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

Good weekend for FO's!

I've had a rather productive weekend here! Hooray! First up, I finished knitting a hat that was supposed to be for Kaiden. It's the LTK Bucket Hat, knit in toddler size. Unfortunately, it came out large enough to fit Nate! It was knit in lime green Sugar and Cream cotton yarn. Aside from being really huge, it came out pretty nicely. It was my first time knitting with cotton, and I must say, I actually like the feel of it in my hands.

On Friday I received my order of Solarveil from a co-op. I ordered blue and turquoise, with plans on making a Mei Tai carrier, as well as two pouches - one for me and one for Nate. I'm pretty sure I'll have extra left, though I'm not sure what I'll be making with it yet. Saturday evening I got to work making the Mei Tai. It's is reversible, with blue on one side and turquoise on the other. I made this using a faux BBO pattern, and I LOVE how it came out. I hadn't used this pattern yet, and I'm really liking how it fits. The straps are wide, but not as huge as the ones on my BMT. Very, very comfy!

Tonight I finally got around to making Kaiden another diaper. I'm still tweaking the design a bit, but I'm getting closer! Ignore the sewing mistakes in this one - it was late and the sewing machine wasn't cooperating! It is made from the Fattycakes pattern, and is a side snapping fitted diaper. The body contains an outer layer of cotton woven, inner layer of velour, and a hidden body layer of hemp terry with an additional 3 layers of hemp in the soaker. The snap in soaker consists of two layers of hemp topped in velour. Very soft, and pretty trim considering all the layers!

Recent FO's!

Finally uploading pics of some of the items I've finished making lately! Here you go...

First up is a project gone wrong... First mistake, what I *thought* was normal merino wound up being superwash wool. For those that don't know, it means it's machine washable, but not waterproof, and therefore no good for a diaper cover! Mistake two, I messed up on the crotch. When I kitchenered the crotch seam, I did it inside out. Functional, but ugly. Mistake three... They're way too long! These were supposed to be a pair of shorties, but fit like highwaters on Kaiden. So, they may work as pants, but it doesn't look like we'll be getting much use out of them!



Nest up is a wool soaker. This came out pretty nice, and works great! I made it from the LTK Hybrid Rib pattern, but didn't bother adding the gussets. It's made from Paton's Merino I had leftover from Kaiden's longies. I finished this a while ago, but I'm just now showing it off.



And, not a finished object, BUT... Some incredibly yummy yarn! I purchased 5 skeins of Zen String through a recent co-op, and received them Friday. I can't wait to knit with it! It is a wonderfully smooth yarn, and smells wonderful. Angelina has so many gorgeous colorways, it was very hard to choose! In the end, I wound up getting Pumpkin Pie and Emperor, as well as a skein of Chick for a matching trim, all painted on her Nirvana worsted wool. There were many other colors I would love to own though! They're all gorgeous! Pumpkin Pie (now retired) will become a pair of longies, as well as the trim on a pair of shorts. Emperor will become a pair of longies with Chick for the trim, as well as a matching hat. It's my first luxury yarn, very exciting!! The pictures do NOT do it justice either, there are some beautiful color variations in the yarn, you just can't see how pretty it is through a computer screen.