We don't have TV, but we do watch DVDs a bit and I like to knit when we do (stops me from chewing my nails!) As we have to have it dark I can only knit things that don't need major counting or direction following. Usually the easiest thing is to have a stocking stitch knit to do. My latest project for movie knitting has been Olearia for one of the girls (who ever it fits!) in some pink BWM left over from a skirt I knit for my niece. I knew I wouldn't have enough wool so ordered some more in the same colour, joined it in and carried on knitting...
As I only knit this in the dark and didn't look at it in the light until I was wondering if it was long enough to finish, I didn't notice that my new pink is a different dye lot:
As you can see, I've done a lot in the new colour. I'm now deciding whether or not to rip it back to the garter stitch and join in the new colour there as it won't be that noticable. Though in some lights you can hardly see it at all unless you look for it:
I'm such a perfectionist that it will probably annoy me too much if I just left it. Oh, well, we're only halfway through the series of
Alias so I'll have lots more movies nights to do it again!
A new design in the process.
I found out that notes written in pencil waste less pages than notes in pen - you can rub out pencil! Don't know why I hadn't thought of it sooner?
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Sometimes it's nice to take a break from larger knits and do a nice little project. It gives you the satisfaction of a finished object quickly.
BigMiss had her 7th birthday last Wednesday and I had the great idea of making her some mitts to keep her hands warm on the walk to the school bus in the mornings - but only when I had a week left to get them done!
After a quick search on Ravelry I couldn't find too much that I liked so I took a basic idea of a cable rib pattern, used a glove pattern I had in a book to get a rough idea of stitch count and made it up. I didn't want the gauntlet style like most mitts are, but individual finger holes are not that easy for kids to get on and off themselves so I compromised and made two "finger" holes that fit two fingers in each. The outside 'hole' is sloped to follow the natural shape of the palm and not cover the little finger too much.
Please excuse the pink-ink fingers!
The pattern is only on the cuff and top of each hand with a stocking stitch palm. I'll write up the pattern sometime soonish and post on here if anyone's interested in making their own. The ribbing makes them fit a good range of sizes - my 4yr old tried them on for me as I made them, and Kahli has heaps of room in them also. These were made in Mist Me? sock wool by
Vintage Purls.
And to join in with the KAL (knit-a-long) for
Budding Designers Downunder, I made this
Poppy beanie to match a
Rainbow Dress I made for my niece. But, unfortunately, it doesn't fit her and I ran out of wool so can't make it any bigger. At least it looks cute!
A little bit of inspiration from me today...
That's the sort of thing that makes you want to finish knitting the winter woolies! This was the hoar-frost this morning on the trampoline (and everything else too). But the bird's don't seem to mind it too much. Here's what we saw (and had to go back with the camera) on the way to the bus stop this morning:
A tree full of tuis. We always go past a big gum tree and often see a tui or two, but today there would've seriously been more than 10, maybe 15 all fighting for the best nectar. They have such a distinct sound and the girls recognise it real well now and know to look for one when they hear it. I always think it's funny to see them in a gum tree, though!
Anyway, on the creative side, I got a lovely package in the post this week.
Some Malabrigo Worsted in Blue Surf colourway from
Little Country Wools. It's my first Malabrigo. I've heard so much about this wool that I had to try it out. This I plan to turn into a nice winter accessory of my own design. Don't want to give away too much yet, but I'll be sharing the pattern when it's done.
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