I have finished a sweater I plan to give for Christmas to someone in the family who wears a size 12 months. I am making a "matching" one in the same yarn, only purple, for the big sister who shall be nameless at this point. Here's the small, boy version:
I knit this using TLC's "Wiggles" yarn which was on sale at Hobby Lobby. Yes, I used acrylic. It's for a baby. It needs to be easy to wash for a mommy who is busy raising two kids and going to college at the same time. Shoot me. The pattern is from Knitting Pure and Simple.
In the meantime I also have two seperate socks started: the third for my "Neopolitan" trio (I started this one last week when I was teaching friends at knitting how to do short rows for toe-up socks.......more on that another time) and one from KnitPicks Memories on size 00 or 000 needles. They are feeling scrumptious!
In the meantime, I knit these:
My friend Joanne was eager to do a pair, so we cast on this week and took off despite other pending Christmas knitting. They were fun to do and I like the thumb gusset staying in ribbing while the rest of the mitten switched to stockinette stich. Very clever. Very simple. Will make more of these for sure!! I used Lambs Pride washable from Nebraska. Good stuff. A little light for the pattern which called for worsted. This was more like a DK weight. But they are nice. I can tell they will be warm, even when wet....which is a HUGE benefit to wool where I live! (It's currently snowing. We are supposed to get 4-6 inches by morning. Did I mention it's not even actually winter yet according to the calendar?????????)
Happy Knitting....and stay warm!
1 comment:
Kim, I'm so taken with the cool ribbing of those mittens. I love that subtle sophistication and will have to remember it for the next time I knit mittens for my DD.
The baby sweater is adorable and "Oh yes, definitely a good idea!" on the acrylic yarn. My DD is 17 years old and I can still remember cursing (in a friendly way, of course) the well-intentioned folks who gave her non-washable wool sweaters when she was an infant. What were they thinking?
I also love the colors of the Neopolitan socks. I'm not even tempted to knit them because you know my position on making socks but I love looking at the fun patterns.
I can't wait to see the other projects you've made--after Christmas.
Happy Holidays from your fellow blogger over at Romancing the Yarn!
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