First I knit her this pink blanket:
I made it with Plymouth Encore yarn, so it could be machine washed. I think it turned out well!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Baby Presents!
One of my cousins had her first baby, so I made her some presents and thought I'd share.
First I knit her this pink blanket:
First I knit her this pink blanket:
Sunday, August 19, 2012
My Loom is Warped (+ knitting patterns in the works)
I am so excited! Tonight I finally managed enough courage to warp my new floor loom. Everything went perfectly well, actually--I was expecting a huge fiasco. I'm really glad I got a rigid heddle loom first though, as I definitely felt like I would have had no idea what to do had I not warped ever before. I am making a sampler right now with various twills, and if it goes well then I will start a scarf!
I've also been very busy with a variety of knitting patterns. I have fallen in love with angora yarn, and so volunteered to make my sister a pair of angora/wool blend mittens. I'll post the pattern once I finish test-knitting it, but so far the verdict is they are quite cute. I've also been working on a pair of flip top gloves for myself, and another pair of gloves and mittens for myself. I may have an addiction to gloves and mittens.
Anyway, I just had to share my success with my loom--I'll have those knitting patterns and pictures of the things I'm making up soon!
I've also been very busy with a variety of knitting patterns. I have fallen in love with angora yarn, and so volunteered to make my sister a pair of angora/wool blend mittens. I'll post the pattern once I finish test-knitting it, but so far the verdict is they are quite cute. I've also been working on a pair of flip top gloves for myself, and another pair of gloves and mittens for myself. I may have an addiction to gloves and mittens.
Anyway, I just had to share my success with my loom--I'll have those knitting patterns and pictures of the things I'm making up soon!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Scissors (+ free sheath pattern)
I love scissors. This is because I spent all of my very first sewing projects incredibly frustrated with really bad scissors I grabbed out of our family's desk drawers. I would look at sewing patterns online and think, "how can people actually cut straight lines?"
Then I got my first pair of actual sewing scissors. Suddenly, cutting fabric actually worked! My edges no longer looked like I had chewed them off! It was magical.
Anyway, yesterday I upgraded my scissors yet again to a pair of bent gingher shears. I chose gingher because I've always loved my gingher embroidery scissors, and they were on sale for 50% off--I have a hard time passing up such a good deal! But using these wonderful new shears has really put me in a scissors mood, so I decided to sew a little sheath for my embroidery scissors, and share the pattern.
Then I got my first pair of actual sewing scissors. Suddenly, cutting fabric actually worked! My edges no longer looked like I had chewed them off! It was magical.
Anyway, yesterday I upgraded my scissors yet again to a pair of bent gingher shears. I chose gingher because I've always loved my gingher embroidery scissors, and they were on sale for 50% off--I have a hard time passing up such a good deal! But using these wonderful new shears has really put me in a scissors mood, so I decided to sew a little sheath for my embroidery scissors, and share the pattern.
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