I did it! I finally finished the second fair isle sweater for big sister Arden. Here it is with the smaller version I made for Hadley. I made this one size larger than the pattern was written, which involved a lot of figuring, so I’m really happy with how it turned out. Don’tcha just love the {…Continue Reading}
While waiting for more yarn to arrive to finish the last three rows on the fair isle sweater I’m knitting for Arden, I finished up a cute little flower hat for Hadley. It’s the same pattern to coordinate with the one I made in purple for Arden last fall. It’s from Itty Bitty Hats by Susan B. {…Continue Reading}
Aaagh! I’m literally within 3 rows of completing the fair isle sweater I’m knitting for Arden, and I’ve run out of yarn! All the pieces are there and ready to go as soon as I finish the button band, but I need like 4 feet of the main color yarn. What a pain! Luckily, I {…Continue Reading}
I’ve had the knitting completed on this sweater for a bit, but I finally added the buttons today. That still leaves blocking to do, but I figured close enough to share at this point. This was my first go-round with fair isle knitting, and I think it turned out really well if I do say {…Continue Reading}
Since I spend most of my spare time on the sofa anyways, I figured it was about time to start knitting for baby #2 due in October. (I’m not a very fast knitter!). Since we won’t know the gender for another couple of weeks, I thought this pretty teal would work either way. I had {…Continue Reading}
Remember my scarflette project that Arden pulled the needles from and unraveled a bit? Well, I was able to recover it and finally – finish it! I’m really liking it, and it matches the hat I made… for me! Here’s how: On straight or double pointed needles sized for yarn being used, cast on 32 {…Continue Reading}
I try very hard to let Arden explore within reason, saying “no” only if there’s a risk of injury or a mess that’s more than just inconvenient. This has led to some interesting “Mommy’s little helper” moments in baking, knitting, and sewing. If I’m working on a project while Arden’s around (which I try not to, {…Continue Reading}
So I was quickly checking out the projects on Shwin & Shwin’s Project Toddler Runway – I’m in the top 15 and hoping to make it to the top ten! Suddenly I realized that things in the next room were quiet. A little too quiet. Arden had gotten hold of my in-process scarflette project, taken {…Continue Reading}
I knew it was going to be close, but I really thought I might just be able to eek out the hat I’m making (for me!) out of the same wool cashmere blend I used to make the upside-down daisy hat for Arden. No such luck. Right when I was about to begin the decrease, I’m {…Continue Reading}
I finished my knitting project – “Upside-down Daisy” pattern found in Itty Bitty Hats by Susan B. Anderson. It’s probably been about a year since I last knitted anything, so I was a little bit rusty. I’m not sure if I did something wonky or if it’s just that I was knitting in the round that {…Continue Reading}
