Nope, Diane - I haven't posted my Knit Willy here yet. I guess I felt that most saw him in Cindy's post, but I will show him here since you've asked. He was enjoying the New York fresh air, before getting shipped off to Washington in these pictures!
Well... so... I was looking at patterns in the knitting forum that I belong to, for the yarn that I used for the baby gifts - cotton - and came up with this oh-so-simple bootie pattern. I just finished knitting the second one. I think it looks better in solid colored yarns, but this matches the other items I knit up for the boy baby, and will go with them all.
Jonni has finished a couple hats and a single fingerless glove thingy. It is a cuff that goes to a triangle up the back of her hand and has a loop for her middle finger. So not exactly fingerless. She has given them all away to friends. She is currently working on a sweater. But hopefully she is really working on homework. I might have to take the looms and yarns away. She's a maniac!
~Tina
Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
Tina - what color yarns is Jonni leaning towards? Does she still wear a lot of black clothes? I think it's great that she's enjoying her looms so much, but of course not at the cost of her homework! I so wish we could see some of her creative work!!!
Well... so... I was looking at patterns in the knitting forum that I belong to, for the yarn that I used for the baby gifts - cotton - and came up with this oh-so-simple bootie pattern. I just finished knitting the second one. I think it looks better in solid colored yarns, but this matches the other items I knit up for the boy baby, and will go with them all.
awwwwwwwwwwwwwww They are sooooooo sweet,,, makes me miss holding little babies,,
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
It's really easy, Sheri! If you need help I can walk you through it. The decreasing is simply knitting 2 stitches together at the same time. Increasing is a bit trickier, but still really easy.
There are 3 different sizes you can make - I originally made the medium size, but they looked to big to me for a newborn, so I ripped the one out and then made the small size. I know the baby could have grown into them, but I decided to do the small anyway...
I like this pattern because it's knit on 2 needles - I prefer them to circular or double pointed patterns!
Jonni is actually picking out quite colorful yarns. The sweater thing she is designing is a fairly bright green fun fur yarn. Kelly green Lion brand fun fur to be exact. I went to look.
~Tina
Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
Maybe she'll have a nice sweater to wear for St. Patrick's day this year - I always like to wear green then, even though there's not a speck of Irish in my heritage.
Even the Irish don't celebrate St P day the way we do. But they are learning to. It is all fun.
unless they are irish decent in savannah ga, one of the top 3 st. pat's parties in the us. ny and boston have the other two sorry lynne don't want to hijack your topic, just had to say that.
Jonni is actually picking out quite colorful yarns. The sweater thing she is designing is a fairly bright green fun fur yarn. Kelly green Lion brand fun fur to be exact. I went to look.
I am dying to see that ........I married and Irishman.......
This reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally has become an addiction!
I picked up 2 plastic storage chests for my yarn stash, to get them off the floor and out of the numerous plastic bags they've been in for months on end. I thought this would hold it all til I decide what kind of wall unit to put in the craft room that I hope Don helps me with soon.
But.............. the 6 drawers are jam PACKED to the brim, and I still have more yarn to put away. Plus I have 3 large baskets with lids that are stuffed with yarn!!!
I need YARN HOARDERS ANONYMOUS!!!
In my defense, at least 1/2 of this yarn was given to me for free!
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