New Knitting

    I finally got my new Weldon's Practical Knitter pattern in the mail. A little disappointed in IvaRose but at least I can understand the writing style from the original publication since all she did was copy the pages and reprint them.

    My assumption from the photo was slightly incorrect. It's not a Norwegian fur pattern but some sort of coral according to the text but I was correct about the weight. The pattern I'm excited about is the Lady's Hug-me-tight. Originally it was a friend who liked the pattern though the more we searched for it online and in the Weldon's reprinted articles the more I as well began to like it. I plan to knit two. One in a gray for said friend and one in wine for myself.

    I'm working hard on a pair of lace gloves for Daniel's grandmother. I hope she likes them. When I began I so didn't think I'd ever want to make a second pair. The itty bitty needles hurt my fingers and the cotton thread was so slippery, but now that I've got the second glove just about complete I'm changing my mind and thinking of making a pair for myself. They would be awesome with my Rendezvous ensemble.

    I've also completed a new hat and a headband for this arctic weather Ohio's been having of late!

City Stocking Cap

Church Gloves

Horseshoe Cable Headband

Sliogáin

My newborn hat is complete! Now I just need to type up the pattern for other people should they be interested in this little lovely!

I've got it posted on my facebook for peoples enjoyment. Of course I hope someone buys it but as long as they are enjoying it I don't care too much. Stacy will be using this prop as well as another one in grays for her photography session coming up. I can't wait to see how they turn out. I'm imagining cuteness but they might just look like poo on an actual baby. Cross your fingers for me!

Lace Gloves

I just finished making a pair of lace gloves for a friend. I did have to undo my work once since I was stitching too tightly thus making them a wee bit too small even for my little hands. In the end though I think they came out well: especially with the yarn I used. Such a pretty rose and brown exchange!

I used a fan pattern in crochet to create these and plan to make another pair in browns and golds for myself. I might change the pattern slightly so that I don't end up with the lined pattern here, otherwise I love them. The pattern referenced is a free one found on Crochet Insider. I'm sure you'll notice that theirs is a little different. I might have added a few extra rows somewhere.

I found when making these that I need to work on my tension: that could also have played a factor in the differences.

The wrapping that the gloves are shown in is something I sketched up real quick like after I finished them. I was going to give them to her as is or with a simple wrapping of ribbon and name tag that night but by the time I finished she was off work and heading home. So I expressed some of my pent up creative juices. I didn't have much time (or so I thought) to pose them properly which is why you can see my cluttered work space in the back ground. And taking images of your hands by yourself is not easy. However, I'm going to make her pose them for me when I visit her loft! I might bring my delf cup with me if she doesn't have something that would work.

More images can be found on my Deviantart gallery along with images of my other works. I do tend to update that more often. >.<;

As a side note I found that there are MANY people using the Crochet Insider pattern and selling the product on etsys for about $20.00 +.