17 posts tagged “knitting”

Pattern: Tribble

Book/Website: 1870 Pearl

Yarn Brand: N/A
Yarn Name: Antibacterial Finished Medium Acrylic Medium Thick Yarn
Yarn Colorway: Pink Tweed
Yarn Content: 100% Acrylic

Amount of yarn used:  Not Much

Needle: 24" US7/4.5mm Knit Picks Options

Gauge: N/A

Dimensions: 4" circle

Project Duration: A couple days.

Recipient: Momma

Project Notes: This project has taught me that sometimes I am not smarter than a 5th grader.  I took me days to do this.  The knitting was easy and only took less than an hour.  However the construstion took me some DAYS.  I would sew then pick it all out because it was all wrong.  Then it hit me I'm not supposed to sew both layers together after sewing the cast on and cast off edges together.  After I had that epiphany getting it to cinch up was a breeze.

I've been waiting to get my taxes done since 1pm and we're just getting started. Thank goodness for knitting. I've started a Tribble here. I have one at home that needs sewing up but it's not going well. I'll post more on that later.

Pattern: Easter Egg Illusion Dishcloth

Book/Website: CeCreations

Yarn Brand: Lily
Yarn Name: Sugar'n Cream
Yarn Colorway: Hot Purple, Hot Pink, Robins Egg, Yellow, Pastel Print
Yarn Content: 100% Cotton

Amount of yarn used:  Very little of each

Needle: 24" US5/3.75mm Knit Picks Options

Gauge: N/A

Dimensions: No Idea

Project Duration: Less than 3 hours

Recipient: Paula

Project Notes: This went super quick and it actually looks like an egg!

Pattern: Easter Bunny Illusion Dishcloth

Book/Website: CeCreations

Yarn Brand: Lily
Yarn Name: Sugar'n Cream
Yarn Colorway: Hot Purple
Yarn Content: 100% Cotton
Yarn Brand: Elmore-Pisgah
Yarn Name: Peaches & Creme
Yarn Colorway: White
Yarn Content: 100% Cotton

Amount of yarn used:  Very little of each

Needle: 24" US5/3.75mm Knit Picks Options

Gauge: N/A

Dimensions: No Idea

Project Duration: A few hours

Recipient: Paula

Project Notes: This was a fun knit until I looked at the completed project.  It doesn't look like an Easter bunny to me.  I don't think I messed up anywhere but the head looks all off.  I'm going to start the illusion Easter Egg pattern later today.  I hope it goes better.

Pattern: Baby Genius Burp Cloth and Slobber Soaker

Book/Website: Mason Dixon Knitting and Adorabubble Knits

Yarn Brand: Thank Ewe
Yarn Name: Handpainted Cotton Yarn
Yarn Colorway: Tie-Dye
Yarn Content: 100% Cotton

Amount of yarn used:  3.5 balls (1 ball = 78yrds), 1.5 balls for the burp cloths the other half for 2 bibs

Needle: 24" US5/3.75mm Knit Picks Options

Gauge: 4.5spi

Dimensions: No Idea

Project Duration: 1 week

Recipient: Charis

Project Notes: First, let me say I'm the worst blogger on the net.  OK now for the good stuff.  One of my friends from childhood is having a baby girl and her baby show was last Sunday so of course I had to whip her something up. This yarn is so scrumptious.  Thank Ewe is the best.  There was 8 balls for purchase and I bought them all. I absolutely love this colorway.  It's sooooo soft.  My gift was a hit at the shower.  There were several older ladies there who were inspecting all of the handmade gifts.  You could tell what they thought was good and what they thought was shit.  When it was time for my gift I just held my breath then finally the oohs and ahhs came.  And I heard some say "oh this is such good work".  They kept checking the stretch of the bibs.  It was so funny but also a relief.  I felt bad for the women who made crappy stuff.

Pattern: Diamonds & Lace, Rows of Diamonds, and Waves of Lace Dishcloths

Book/Website: Knits-Wits Heaven

Yarn Brand: Lily
Yarn Name: Sugar & Cream
Yarn Colorway: Soft Ecru, I think.
Yarn Content: 100% Cotton

Amount of yarn used: 1 ball (1 ball = 71 grams = 120 yards) for each dishcloth.  Very little yarn was leftover from each cloth.

Needle: 24" US7/4.5mm KnitPicks Options

Gauge: N/A

Dimensions: They're huge.

Project Duration: 9/20/07-9/26/07

Recipient: Miss Beverly from church

Project Notes: All three of these patterns were very easy and a lot of fun to make.  They look way more complicated than they really are and the Diamonds & Lace was my first lacy dishcloth that required more than just k2tog and yarn overs to create the effect.  I bought these dishcloths as part of a set that includes a matching hanging towel.  Miss Beverly gave me a huge, and I mean huge, bag of Sugar & Cream yarn in Soft Ecru.  I know there were close to two dozen balls in that bag so I'm making this set for her as a thank you.