Spider Mitts

The Monkey King loves to stalk take pictures of people. And he put on a request for a photographing mitt last winter. The project started off with a promising future. I spent a few days designing, and swatching. However, I lost steam somewhere in the spring. And the unfinished mitt stayed languishing in my knitting basket, until I picked it up again a few months ago, and finished it. The King tested the mittens during snow, lo and behold, it turned into gorilla mitten when wet. Well, they were 10 sts too big when dry anyway. I'm contemplating on knitting him a new one, but hey, it's almost spring already :P

The left one


The right one


On action


Project: spider mittens, inspired by Spider socks
Ravelled here

Halsen

JD's been begging for a halsen for weeks. I was going to buy it at HM for 40 NOK (roughly U$6-7) until the monkey king said don't be lazy and knit it for her :)
So I did.
I present to you:

JD Halsen


The messy back view


Lined it with fleece to make it warmer, and tame the curling


Pattern: DROPS neckwarmer
Modi: Lots. Added hearts fair isle. Knit it in st st instead of garter, and added 2 sts for selvage. Knit the ribbing neck longer, so it can be folded. Sew fleece to the back for added warmth. Added single crotchet for the edge.
Verdict: JD loves it. And she asked for 5 more halsen :P
Ravelled here

Shaun Pullover

Kai desperately needs sweater now, so I knitted her a simple pullover. I knitted 9 mo size using bulky yarn hoping to achieve a 12 mo size. But I think it came out size 18-24 months.



Pattern: Basic baby sweater by Amy Bahrt for the pullover and Shaun the Sheep chart from Simple Knitting mag
Yarn: Gedifra Fashion Trend (green), Brown Sheep Bulky (onyx), and LB Polarspun (white)
Needle: US 8 and US 9
Modi: Knitted size 9 mo using bulky yarn to achieve 12 mo size, added shaun the sheep chart, make body and sleeves longer by 0.5". Used Jeny's stretchy BO for the neck.
Ravelled here

Knitting FOs

Baby Beret
I knitted this for a friend's baby. This is such a quick knit and easy pattern. I botched it up though :P
This is Kai's first snow. She wasn't happy about modelling the pic because she's cold :)



Pattern: Basque hat
Modi: ran out of the multicolored yarn during the decreases, so at the top only use the red one, and did rapid decrease (k2tog all around, k 1 round) until 8 sts remained. Added pompom.
Ravelled here

Knitted this long time ago, but only remembered to take pic of it now :P This is for the baby's mom. Hopefully she likes it.

Pattern: Wisp
Modi: Overdyed the FO using Jacquard Acid Dye in sky blue.
More details on my rav project page

Cabled Beret

Finally, another knitting FO just in time for the cold season.


Pattern: Cabled beret (Ravelry download)
Yarn: Brownsheep lamb's pride worsted frogged from Bzz hat
Needles: US 6 and 8
Modifications: don't have enough yarn, so shortened the cable section (more on rav), and added pompom on top
Verdict: Love it. It's slouchy but not too slouchy, warm, and can you believe that this is my first beret? I've been missing on the whole slouchy beret thing. Definitely need to make more of this.
Ravelled here

Aviatrix baby hat

Pattern: Aviatrix baby hat (Ravelry download)
Yarn: various wool scraps
Needles: US 4 and 7
Verdict: It's really cute and fast project. I think it took me about 3 hours. I really love the colors, shape, everything. But what about the intended recipient? Does she likes it?

What...you don't like the hat baby?

I guess not...

A second later....

Hmmm....I guess doesn't help it stays on...oh well.

Ravelled here

5 hours baby sweater II

5 hours baby sweater II, originally uploaded by Anak babi ilang.

Pattern: 5 hours baby sweater
Yarn: Caron simply soft and some white acrylic
Needles: US10
Verdict: very fast project with adorable result
Recipient: JD's kindergarten teacher

Ravelled here

Trellis

So, I knitted Trellis cardigan for JD when she's 1.5 yo. I made larger size using larger needle, and heavier yarn hoping that it'll fit her until she's 2 yo.
Apparently, I made it so big, that it fits her just right right now. At the age of 3.5, and right when it starts to cool down too :))



Ravelled here

Baby gifts

JT (dh)'s colleague is expecting a baby this November. This is a perfect opportunity for scrap busting projects.

Project no. 1:


Pattern: Pixie hat
Yarn: about .3 ball of Schachenmayr nomotta Punto in blue
Needle: US7
Ravelled here



Pattern: BSJ baby booties (rav download)
Yarn: about .3 ball of Schachenmayr nomotta Punto in blue and light blue
Needle: US6
Ravelled here

This time I tried to make it professional looking by adding gift tag, and kinda arrange it in a bag.

Whaddaya think?

Look! I got a brand new top!

Misc. pics of JD

Happy Halloween

Yay...I got a new jacket