Archives for "Finished Projects AKA FO’s"

Posted by Telma on 31st January 2012

FO – Junie Cap

There’s 2 reasons that I knit this hat.

One – It’s time to start busting my stash. I want to buy lovely wonderful new yarns but there’s no way that I’m going to allow myself to let my stash overflow out of the lovely shelves I have it on right now.

Two – I purchased this lovely little knit hat for my little monster:

I was so excited cause it was PERFECT. Well, the hubs accidentally put it in the wash. And by accidentally, I mean… He asked me if it was ok to put her hat in the wash while I was busy and distracted cleaning so thus just muttering “yes” :) It shrunk quite nicely and the poms and hair felted up oh so nicely. So we were in need of a hat that fit again.

I knew that I FINALLY wanted to use my lovely handspun/dyed that I got from Knittink aka Ady Bee. Her handspun was the first handspun that I EVER bought. I will never forget being on twitter and reading her tweet about how she needed to seriously sell some handspun to help pay for vet bills for her little dog. I wanted to help so I bought some handspun. I remember asking her to “just send me all you have in this color” thinking I would make something like a shrug. lol She very politely and nicely indicated that they’re single skeins because they’re all one of a kind and handspun doesn’t come in bulk like at the store. lol So Ady, if you’re reading this… thank you for not making fun of me and for teaching me about handspun and how to purchase it! lol I never got proper pics of the skeins, but I have these that are in my Ravelry Stash:

Iron Man vs Griffindor

and Dr. Doom vs Slytherin

I’ve been holding onto these 2 skeins that I bought from her for a long time now. I didnt want to knit them up because they were so pretty and precious to me. But, I can’t keep them forever and I knew that the Iron Man vs Griffindor skein was perfect for Madison.

I decided to knit the Junie Cap by Annie Watts.

I managed to get some progress pics. This yarn was soooooo awesome to knit with!

I was hoping I would have enough yardeage but alas, as soon as I got to the first earlflap, I knew I wouldnt have enough. So I improvised and added some black in Debbie Stollers Full O’ Sheep.

The Hat was very easy to knit and super quick. Its a little big on Madison but it does the trick. Maybe I will line it so that it fits a little more snug :)

The only way I was able to get pics of her in it was to take her outside so she would be distracted :)

She of course was more interested in the snow than posing! lol

So there you have it. My first stashbusting project ….. done!!!

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Posted by Telma on 23rd January 2012

Itty Bitty Knitty Shoes

This weekend my cousin got to finally meet Madison. She brought her the cutest gifts ever! Now, I ‘think’ she know’s that I am addicted to knitting. I’m sure my mom has told her how crazy I am about it. Only reason I think so is because of this:

How cute is that little jacket?!?! The cables are absolutely amazing. It’s like a mini version of a grown up jacket. This kind of stuff kills me!!! BUT… get ready for the one that will make every knitter say “awwwwwwww” the second they lay eyes on it:

Aren’t they just ridiculous??!?!?! See what I mean? Knit baby shoes for the knitters daughter!!! What a perfect gift! I still cant get over the fact that she has knit shoes!

They’re pretty awesome and they will fit her in a few weeks I’m sure :)

FO wise… I knit another set of the Rebecca Danger Momma and Baby dolls for someone who saw mine on instagram and wanted one for his daughter :) He picked a purply pink and green for her dolls. These things are sooooo fun to knit. I’m thinking I need to get her book because I want to knit Madison some more ;)

Right now, on the needles I have my mom’s Travelling Woman Shawl that I hope to get done for her birthday at the end of March. Now that the little monkey takes longer naps… I can actually get some decent knitting done on it. I’m using Dye-Versions sock yarn in the Pendragon colorway. It’s knitting up so nicely. As of this morning… I’m one row away from my second repeat of the lace pattern.

Also on the needles are a pair of socks, well, for now one sock… for my little brother for this birthday in April. I’m using the Pattons Kroy and it’s fine. It’s a little “itchy” and I’m sure my brother will not like that. I’m thinking of knitting a second back up pair just in case :)

For now that’s all I have going but want to so badly cast on something for Madison. I also have some more monster dolls to knit up for friends that fell in love with them. We’ll see if I manage to resist the urge to cast on something else by my next post ;)

Hope you all have a wonderful week! And thanks for stoping by.

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Posted by Telma on 12th January 2012

A Little Monster… For My Little Monster

I seriously can’t believe it took me this long to start knitting toys for Madison. I think that I was initially scared to because it somehow looked really complicated to me. But… Now that I have finally made my first toy, I know that’s it’s no more complicated than knitting mittens :)

I decided to make Madison the momma and baby monster dolls from Rebecca Danger. I absolutely adore her knit toys. I let the hubs pick out the colors. He a designer so he always knows what colors are best together ;)

He picked a lovely orange and purple and I immediately cast on. This was super easy, quick and fun to knit.

I didn’t use the safety eyes because well, I don’t have any :) I didn’t feel like making the trip to Michael’s so I just used buttons instead. I opted out of gluing teeth on them because I knew Madison would find a way to rip them off and shove them in her mouth :)

They were so fun to knit that I’m now in the process of knitting another set for a little girl who’s turning 4 soon :)

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Posted by Telma on 6th February 2011

My Sunshine Yellow Socks

I finally managed to get some decent pics of my finished yellow socks. They sure do fit well now that my ankles and feet have decided to swell! ha! None the less… These were a blast to make. The pattern was super easy to memorize. Speaking of which, I used the Oblique Openwork stitch pattern (ravelry link) from my Sensational Knitted Socks book by Charlene Schurch. I think I made them one size too big, but that’s ok… they’re perfect right now for my kankles :)

I am so seriously in love with these yellow socks. They’re so bright that I can’t help but smile when I look at them. And in case you’re wondering, this skein was hand dyed by Jackie of JLYarnworks :)

I had a little bit of yellow awesomeness left so I decided to make our little one a pair of yellow socks so she can be just like mommy :) tee hee. They’re so little!!!!!!!!!

So now that those are done, I’ve cast on for another pair of just plain stockinette socks using my beloved Malabrigo in Archangel :) I LOVE all the different colors….

So now I’m off to kick my fee back up and hope the swelling goes down a bit and knit, knit, knit away at my next pair of socks.

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Posted by Telma on 3rd February 2011

Special Yarn for a Special Project

Remember last summer/fallish, when I went bananas over Rachel’s Daydream Believer batt? This stuff:

Well, I got her to spin it for me cause I haven’t learned yet… then it turned into this:

I’ve been holding onto that skein for a long while now. Everynow and then I would pick it up and think “this is gonna be for something special” I didn’t know what… but I knew that I wanted to make something more than some mitts or a cowl. For me, handspun/dyed yarns hold a special place in my heart cause more often than not, you sorta know the person you’re buying it from, and for me, it’s always a special purchase. Hand dyed/spun isn’t always something that I can afford, so when I do get the chance to buy it, its often a big deal :)

But on with the story… so, the above batt, which then turned into the prettiest skein ever, is now this:

Yesterday we had a snow day and I knew exactly what I wanted to make. I wanted to make a little hat and mitts so that our little one to be could wear home from the hospital. How much more special can you get??? :) I wound the skein up and quickly knit up a swatch. I decided on a basic hat and mitt cause I really wanted the color of the yarn and the yarn itself to really shine. I’ve since then, closed the web browsers with the PDF’s so for the life of me I cant remember what pattern I used from Ravelry. I’ll have to look em up again and update this post later.

The little hat and mitts knit up so quickly and nicely. I was so happy. By the time that the hubs got home, the hat and the first mitt was done. Even he gushed over it. I think that you can’t help but gush over baby knits… Look at how small they are!!!!

So there you have it. I finally figured out what the special thing that I wanted to knit was. Now, all we need is a baby to put them onto ;) And now… some gratuitous closeups of the color and fiber itself. It’s sooooo freaking pretty!!!!!!!!