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Pattern: My own.
Yarn: Patons Classic Merino
Needles: Size 3 (for the waist) & 7 (for the rest) circulars. Legs were magic looped.
Here they are on Daniel, they’re a little snug on him, he really needs the next size up.
He’s um… fixing the attic door I guess!
Mina (my 8.5 year old daughter) knit a doll size lace stole:
a close up:
Color is most accurate in the first picture (with the stole on the Doll).
Pattern: Pair of Leaves with Garter Border
Yarn: Aran BFL from Casa Java Knits
Needles: Size 10.5 Susan Bates Circulars
She told me she wants to sell it! And that she wants [...]
…now with buttons!
Okay, I actually finished this back in the beginning of November, but never posted the official FO with details, so, here it is:
Pattern: Sweater and Socks: my own. Hat: Top Down Bonnet by Adrian.
Yarn: Sweater and Hat: Peru Luxury Chunky Socks: Aran Weight BFL
Needles: Sweater and Hat: Size 10.5 Bamboo Circs. Socks: [...]
I’m so excited!! I finally got my invite to Ravelry! Don’t have time right now to upload stash/FO pictures, patterns and such, but I’ll start working on it tonight.
In the meantime …. an FO:
Soaker Shorts
Pattern: My own.
Yarn: Araucania
Needles: Size 6 & 8 circular.
Size: Large
Notes/Mods: Legs were magic looped 2 at once.
Socks for Sarah (she likes them short)
Pattern: Toe up, short row heel, Mock Wavy Cable Rib stitch pattern from 365 Knitting Stitches a Year Perpetual Calendar
Yarn: Fortissima
Needles: Magic Looped on Size 2 (US) 29 Susan Bates Silvalumes
Started: February 26th
Finished: March 30th
(Wow, those took way too long.)
Tonight I’m planning to work on my swatch for [...]
Molly’s Ballet Slippers
Pattern: My Own
Yarn: Araucania
Needles: Magic Looped on Size 6 (US) 29? Susan Bates Silvalumes
Started: January 14th
Finished: January 28th
Mina’s Ballet Slippers
Pattern: My Own
Yarn: Araucania
Needles: Magic Looped on Size 6 (US) 29″ Susan Bates Silvalumes
Started: November 28th
Finished: December 18th
Finished ~ Socktoberfest Socks
On a road trip while still on the needles:
Lounging on the bed:
Cozy on the feet:
Socktoberfest Socks
Pattern: toe up on 2 circs ~ figure 8 cast-on, short row heel, 2×1 ribbing
Yarn: Paton’s Kroy
Needles: size 2 circs
Pattern Notes: none
Would I knit it again? yes
The Dream Swatch is cast off, laying on a pair of longies still on the needles….
Child sized, hand knit & hand dyed by yours truly, is being auctioned for charity.
Rachel Ann here, what's your favorite color?
I'm a 30 something mom who homeschools her six children. I knit, I spin, and sometimes I pull out the sewing machines and sew something pretty.
Sometimes I sell hand spun yarn, hand knits, or other crafty items.
”Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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