/knitter! Truth be told I just haven't really had the time to knit in recent months. But I have been chugging along very slowly on some projects, I've been knitting the same pair of socks for the past 4 months, and I'm working on some baby stuff (which should be quick knits, but which seem to be taking forever). I've also done a bit of knitting from stash, here's a Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts done in some Koigu that I bought at Lettuce Knit last August (click for bigger):



Project specs:
Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts
Koigu KPPPM P539, 3 skeins
No modifications to the pattern, except I only used one colour instead of alternating two colours.

Next up, some baby stuff!

Some FO's

While I can't say that I've been a diligent blogger, I have been knitting. So, here's some photos of things that I've finished in the last little while.

From Knitting

This is my rendition of the Baby Tart hat from Knitty. Considering the upcoming baby boom among our friends, I thought it would be a good idea to get moving on the baby stuff.

From Knitting

These were some armwarmers that I knit for my friend Jia. It's a really simple pattern that I made up, and it's knit out of Shine Sport from Knit Picks in Orchid. I have to say that yarn knits up REALLY nicely. It feels super soft, and for a cotton yarn that really is something else.

Stash enhancement!!

Okay....so, as much as I wanted to stash bust, I couldn't resist the lure of more yarn. I think of it as retail therapy. Jamie's been away for a week, and I've been feeling sick and lonely. So, what better way to cure that than with some shopping, right? I actually did my shopping over the internet though. I was only planning to buy a couple skeins to make a small project for a friend of mine, as well as some baby things for other people from Knit Picks. But in the end, I wound up buying more than just that. I got a whole ton of other yarn for two sweaters that I'd like to make, plus something a little luxurious for a scarf. I guess the only saving grace is that I actually have projects pegged for all of the yarn. I'll be sure to update with all my new goodies when they arrive!

Do I just have a small head?

From Knitting

So, I went and knit my own version of Calorimetry, shown above complete with kitty for scale (ha ha). I checked the gauge and everything, and I'm even knitting a bit smaller than the recommended gauge...and it's still too big for my head. Well, I can wear it if I use one of the button holes that's really high up, but that leaves on flap kinda dangling.

This was mostly an attempt to stash bust, and I suppose it was good for that...except I can't decided if I can even wear it or not!

How about this?

In my quest for something to make out of all that Misson Falls cotton that I frogged, I came upon Soleil, from an old issue of knitty.

Honest opinion now. Think it would work?