Some WIPs

Here are a few WIPs to tide you all over. These are both knit using the LTK Picky Pants pattern. They have ribbed waistbands, and I'm doing increases and short rows for the rear shaping, with an extra short row added about halfway down.






This is 3ply Purewool in Fresh Blue. I love how the colors are coming out, and the yarn is so incredibly soft to work with! I really enjoy it. I've finished the body shaping, split for the legs, and just need to finish it up. These will become a pair of longies for K.










This yarn is Patons merino that I dyed a few months ago, along with matching trim. I had to add a couple extra increases to fix some wonky pooling, but I'm loving the effect now. These will become a pair of shorties, and with any luck will also fit him next summer!



Last but not least are some pillows I made (minus stuffing). My Gram gave me her sewing machine, along with a bunch of fabric. These don't match anything in the living room, but, I can't say no to pillows. Besides, it was a good way to use up the fabric!

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Listening to: Barenaked Ladies - Hidden Sun
via FoxyTunes

Skirty - All done!

I finished this skirty last Sunday on the car ride home from camp. It was then washed, and got mailed out on Thursday after it was all dry. It's a present for another online mama, I can't wait until she gets it!

It was knit on my Sweet Tarts, with matching trim. The undersoaker is made from the LTK Picky Pants pattern, with rolled cuff and ribbed waistband. The skirty I did without a pattern, doing increases by upping the needle size, with occasional kfab. The ruffle I did by doing kfab every other stitch for 2 rounds, knit a round, kfab a round, knit a round, then bind off. I love the way it came out, and it looked even better after washing and blocking.


Here's the skirty, that's all that was left of the Sweet Tarts -talk about cutting it close!

The undersoaker before picking up stitches for the skirt.

Here are Kaiden and my little sister modeling the skirt for me. (Before weaving in the end)

Finally, longies are done...

I finished my first pair of Picky Pants tonight! All I had left to do was kitchener stitch the crotch closed, bind off the second leg cuff, and create an I-cord for the drawstring waistband. It's now been finished, washed, and dried. I made them a size larger, so they've got a TON of growing room! The legs are way too long, but they're still cute rolled up. Considering it's my first pair, I don't think I did too bad! Now I just need to remember to work from two skeins at a time when I use Paton's again - talk about long color repeats!




For those wondering specifics, I knit these in Paton's Merino, using Forest for the body, and Leaf Green for the trim. For the pattern, I used LTK Picky Pants, size large with a 1x1 ribbed waistband, backside increases, and the ribbed leg cuff options. Now I finally have another pair of longies I can use!



Here's the crotch with the kitchener grafting. Look Ma, no holes!