In my post on 1st March I said I would come back with photos of finished objects. I also said on Wednesday that there were items in my knitting corner that were awaiting photography! DD visited on Wednesday so photos were taken and I have some goodies to show you.
Firstly, a hat knitted by DD - her first foray into slip stitch patterns; we are both very proud of her results.
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As for me (specs on my Ravelry project pages if you want them; listed here in italics):
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Lime Spider and Coconut Ice beanie
pattern: Fourth Grade Hat (Rav link)
I said the striping of the yarn looked like lime and pink coconut ice; DD said Lime Spider (or icecream soda) and Coconut Ice, hence the name.
This is an attempt at conventional entrelac - I'm not in a hurry to try this style of knitting again, it's slow and seems to use more yarn than a conventional beanie would. The hat designed by Abby Franquemont looks great, mine less so. Not quite sure why - perhaps the fact that it's knitted in a hand-dyed acrylic and therefore can't be blocked is part of the answer.
Why did I choose to knit this in my handpainted acrylic? I wanted to see what the shortish colour repeats would do in shorter rows of stocking (stockinette) stitch.
I also tried to modify the pattern because it was getting too big - my modifications were not as successful as I would have liked!
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Socks for Someone #1 - a fraternal pair
pattern from the ball band of Moda Vera Noir sock yarn
My first attempt, following the pattern exactly, gave big, baggy socks that were enormous on WM! I ripped the 3/4 finished sock out completely and started again.
I have never done this kind of heel before and was reasonably happy with it, except for the hole where the short rows of the heel joined the foot. If I knitted it again I would slip the first stitch of every row while knitting the heel gussett - it is so much easier to pick up stitches along the gussett if I do that!
These took so long - Second Sock Syndrome plus no record of modifications on the first sock = pain in the knitting needles! I am determined that in future I will knit two socks at the same time; I have enough dpns to do that!
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DD and I dyed 400m (200g) of yarn in this beautiful colourway. While I was winding it into a ball, I started singing "Sunshine Lollipops" so that became the name of the yarn!
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Sunshine Lollipops Scarf pattern detail |
Sunshine Lollipops scarf
pattern: Drop Stitch Scarf by Christine Vogel (Rav link)
I just love, love, love this pattern - so quick to knit, so bright and cheerful (well, in the yarn I chose and in the yarn on the Ravelry pattern page). How many other patterns give you an eight feet scarf (2.4 metres) in just three days?
I knitted this one in wool. I knitted till it was 1.8 metres long. I usually knit in acrylic and forgot the magic of blocking - voila! eight feet of scarf! I will definitely be knitting this pattern again!
And I'm in good company, more than 5,000 people have this in their projects list, and another 5,000+ in their queue!
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I had some yarn left over from the scarf so I knitted a hat:
pattern: Drop Stitch Scarf by Christine Vogel (Rav link)
I just love, love, love this pattern - so quick to knit, so bright and cheerful (well, in the yarn I chose and in the yarn on the Ravelry pattern page). How many other patterns give you an eight feet scarf (2.4 metres) in just three days?
I knitted this one in wool. I knitted till it was 1.8 metres long. I usually knit in acrylic and forgot the magic of blocking - voila! eight feet of scarf! I will definitely be knitting this pattern again!
And I'm in good company, more than 5,000 people have this in their projects list, and another 5,000+ in their queue!
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I had some yarn left over from the scarf so I knitted a hat:
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Sunshine Lollipops beanie
pattern: Slip Stitch Stash Hat by Renee Rico
If I had not been using a slip stitch pattern, I may have had enough to knit a child size hat but I decided to incorporate some scrap yarn (as the pattern suggests).
The lower third of the hat contains only the Sunshine Lollipops yarn - variegated yarns make interesting slip stitch patterns without the need to join in new colours.
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slip stitch pattern detail |
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crown detail (a slip stitch modification on the original design) |
Wow! Excellent post! I think your knitting corner is just right if you are producing this kind of finished projects! I love them all, the entrelac hat is perfect; the lollipop scarf is so much fun to make, the leftover yarn is super in that hat, congrats to DD for her hat-wonderful. Again I say, wow!
ReplyDeleteYour Sunshine Lollipops yarn worked so well with the scarf and hat. I really like how the colour pools nicely in the dropped stitches.
ReplyDeleteLove the scarf, I have one similar faved on my Rav. The hat works so well with the yarn too. Lovely colour combos and items. Well done, you've got a "Hit" on your hands :-)
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