I'm knitting a pair of fingerless gloves that I'm going to give as a gift for Christmas. I'm using this pattern:
Knucks
I'm using a pretty variegated yarn in blues and violets. I've already made one, now it needs it's mate.
Haha! Did I say Christmas? Finished these Jan. 06, 2008. Came out nice, I'm going to give them a softening/weather treatment as well, and then they're in the mail.
Why yes! There is a knitting pin up my sleeve.
December 15, 2007
December 14, 2007
Fingerless Mitts
I've been making some fingerless mitts for myself. I love knitting on double pointed needles and making gloves, socks and hats. I like to have several projects going at once so that I can flip back and forth when it the monotony starts to be tedious.
I'm using this pattern:
Fetching
Aren't these pretty? I've already made one using a black worsted weight wool which I figured is probably slightly heftier than the Debbie Bliss Cashmerino yarn used in the pattern, so I used smaller needles (3.25mm) and the first one is perfect.
I'm using this pattern:
Fetching
Aren't these pretty? I've already made one using a black worsted weight wool which I figured is probably slightly heftier than the Debbie Bliss Cashmerino yarn used in the pattern, so I used smaller needles (3.25mm) and the first one is perfect.
December 13, 2007
Vest for Sean
I've been working on a vest for my son Sean. I wanted something plain, but elegant that I could add to. I came up with a Fair Isle type pattern to knit into the bottom above the ribbing that was based on a pattern on a mantlepiece that I saw in an architectural design book on Arts and Crafts houses in England. I love Arts and Crafts architecture! But I digress...
I'm using this basic pattern from Berroco for the vest:
Peter Easy
I'm using a cream acrylic yarn with tan, grey and black flecks for the body of the vest, with heather grey acrylic yarn for the ribbing, the neck and sleeve ribbing, and for the opposite color in the Fair Isle pattern.
This was pretty much my first attempt at working a color stranded pattern. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I don't want to strand anything more than 3 stitches across the back without twisting. It really keeps the strands nice and neat and not too loose. I knit the first row along the bottom carrying 4 stitches, and I really didn't like the way it looked on the reverse. I worry about the strands getting snagged, especially on a child's garment, so that's going to be my new personal color working law. No more than 3! lol
I'm using this basic pattern from Berroco for the vest:
Peter Easy
I'm using a cream acrylic yarn with tan, grey and black flecks for the body of the vest, with heather grey acrylic yarn for the ribbing, the neck and sleeve ribbing, and for the opposite color in the Fair Isle pattern.
This was pretty much my first attempt at working a color stranded pattern. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I don't want to strand anything more than 3 stitches across the back without twisting. It really keeps the strands nice and neat and not too loose. I knit the first row along the bottom carrying 4 stitches, and I really didn't like the way it looked on the reverse. I worry about the strands getting snagged, especially on a child's garment, so that's going to be my new personal color working law. No more than 3! lol
December 12, 2007
Mittens for Tiernan
Currently, I'm working on a pair of children's mittens for my son Tiernan for Christmas. I'm using a pattern by Sivia Harding who based hers on Elizabeth Zimmerman's adult mitten pattern.
Child's Simple Mitten Pattern
I'm using a sturdy worsted weight acrylic yarn as these are for an active 5 year old, in a pretty heather grey. I changed the pattern somewhat, in that I'm making the body of the mitten in moss stitch, but keeping the ribbing and the thumb according to pattern, ie: k3 p1 ribbing and stocking stitch thumb.
Mittens and finishing work completed Dec.16th. I'm going to wash them gently and give a good soak in some fabric softener- not the vinegar-based kind, but the kind with oils in it so that it will give a little water-resistance to the mittens. :)
Child's Simple Mitten Pattern
I'm using a sturdy worsted weight acrylic yarn as these are for an active 5 year old, in a pretty heather grey. I changed the pattern somewhat, in that I'm making the body of the mitten in moss stitch, but keeping the ribbing and the thumb according to pattern, ie: k3 p1 ribbing and stocking stitch thumb.
Mittens and finishing work completed Dec.16th. I'm going to wash them gently and give a good soak in some fabric softener- not the vinegar-based kind, but the kind with oils in it so that it will give a little water-resistance to the mittens. :)
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