Tuesday, December 31, 2019

More New Knits to End the Year

Meet Asher.  He is 3 1/2 years old and a real twinkler.  This is a nice boyish hoody that I knitted for him.  I used different washable wools.


It was a very easy knit with nice colors


This is Gideon.  He'll be 2 this coming month.
This sweater had a little bit of a challenge with the bottom band.  


The pattern is from OGE which has many cute baby patterns.


This is June who is also 3 1/2.  She has a very cute sweater with some texture to it.  It makes for not boring knitting.


It has a nice cable weave in it on the shoulders.


This is Melanie who is 2. She is totally girl who likes to wear dresses.




And this is Gideon's Mom.  I knitted her a vest.  It looks pretty nice for an adult sweater.



All of these can be seen for more detail on my Ravelry site



Thursday, December 12, 2019

Clara's Quilt

I was going through old quilting magazines and tearing out the quilts that I like and then throwing the magazines away. We get so many ideas these days through pinterest, that I don't feel like I need to keep old magazines that I never look at.

I came across one that I liked and ripped it out.  A couple of my granddaughters were over and the younger one liked the quilt a lot, so I made it for her.  Here it is.


I think it may be called Ohio Rose, but I don't remember for sure.


I bought the white fabric and used scraps for everything else.


For the backside, I had a piece of fabric that I hated to cut up because the print is so nice.  This was a perfect opportunity to use it and it goes so nicely with the quilt.



Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Knitting and More Knitting

I have been knitting constantly, mostly for my grandchildren.  As you know, winter is almost here and they do need to keep warm.  So here are some pictures.  Everything is on my Ravelry site.
These are only some of my works.  I'll put more on next week.

This is Melanie.  She loves to smile for the camera. I actually made this dress to send to a great niece of mine.  but Mel fit it, so here's the pics. I used a washable wool, which is the only kind of wool I use on children's knits.  It makes it easy for mom.


I really like the ruffles.



This is a sweater I knit for Elisha.


This is a pattern that is a Debbie Bliss.  I have knit it several times and really like it.



And a hat to go with it.


Look at those eyes.


Eloise asked me to knit this one for her.  We picked out 2 different fingering yarns and put them together.  It turned out really nice and looks good on her.





This sweater is an old favorite of mine.  A customer that we've had for years asked me to knit this one again for her.  I have 2 different children posing with it.  I wanted to see how it looked on a 2 1/2 years old and a 3 1/2 year old.  It fits nicely on both, so it should wear for a long time.