February 2010 Archives
Before I began Minni I was busy with other things I haven't shown you yet.
The finished slippers and mittens plus accessories. These brightened up some dull days!
And there was a lot of purple knitting for someone's 20th birthday. Mwah! I love you!
(Couldn't forget the birthday girl's kitty, now could I?)
The pretty purple shawlette is, of course, Citron knit up in Trekking hand art (Provence 555). I think I used the specified needle size but only worked four sections before the ruffle and made the ruffle wider.
Most of the hearts were crocheted (really!) as was the mousie. You can't make it out in the picture, but the hearts in the garland are separated by silver bead cubes that spell out i-love-you (awww).
Pleasant purple dreams to you all.
The finished slippers and mittens plus accessories. These brightened up some dull days!
And there was a lot of purple knitting for someone's 20th birthday. Mwah! I love you!
(Couldn't forget the birthday girl's kitty, now could I?)
The pretty purple shawlette is, of course, Citron knit up in Trekking hand art (Provence 555). I think I used the specified needle size but only worked four sections before the ruffle and made the ruffle wider.
Most of the hearts were crocheted (really!) as was the mousie. You can't make it out in the picture, but the hearts in the garland are separated by silver bead cubes that spell out i-love-you (awww).
Pleasant purple dreams to you all.
So. I am making a baby sweater, Minni, by Lene Alve. It is mostly knit sideways in garter stitch and stockinette using sock yarn and small needles. In spite of it's simple good looks it is a challenging knit and I am enjoying it very much.
If you decide to make one, my first piece of advice is use straight needles. Yes, those ancient implements that hearken back to the dark days before circular needles were commonplace. Managing the two balls of yarn as you manoeuver through the short rows is easy when there is no cable getting in the way.
I am using some Claudia Hand Painted fingering, a gift from Dave quite some time ago. (3 years?!) and some natural (2048) Fortissima Socka, plus a bit of heathered green (3098 - Heathland) St. Ives sock yarn as the trim colour.
The odd object below is the centre back, right back, and right front. Ready to be folded at the shoulder and the back and front grafted together at the side.
And here is that graft (except for the garter stitch part). Sorry for the fuzzy picture. The detail is in better focus.
At the top of that graft is the arm hole. Or what should be the arm hole.
Yes, I grafted that sucker with a full twist at the shoulder.
There was a great sigh. Maybe two. And then I started to unpick the graft, even before I thought to take a picture, which is why those garter stitches were not joined.
Another day, another graft.
Onward!
If you decide to make one, my first piece of advice is use straight needles. Yes, those ancient implements that hearken back to the dark days before circular needles were commonplace. Managing the two balls of yarn as you manoeuver through the short rows is easy when there is no cable getting in the way.
I am using some Claudia Hand Painted fingering, a gift from Dave quite some time ago. (3 years?!) and some natural (2048) Fortissima Socka, plus a bit of heathered green (3098 - Heathland) St. Ives sock yarn as the trim colour.
The odd object below is the centre back, right back, and right front. Ready to be folded at the shoulder and the back and front grafted together at the side.
And here is that graft (except for the garter stitch part). Sorry for the fuzzy picture. The detail is in better focus.
At the top of that graft is the arm hole. Or what should be the arm hole.
Yes, I grafted that sucker with a full twist at the shoulder.
There was a great sigh. Maybe two. And then I started to unpick the graft, even before I thought to take a picture, which is why those garter stitches were not joined.
Another day, another graft.
Onward!
