Years ago, my Aunt Jane taught me how to knit. Well, how to knit and purl, specifically. Since then, I've had an on-again, off-again relationship with knitting, but lately it has been on-again. A few friends are pregnant, and my adorable niece is always a candidate for new knitted goods. So, these have been the newest creations:
Double pom pom hat and mittens for Miss D: I'm thrilled to report that she wore these throughout the summer as well - this girl loves a good hat! :)
I made it a bit bigger than normal for a toddler so she'll be able to wear it for a few years and used a cotton and acrylic yarn so it's nice and soft, stretchy and machine washable!
Her mittens, however, I will need to remake this fall. They were "just right" last winter, but will be too small for her this year. I'm thinking I'll make some that are attached by a thread to weave through the sleeves of her coat so she doesn't loose one or both at school!
This girl loves to get herself dressed to go "bye bye." She picks out her own coat, hat, mittens, shoes, etc. and generally is dressed quite appropriately for the weather!
The next creation, requested by my sister-in-law, were these adorable pink leg warmers for D's dance class. I thought they'd knit up pretty quickly (I was wrong - and you can see where my frustration led to mistakes in the pattern), but although they took forever, they turned out pretty cute.
I used a super soft cotton/acrylic yarn from my local yarn shop and they even gave me pointers on the size of double-pointed needles to use - it was my first double pointed project and was actually much easier than I thought it would be!
The only problem? Someone didn't exactly love having leg warmers on her cute little leggies. And by "didn't exactly love," I mean this:
I used double pointed needles for these, as well, and just marked where I had started so I was sure to end in the right place.
I will make a few more of these in bigger sizes (yes, one for Miss D for sure) and am hoping I can figure out the shape of them a bit more.
It will be fun to see them on the little peanuts' heads once they're finally here!
The other sister-in-law request was a cowl scarf for her birthday. She had seen one at The Gap a few months before and figured I could make the same one, so I found a "Gap-tastic" pattern and worked away for about two weeks on this one. I was happy with how it turned out, except that one side seemed to be a bit more snug than the other (my tension apparently shifted the longer I knit...) but my S-I-L loved it so that's all that matters!
Double pom pom hat and mittens for Miss D: I'm thrilled to report that she wore these throughout the summer as well - this girl loves a good hat! :)I made it a bit bigger than normal for a toddler so she'll be able to wear it for a few years and used a cotton and acrylic yarn so it's nice and soft, stretchy and machine washable!
Her mittens, however, I will need to remake this fall. They were "just right" last winter, but will be too small for her this year. I'm thinking I'll make some that are attached by a thread to weave through the sleeves of her coat so she doesn't loose one or both at school!
This girl loves to get herself dressed to go "bye bye." She picks out her own coat, hat, mittens, shoes, etc. and generally is dressed quite appropriately for the weather!
The next creation, requested by my sister-in-law, were these adorable pink leg warmers for D's dance class. I thought they'd knit up pretty quickly (I was wrong - and you can see where my frustration led to mistakes in the pattern), but although they took forever, they turned out pretty cute. I used a super soft cotton/acrylic yarn from my local yarn shop and they even gave me pointers on the size of double-pointed needles to use - it was my first double pointed project and was actually much easier than I thought it would be!
The only problem? Someone didn't exactly love having leg warmers on her cute little leggies. And by "didn't exactly love," I mean this:
She's off the hook for a while.
Instead, I started knitting some little baby beanies for my friends' babies who will be born this fall.
I found a pretty simple pattern as I wanted to learn how to change colors for the stripes and was pretty happy with how they turned out. The pink and grey was my first attempt (I used the same pink as I had for D's leg warmers, and picked up the same yarn in grey and blue for the rest), and was thrilled that this knitted up in about two hours.
The pattern was followed to a T, but the shape of the beanie turned out a bit more beret-shaped than rounded, but the pattern assures me it will fit a newborn's head perfectly. We shall see!
I will make a few more of these in bigger sizes (yes, one for Miss D for sure) and am hoping I can figure out the shape of them a bit more.
It will be fun to see them on the little peanuts' heads once they're finally here!
The other sister-in-law request was a cowl scarf for her birthday. She had seen one at The Gap a few months before and figured I could make the same one, so I found a "Gap-tastic" pattern and worked away for about two weeks on this one. I was happy with how it turned out, except that one side seemed to be a bit more snug than the other (my tension apparently shifted the longer I knit...) but my S-I-L loved it so that's all that matters!
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