but, dreaded lurgy aside, i did have a productive weekend.
on thursday i headed into the big smoke to visit Marta's. i am knitting a vest, my favourite pattern from the Rowan Babies book. i probably don't really need a pattern to knit a vest but i like it when all the numbers are already figured out for me, i'm mathematically lazy. the pattern actually calls for Rowan All Seasons Cotton but i like to make it from Marta's 8ply merino. it's a lighter weight yarn but i like the looser tension. plus, any excuse to go to Marta's right? it's like a wool lolly shop, i could spend hours in there figuring out the best way to spend my pocket money.
i have made this pattern lots of times, although it has one fatal flaw, the head hole is too tight for big boofy babies heads. i have used several strategies to fix this in the past, using the stretchiest cast off i possibly could, buttons on the shoulder..... this time i am trying short row shoulders that are longer than the pattern calls for and i left the stiches live so i can do 3 needle cast off once i've done the front.
and this is another back piece of the same pattern. this one is knitted from some merino i dyed with food colouring. i still have to wind the second hank into a ball so the knitting has come to a standstill on this one! but you can see another neck widening strategy i am trying here. i decided to do moss stitch instead of ribbing at all the edges and i've put a little placket at the centre of the back.
i will eventually finish them both and be able to compare the effectiveness of all the methods. eventually.......
the sewing machine made an appearance this weekend too. another quilted bag, i'm hooked on this quilting thing, love it! i wanted to use this little apple print i made last week so i put it in the centre of a log cabin square then sewed those bits on either end to give it a cute shape. the floral fabric on the back is a sheet from the op shop. yay for op shop sheets!
the op shop sheet was also used to make Ivy's calico dolly a dress. so far she has bloomers and the top half of a dress, man those puffy sleeves and collar took ages. so i will have to sew the skirt on one night after the squids are all in bed. the dolly is a present for Ivy's first birthday, she is turning one on monday. my how time flies!
now i'm off to cough up a lung and then sing some more nursery rhymes. have a lovely tuesday!
1 comment:
Oh, the dolly is beautiful Justine! And I'm not 100% sure about the blue - it's a nice colour so if you want to keep it maybe change the colour of all your titles from red?
See ya sunday!
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