Two-Needle Baby Sweater.

Two-Needle Baby Sweater (February chapter), Knitter’s Almanac, Elizabeth Zimmermann

Caron Simply Soft Brites, Berry Blue

US 6 needles, straights and DPN’s

For a co-worker’s baby-to-be.

I must confess I altered this pattern a bit.  You are supposed to work each sleeve back and forth and then pick up the stitches for the body.  To make this completely seamless I chose to place the sleeve stitches on spare yarn, cast on the underarm stitches and knit the body.  After that I picked up the underarm stitches and the sleeve stitches on DPN’s and knit in the round.  I also picked up three stitches on either side of the yoke and knit i-cord for a tie rather than use buttons.  This was an aesthetic choice as well as a safety issue.  I wouldn’t want a phone call telling me a curious teething baby had eaten buttons off something I made them!

Quickly, quickly.

I should be packing up the truck now for my weekend away, but I wanted to drop a quick post before I go.

Some finished objects!

The first patch of my travelling scarf!  I cannot wait to get back the finished piece.  I am sending a small notebook with it so everyone can add a little note about themselves.  This is going to be a very cool project!

My part of the travelling shawl.  This is going to be knit by people from all 50 states and the completed shawl will be raffled off, with the earnings going towards breast cancer research.  I may have a button on my blog soon to allow you to buy tickets, but we’re not sure about that yet, so I’ll keep you informed.  I will tell you that this will be a beautiful piece of lace once it is done, and the fact that it is hand-knit from folks all over the country really does make it a priceless piece, so if you are able to buy a raffle ticket, please do.  It is a prize worth winning!

Well, I’m off!  Knitbaby and I will be going to the Fiberfest! in Snow Hill on Saturday, so I should have some pretty neat pics when I get back.  Now, all that remains is packing the truck, getting gas, going to the post office, and picking the baby up from my MIL’s.  I should be able to get that done in an hour, right?  Hope springs eternal!

Some finished objects

Presto Chango

Made for co-worker’s baby due October 2nd.  Used NatureSpun worsted in Cranberry Fog.  This was SO EASY, it’s just not right that everyone not know about this pattern.  It took about 4 days, meaning about 6 hours in total knitting time.  Everyone just went wild over this at work, and the yarn shows the lace panel really well.  When I made Knitbaby a sweater out of this yarn in a blue color it shedded, pilled, and did all sorts of crazy things, but the cranberry didn’t.  Hmmm.  I thought I was so over this yarn because of Knitbaby’s sweater, but maybe I can have a little more faith in it now.  I hope so, because I still have about 12 skeins of it to work through that I bought on clearance.

Footies

Sorry for the bad photo…we haven’t had many sunny weekends!  I made these as part of a knit-a-long on Ravelry.  (Ever heard of it?  If not, go there now and sign up.  It’s worth it.)  I used leftovers from a pair of basic socks that I knit years ago and I just wasn’t willing to throw out the little bit of yarn left over.  I even got the stripes to line up, except I don’t have any really good photos of both the socks at once.  Just trust me.  Anyway, it’s a great pattern for using up leftovers, and the socks are really comfortable to boot.