I put
projects in parentheses because two of these little numbers are just practices for real projects. I'll start with the real project because I am actually really happy with how it turned out.
This is a baby blanket for Katy Walters's baby shower this weekend. It's small because I intended it to be a little lovie--a blanket little Miss Zoe can carry with her everywhere. It's small enough to pack in a diaper bag or stroller without having to leave other essentials at home. I hope Zoe loves it so much that it falls apart in a few years. :)
It's a lumpy, soft yarn knitted on extra long #8 needles. I started with 60 stitches, somehow worked my way up to 65 at one point, and gradually worked my way back down. The yarn was so lumpy that sometimes I would catch an extra stitch and not realize it. It's soft, beautiful yarn, but the texture made it a slow project--the yarn doesn't slide through the knit easily and gets stuck often. The finished product is worth the extra effort, though.
I hand-stitched satin blanket binding around the edge. It gives the blanket a finished look, it allowed me to put a tag on, and it covers up the unevenness of one of my knitted edges. It took several tries, though, to figure out the best way to attach it. I started by sewing it on with a big zig-zag stitch on my sewing machine, but the satin bunched up and looked terrible. So I tried a straight stitch on the machine. That didn't work, either, so I lowered the tension. That also didn't work. So I ripped stitched carefully for about an hour and just did the sewing by hand. I'm guessing that there's a way to attach the binding with the machine, but I don't know what it is.
The tag is made out of the blanket binding.
On to the boring stuff:
These are a couple of practice stretches of knitting.
This is my first attempt at knitting. It's one skein of yarn. Maybe I should take a vote: Is it a really long potholder or a really short table runner?
I can't seem to make this next section of text move down. Sorry that it's not lining up correctly...
This is a practice go at several different patterns for an upcoming project. I gave this piece to Georgia, who is thrilled to have what would otherwise be sort of a useless piece.
So there you have it. More sewing projects will follow in the next few days. I need to make a bag and nursing smock for another baby shower this weekend. Busy, busy, busy. :)
This is a baby blanket for Katy Walters's baby shower this weekend. It's small because I intended it to be a little lovie--a blanket little Miss Zoe can carry with her everywhere. It's small enough to pack in a diaper bag or stroller without having to leave other essentials at home. I hope Zoe loves it so much that it falls apart in a few years. :)
It's a lumpy, soft yarn knitted on extra long #8 needles. I started with 60 stitches, somehow worked my way up to 65 at one point, and gradually worked my way back down. The yarn was so lumpy that sometimes I would catch an extra stitch and not realize it. It's soft, beautiful yarn, but the texture made it a slow project--the yarn doesn't slide through the knit easily and gets stuck often. The finished product is worth the extra effort, though. 
This is my first attempt at knitting. It's one skein of yarn. Maybe I should take a vote: Is it a really long potholder or a really short table runner?
