I love working with my hands and this is where I document all the fun projects I do. You’ll see knitting, crochet, and sewing, plus a few odds and ends thrown in now and then.
Last weekend I finished off the second Roselette Top. I love the bright colors in this one, along with the purple accents. It is slightly bigger than the green one as I used one size larger crochet hook. I’m hoping that Evie will be able to wear this one a little longer than the other one. She’s growing so fast these days that clothing doesn’t last long before she’s outgrown it.
Two more Chunky Knit Beanies, in the adult size this time. One is for me, the other for my mother-in-law. I’m working on one more for my sister and then I think I’ll have most of this lovely lemongrass chunky wool used up. I really am loving this pattern as well. It is just so easy!
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When I was in college I worked with developmentally disabled adults in a group home. It was there that I first really got interested in crafts. One of the ladies I worked with loved to crochet and after watching her for a while I decided I wanted to learn. I taught myself from a book, made an afghan, a couple purses and hats and then I pretty much quit crocheting. I picked up knitting a couple of years ago and haven’t even thought of crocheting a single thing since.
Then I came across the adorable Roselette Top over at Craftivist and knew I had to make it. I finally tracked down the pattern at Chez Plum and sat down with some soft cotton yarn and my crochet hook.
I absolutely loved making this! It was very simple and I cannot wait to put it on Evie. I did alter the pattern slightly and left the buttonholes off. Instead I used smaller buttons and was able to use the natural space between double crochet stitches as buttonholes. The whole thing only took me a few evenings (while watching TV) and I am pretty slow since I haven’t crocheted in years. I think I am more proud of this than anything else I’ve ever made. I’ve already bought yarn for the next one!
(And even though I didn’t plan it that way, it will be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!)
1 CommentI’m not sure what has gotten into me over the last couple of weeks, but I have been in such a knitting mood. I suppose I pushed myself into it by vowing to finish my mom’s scarf that I promised her for her birthday last year. Her birthday is in 3 days and I just finally finished the scarf last week! I didn’t really expect it to take me a year to finish but I guess I got a little distracted.
Then over the weekend I made three more hats. I made two adorable pink and brown Chunky Knit Beanies, one for Evie and one for my niece Caitlin. I also knit up another Hot Hedd in camouflage for Zach, although with the stretch of the ribbing, it also fits me pretty well.
I love knitting hats because they knit up so fast. To speed things up even more, I decided to try knitting continental style again. I’ve done it before but never could quite get comfortable with it. I never could figure out how to purl continental style. I decided to give it another go this weekend (with some video tutorials at KnittingHelp.com) and I have now been converted. Once I got over the awkwardness and figured out how to hold my hands, I fell in love with it and I’ll never go back.
Next up, I think it is about time I knit something for myself. I have a few ideas in mind, but I can’t decide which one to start on first!
1 CommentThis weekend I decided I needed a quick project, something that I could start and finish in a couple of hours. I have several unfinished projects hanging over me but I couldn’t motivate myself to work on any of them. I needed something new and fresh that I could get excited about. A hat is a perfect quick project. I love knitting hats, especially baby hats so I decided to whip one up for Evie.
I used Alex Zorn’s Hot Hedd pattern from Stitch ‘N Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook
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