basically my best friend.

he's a doll, really. he wanted to model the baby mittens and my yarn (under his shirt...) and my knitting needles. oh justin.

baby mittens and socks.

the baby mittens pattern was found in my roommates pattern book from like, the 60s haha. and the cable socks we got from a baby knitting book. i made the mittens in february i think, and the socks i started making in the beginning of the month and finished the 18th. They are probably for different size babies, haha.

julie's slippers.

my fiance's sister wanted slippers so i made them. the pattern sucked so they came out worse than i wanted them to, but the yarn makes them warm and they fit her so it worked i guess. i started making them in the middle of march and finished them march 27th. hey, i do more than just knit ok?

peace and SDG!

mom's scarf.

I made this for mi madre for her birthday. I found out from my sisters she doesn't wear it. Oh well, it was so much fun to make.

bambew.

I made this scarf from bamboo yarn, the softest yarn ever! Since it's so thin I made it real long so I can wrap it around lots. It's good for the start of cold weather. It's got kind of a checkered pattern.

little monstah bear. :]

heyy it's me. and a little monster bear. he didn't felt very well, and it was lion brand felting yarn. so, i guess i suck at felting. oh well.

again, this is from one skein wonders (i want to try to make everything in the book, so sorry, you'll get sick of me soon) by a little monster bear expert wendy gross.

materials:
-size 10 straight needles and two size 10 double pointed needles.
-book calls for malabrigo merino worsted (100% merino wool) color oceanos.
-polyfil, plastic eyes, and a tapestry needle.

pattern for body:
-cast on 8 stitches using long tail method. leave 10" tail.
-*k1, kfb; repeat from *. you now have 12 stitches.
-rows 2 and even numbered rows to 10: purl.
-row 3: *k2, kfb; repeat from *. now you have 16 stitches.
-row 5: *k2, kfb; repeat from * to last stitch, k1. now 21 stitches.
-row 7: *k3, kfb; repeat from * to last stitch, k1. 26 stitches!
-row 9: *k3, kfb; repeat from * to last 2 stitches, k2. now 32 stitches.
-work in stockinette until piece measures 3.5".

pattern for neck:
-row 1: *k4, k2tog; repeat from * to last 2 stitches, k2. 27 stitches? good.
-row 2: *p3, p2tog; repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p2. 22 stitches.
-row 3: knit.
-row 4: purl.
-row 5: *k6, kfb; repeat from * to last stitch, k1. 25 stitches.
-work in stockinette until whole thing measures 5.5".

pattern for head:
-row 1: *k2, k2tog; repeat from * to last stitch, k1. 19 stitches.
-row 2: purl.
-row 3: *k1, k2tog; repeat from * to last stitch, k1. 13 stitches left.
-row 4: *p1, p2tog; repeat from * to last stitch, p1. 9 stitches!
-bind off leaving 24" tail.

pattern for legs (don't forget to make two!):
-cast on 9 stitches with long tail method.
-rows 1 and 3: knit.
-row 2: purl.
-row 4: p2, p2tog, p1, p2tog, p2.
-row 5: k1, k2tog, k1, k2tog, k1.
-work in 10 rows of this 5-stitch I-cord.
-bind off leaving 10" tail.

pattern for arms (make twooo):
-cast on 7 stitches with long tail method.
-row 1: knit.
-row 2: purl.
-row 3: k1, k2tog, k1, k2tog, k1.
-row 4: p1, p2tog, p2.
-work in 8 rows of 3 stitch I-cord.
-Bind off leaving 10" tail.

-assemble him! turn the body inside out and sew from head to butt. leave about 1" open in both top and bottom so you can have room to stuff him with polyfil. turn him right side out and stuff him, but don't overstuff (i think that was my problem). finish stitching and pull up extra tail through body out of the head.

-stitch up the feet and arms at the heel and wrist parts creating little pockets to stuff. the part you stitched with I-cord you do not sew or stuff.

-using the tails from casting on and binding off, attach the legs and arms to the body. attach the eyes. stitch up the head opening, and stitch the ears to his head securely with the tails from the ears. weave in ends.

-felting. sigh. i'm never good at this (never being, i think i tried once before). put your bear in a pillowcase and tie it up. put him in a washing machine with jeans or another heavy material and wash him. if necessary keep doing it until he's how you want him to be. blot excess water with a towel and allow him to dry.

there are other ways of felting that you can google and try. have fun cuddling with him.

oh ps the I-cord stitch: you put the stitches onto your double pointed needles and stitch the first row normal, then you do NOT turn needle around, but slide it to the other end. knit as usual with the working yarn stretching across the stitches. looks and feels weird at first but i love the I-cord.

peace and SDG.

centipedes.

yay it worked! here is my centipede that i made my sister.


and here is my sister with her centipede. pattern and yarn type i'll add in later, i'm just excited the pictures work finally.

k i got the pattern for the centipede in the book one skein wonders by patricia colloton-walsh. he was really easy.

materials:
-size 8 straight needles.
-the book says tahki trio color 005 but i used yarn i had leftover from my mittens.

pattern:
-cast on 56 stitches.
-rows 1, 3, 5: knit.
-rows 2, 4, 6: purl.
-row 7: k4, make 50 loops*, k2.
-rows 8-15: knit.
-row 16: repeat row 7.
-rows 17, 19, 21: knit.
-rows 18, 20, 22: purl.
-bind off.

finishing:
fold centipede in half lengthwise (like a hot dog!) with right side facing,and sew the seam starting at the "head" and as you go, stuff with polyfil. embroider the eyes with some leftover black yarn. ta da!

knitted.

Regular knit pattern. This is what I started with before I did the Magic Scarf pattern. I don't really know what to do with it though lol.

SDG.

new blog!

Ok so I made this scarf to finish the skein. I can't remember the yarn, Red Heart maybe? Anyway, it's a magic scarf pattern that I got from Crazy Aunt Purl's blog. It's just knit 5 purl 5 for ten rows, then purl 5 knit 5. This was made in the beginning of January 08. Hooray!

SDG.