I’ve been finishing a lot of small projects lately since most of my important projects (afghan for my Mom and sweater for GiR) are now too big to fit on the bus.
First of all, GiR’s mom gave me some yarn she bought at a garage sale. I thought the best thing to do with it was to knit her a wrap for Christmas.
It was such a quick knit with Lion Brand Homespun using #10 1/2 needles. I only had just under 3 skeins, but I think it turned out long enough. I hope she likes it.
Next is my Dishcloth Reloaded from Mason-Dixon Knitting. It took me about 3 tries to start this thing, but I finally finished. I used 6s instead of the 8s called for (my 8s were busy), so it ended up a little stiffer than it should have been. Also, it doesn’t lay completely flat, but for a dishcloth it’s not really that important. Used Peaches ‘n’ Cream in a sort of light green color (greener than in the pic).
Next up is a shrug from Fitted Knits. I used some leftover Red Heart from my stash, and I made it a solid color instead of the two-tone from the book. Also, I didn’t make the shawl collar as big. This was such a quick easy knit (only 1 week of working on the bus) that I’ll probably make a few of these.
Penultimately is a crochet snood I made for use at Ren Faires. However, it fit so well and I love how it holds my hair, I might make a few just to wear normally. I used Caron Simply Soft and a J hook, and added one extra increase round. Plus, this took only 1 day to make!
Finally, is an infinity dress made from some soft stretchy blue fabric. I made one of these before, but it turned out a little too short to wear as a dress. It’s cool, comfortable, and completely reconfigurable. And it only has 1 seam to sew!
Phew! That’s a lot of stuff! There are a couple more things that I haven’t taken pics of yet, but I will save that for another post.
EDIT: I forgot one more thing. A knit chevron washcloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting. It used exactly 2 skeins of KnitPicks Cotlin on #5s. Easy memorizable pattern. Now hopefully I can convince people to actually use the handknits. =P
7 December 2007 at 10:46 am
I love your stuff, it’s awesome! I love the tetris brownies too, those are too freaking cool.
I want to make one of those snoods, I’m glad to hear it didn’t take long. I’m not too good at crocheting but I think I’ll give it a try. I love the color you used.
I also think the wrap you made is great, it looks like a good length and the color/yarn is very pretty.
10 January 2008 at 10:08 am
Cool Stuff.
5 June 2008 at 7:17 am
Hey! You are amazingly talented. And I’ve been trying to make the hat you’ve made (you found the pattern via CraftyPants, right) but I really can’t understand. I’m a beginner, so that is, of course a problem. I can do all the stiches, its just that the terminology is all so new to me. I would really really appreciate it if you could help me out. I meant to post a comment on CraftyPants, but I couldn’t figure out how. Thanks!
5 June 2008 at 1:22 pm
If you can’t figure out how to start it, just find any tutorial on how to make a circle. The important part is that you end up with 12 stitches in a circle for your first round. A good book to check out is the Happy Hooker by Debbie Stoller.