I’m knitting this little sweater for Gram for our Intarsia class scheduled later this month. I had been vacillating over what style to create: raglan, drop shoulder, saddle shoulder, top-down, bottom-up, in the round, flat…. Would you believe I’ve written up instructions for most of them while trying to decide.
I finally settled on a bottom-up, baseball raglan knitted flat, partially because working intarsia in the round is a bit tricky. So far, I’m very happy with how it’s turning out and can’t wait to see the little guy can wear it. It’s an 18-mth old size which means that Gram will probably fit into it… tomorrow. I swear, he’s growing by leaps and bounds right before my eyes! His 6-mth check-up is next week (already!) so it’ll be a nice surprise to find out how much he’s grown!
The initial plan was to insert a fish motif in the front, but Husband agreed that a big G for little Mr. G would be a nicer addition.
This watch cap was a modification from its original plan as a sockhead hat, a more stocking hat-ish style cap. I thought perhaps I would like the elongated look of the stocking hat, but it looked too elongated for me.
Though on Gram, it looks simply adorable.
This simple hat is a great project for those times when all you want to do is just knit and knit and knit some more. Think bedside knitting (or t.v. knitting, if you dare) since you’re working with fingering-weight yarn and will want to make sure you don’t accidentally drop a stitch (or two, like I did).
Cast on 160 with fingering weight yarn (~250yds) and US2 16″ needles. Work K2P2 rib for ~5 inches. Knit every round until piece measures ~ 7 inches. Begin decrease by *k18, k2tog, place marker* for 1st round and plain knit next round. For subsequent decrease rounds, *knit to 2 sts before marker, k2tog*. Switch to double-pointed needles when circumference gets tight. Continue decrease and plain rounds until 40 sts remain. Decrease on every round until 8 sts remain. Weave 8″tail through remaining sts.
For a smaller or larger hat, increase cast on sts by multiples of 8 sts.
Eileen finished this great summer cardi for our summer garment class. This “Hey Teach” cardigan is a great way of learning how to incorporate lace into a garment design. A fantastic wear for the summer, knitted up in Berroco Weekend, a cotton/acrylic blend.
Hey! We’re having a Book Exchange on Sunday, May 23rd, 2pm-5pm.
Everyone has a book club, but what do you do with all the books that you had to read but will never read again? Yeah they were good the first time around but now what? I’ll tell you what. Bring them to the shop on May 23rd and trade them for other books. We’ll talk about books we’re
reading, have read and plan to read. Fiction, non-fiction, picture books; it doesn’t matter (two books per person, please) and snacks are always welcome.
