Isabel’s Milk&Lingonberry cardi

No pictures yet, but Isabel's cardigan is coming along nicely. I tried it on her this morning and I think I just have 2 or 4 more rounds to go before I can set thearm stitches on hold and knit the skirt part.I wanted to make a different lace pattern on Isabel's cardigan, but I…

New dress

Three weeks ago I saw a knitted little dress at the LYS and fell for it immediately. I was a little reluctant about sizing though. I have a not-quite 2-year-old who is taller and heavier than many 3-year-olds I know, and the sizes on the pattern went only to 18 months.But I did some swatching…

Coat

I got a bit of a head start on my 2009 project. I'm knitting a Sylvi-coat for me.For someone who's knitted a few hats and mittens but never finished a sweater this is a big deal.I've done the cuff bands and I started the first sleeve. I also cast on and knit the first 4…

Red Verity and Not-Enough- Ruffles

I made a "Just Enough Ruffles" for Isabel. I had to modify it for size both because her neck is small and because I didn't have enough yarn.I made one version of it and ended up with 20 cm yarn left when I had 300 sts left to bind off. Less than ideal. This is…

Hit and miss

I've been very productive lately. A few weeks ago I started on the Just Enough Ruffles by Laura Chau. (Ravelry link)Looking at the pattern you'd think it would take a long time to knit, but it really doesn't.I finished the Butterscotch one above in just 2 days. And ...... immediately started a second one in…

Bad blogger

I have been a very bad blogger lately.Starting a new job and the (almost) complete loss of natural daylight hasn't made me very productive in the taking-pictures-department.I'm still knitting away though.I made a pair of felted mittens for me that I then gave to my mother when I figured out a colour combination I liked…

Wristwarmers

This is a pattern from my LYS.It's super easy to knit and would have knit up faster had I chosen the yarn the pattern called for (Alpakka instead of Tynn Alpakka)I wasn't too keen on the colour when I got the yarn - but at first I had intended to use it for something else…

Sock bug

A few months ago there was a raffle at the LYS and I won some sock yarn. A few weeks ago I was bit by the sock bug and decided to use it for a pair of socks for Isabel.The yarn is a bit coarse and itcy so I'll probably use up the rest on…

Candy skirt for Isabel

I designed this skirt to go with the Candy Sweater I made Isabel a few weeks ago.I did a green ribbing in the waist with YO-eyelets to thread an variegated i-cord through.I then increased the number of stitches by 25 % and began knitting 1.5 repeat of the structure pattern.Then I thought about how to…

Candy sweater for Isabel

I finished a sweater for Isabel yesterday. It had one million ends to weave in. At least it felt that way.She got to try it on immediately and she gave it her seal of approval. She refused to take it off so I could photograf it.It wasn't until she got ready for bed that I…