Kiersten: Catching up!

Sometimes I am great at starting things... but like many people get lost somewhere in the middle. I have spent the past few months focusing on finishing these projects. Of course, there are always a few small projects that I throw in for a break.

BUNNIES

I was grateful to spend a couple nights with at my girlfriends this past spring, and brought a few fun bunnies for her girls to play with (there was a white one that I made up shortly after taking these photos- as I thought three of these could make for fun juggling toys).

This was a fun crochet pattern by Josephine Wu- she is so talented! She made this pattern available for free on Ravelry.com. I will see if I can upload the pdf to my patterns list on the right.

BOOTIES

Shortly after this I was commissioned to knit up a pair of cute little booties for a friend of a friend. This was my first attempt at any type of sock, and I can see how they can become addictive, especially these little ones :-)

TUNIC

So, onto the projects that have been piling up in my basket. I started this shot sleeve tunic probably over a year ago... it was posted on the Rowan website, although I can no longer find it there. Amazingly I found it amongst my printed patterns, so I was able to pick up where I had left off and finish it. The pattern is called Grace, and was designed by Grace Melville. After re-starting this sweater I remembered my frustration. The yarn was purchased online (Debbie Bliss Cashmarino) and there was a lot of damage to the skeins, where the yarn was frayes/cut in multiple places in each skein. This left me with far too many ends to weave in than is to my liking (who really likes to weave in ends?). I also had to tweak the collar of the pattern due to not having enough yarn. Overall I think this is a fun little piece for fall :-)

INFINITY SCARF

Colormatic by Michell Hunter is another free pattern on Ravelry.com. This was a really fun pattern that works up looking like fairisle, but is worked only one yarn at a time. I only used two colors for this, but the pattern calls for 4. I think it still looks great! Can't wait for cooler weather!

SHELDON (again!)

I was asked by the son of a friend to make him a turtle after he saw the Sheldon that I had here. He specified colors, and it took me about a year to get around to making this for him. Luckily I finished it just in time for his birthday, he got it and reportedly loves it!

ADVENT SCARF

Fun Knit-a-long scarf for the 24 days of Christmas, although it took me a bit longer than that. There is a lace pattern for each day, and I ran out of yarn part way through this pattern. Luckily, I cam across one more skein when re-organizing my "yarn closet." I was able to get a few more days in, but still had to skip a few due to not having enough yarn. This is a great pattern to get exposed to different lace and cable patterns. I believe that there are a few of these patterns available, I may have to try another, but I think that I would do it with more of a lace-weight yarn. This scarf still needs to be blocked, and ends woven in (remember how much I said I love to do this) which I think will make a world of difference and really bring out the lace patterns.