Another one. . . . in March!

Hi! This is my first post with the group. I thought no better reason then to show off my February Baby Sweater. I knit it using Dream in Color Classy: Happy Forest. It's knit all the way in the round. I'm not one who likes to seam so I opted to knit the sleeves on dpns. More details and pictures on my blog, Knithole.

Another February Baby Sweater

I finished this a couple of months ago for a friend who just had a baby. I was waiting for an excuse to knit this for a long time. I used Malabrigo in Lettuce on size 6 needles. Using this yarn made it really substantial and I love the subtle variagation in the color. I had a couple of false starts with the sleeve increases, but once I got it figured out it was smooth sailing. The buttons are hand made and are the perfect thing to set the color off.

Surprise Knit Along!

Getting ready to cast on for another Surprise Jacket - this time following the adult pattern for y nearly 5 year old daughter. I started a Knit-along if any Zimmermaniacs want to join in!

He'll Grow Into It

I can finally justify my membership to the Zimmermaniacs. I've finished the Seamless Shirt-Yoke sweater for my 13 year old son. It's really big. Not, however, as big as it was before I ripped the entire yoke out and shortened the sleeves by 3 inches. He'd had a huge growth spurt and I over-reacted. It's still big, and I'd be annoyed with myself, except he loves it.

I started this last March, got distracted, and picked it up again in January. Knit on it on and off and then went really head down these last few weeks. It was (ahem) a learning experience, and there are posts about my progress, forward and backward, over at my blog.

I've already cast on for a sweater for his older brother. Once I've finished that, I'll start one for my husband. He will only wear cardigans. I'm hoping by the time I've grafted my third shirt-yoke, I'll be ready to cut my knitting. It could happen.

Baby Surprise Jacket

This is my first EZ project.

It has been a good weekend. I was able to finish another project. Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmerman. I absolutely love the pattern and made this project as a familiarization with the pattern. The next attempt would be to modify it a bit.

Pattern Source: The Opinionated Knitter/ The Knitting Workshop by Elizabeth Zimmerman.
Yarn: Red Heart Soft Yarn from stash.
Start Date: 15 March 2008 late evening.
Finish Date: 16 March 2008 late evening.

February Jacket on a cute niece.

Hi everyone!

I am happy to say that I finally have been able to take some nice pictures of my February Jacket modelled by my gracious niece.



There are lots of other photos on my flickr account, but I did not want to slow down this blog to death.

I knit this pattern with random stash yarn and assorted needles, with no particular size in mind, and was thrilled to discover at the end that it was ust the right size for my niece's christmas gift. A little bit to big, but surely just perfect for spring and summer. This jacket is not really a winter knit with all those holes...
Of course it was a pleasure to knit. And I love the sunshine buttons!

Longies: He'll grow into them, right?

Pattern: February Longies

Source: Knitter’s Almanac

Size: Gigantic Baby Size (I used leftover worsted weight wool and size 7 needles, because my son is on the...ahem...husky side.) If knitting for a new baby, use smaller wool!

Materials: Classic Elite Skye Tweed in odd balls of oatmeal and blue

Amount: about 3 odd balls

Needles: US7/4.5mm Addi Turbo Circulars and dpns

Started: February 2008

Finished: February 2008

blog: www.craftattack.wordpress.com

Longies: He'll grow into them, right?

Pattern: February Longies

Source: Knitter’s Almanac

Size: Gigantic Baby Size (I used leftover worsted weight wool and size 7 needles, because my son is on the...ahem...husky side.) If knitting for a new baby, use smaller wool!

Materials: Classic Elite Skye Tweed in odd balls of oatmeal and blue

Amount: about 3 odd balls

Needles: US7/4.5mm Addi Turbo Circulars and dpns

Started: February 2008

Finished: February 2008

blog: www.craftattack.wordpress.com

Fishtrap Cardigan

Greetings Zimmermaniacs!

I wanted to share with you the first adult sweater I ever knitted...the fishtrap cardigan from the Knitter's Almanac. I LOVE this pattern. I used Lamb's Pride worsted in creme, and followed EZ's instructions to a T, including machine stitching around the steek. If I try this again as a cardigan, I think I'll follow Brooklyntweed's instructions on doing a crocheted steek...it looks cool and allows for elasticity. But I'm glad I tried EZ's way first. I absolutely adore her writing style.

This was a gift for my mother for Christmas 2006. I knitted this at a frantic pace for about 2 months, then was still doing details on Christmas Eve. Yikes. Blocking never even crossed my mind with this, and really it didn't need it. I can't tell you how in love I am with this pattern. I want to try the pull-over version just to do the fishtrap pattern again.




This past Christmas I knitted EZ's Norwegian mittens from Knitting Around. I missed getting a picture though, so I'll have to visit home and grab a shot so I can share. Visit my blog for more about his sweater: http://www.major-moonbeam.blogspot.com/.

Just another EZ Feb Sweater

If you haven't knit one yet, you have got to find someone with a baby. This is such a fun, satisfying knit. And every yarn created a whole new look. Elizabeth, wherever you are; you are a genius!

Just another EZ Feb Sweater

If you haven't knit one yet, you have got to find someone with a baby. This is such a fun, satisfying knit. And every yarn created a whole new look. Elizabeth, wherever you are; you are a genius!