Yesterday I came across a knitted doll dress pattern - Hannah's Sweet Delight. This should fit Addie's 19" doll that she loves. It uses DK weight yarn and I knew I have quite a bit of that in quantities enough to make matching sweaters for Addie and Nicole. I went on a stash diving expedition! This is Madelinetosh DK and the color is Neon Peach. This is a color both Addie and Nicole love. ...
Knitting
Progress on Addie’s Elephants
Pattern: Compass (Size Child's 8)Chart from Pattern: Elephant PromenadeYarn: Dream in Color Smooshy - Pinky and New York The pattern calls for elephants and some trim above and below at the bottom, just before the ribbing. I'm not sure I'm going to do that on Addie's sweater. I may. There are about 24 rows I would. I'm getting 8 rows to an inch in the colorwork, so that would be 3" of ...
Calculating Yarnathon Points
This post is about documenting and calculating my way to the end of Eat, Sleep, Knit's 2019 Yarnathon. Every year I say I'm not going to participate but I can't help myself. I love the . . not so much the competition but just striving to reach the goal and meet the deadline. I have another road trip coming up and I'm trying to plan my knitting to take advantage of those remaining points I need. ...
The Fade
If I weren't the crazy knitter that I am, I would probably have given up on this project but, I rarely give up on anything! This morning I went through all the yarn I've purchased . . no . . that is not right. I went through all the yarn that has arrived this week and I have finalized my plans. Seriously! The yarn on the left, the one in the ball . . that's the yarn I'm knitting into the ...
Elephants are Done
As soon as I saw the Elephant Promenade pattern, I knew I wanted to make this for Addie and for myself. I wrote about it in this blog post. Since the pattern does not include children's sizes, I had to first find a yoke pattern sweater that does include child sizes. I chose Compass, which is part of the Strange Brew book/compilation. Then I had to calculate to get the number of stitches ...
Felted Bag
Felted In the last few days I washed the bag I had crocheted, put it in the dryer for a while and now it's felted. It started out being about 18" x 17" and now it's 16" x 13" so it's a good size for a project bag for my knitting or good for tossing in some healthy snacks, and a few bottles of water for a road trip. Cascade 220 (not the superwash) is so great for felting. Actually, I ...
