Since we last convened, I have made 8, count 'em, 8 projects. They are too numerous for me to rewrite new paragraphs about with any originality. Some are for me, but most are baby gifts or gifts for others. So I will recopy the paragraphs I posted on Ravelry for them. Here goes:
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/cfm
I am normally opposed to acrylic yarn, but I didn’t want to waste good yarn on an unsure pattern. The pattern worked up easily. It is in ravelry, but it doesn’t seem to want to look up. And the yarn I chose is surprisingly soft, much like lion brand suede. I used mismatched buttons from my button box to tack it down. I am very satisfied.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/cs
I think that the pattern was easy. I have no one to take pics of me, so this hideous pic of me in my pjs in the bathroom will have to do. The scarf did turn out cute and I really like the color
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/hg
I had high hopes for this pattern and was kind of disappointed. The pattern looked like the gloves would be long, thin guaged, and simple. They were simple, but the yarn turned out kind of thick, splitty, and the gauntlets only came up midway. I found it unusual that the yarn split because I had worked with it before and never had that problem. I would probably use this for everyday working gloves, but this is definitely not for special occasions.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/bmh
I bought this specifically for the mousey hat. It turned out pretty cute and I think that the color could be for a boy or a girl. Although I don’t know if you would want to put a boy in a mouse hat. That is debatable. But I had tried to use some stash yarn of equal weight and it was a disaster. It would only fit a doll. So spend the money and use the yarn called for.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/sb
I think that this yarn was a bit lighter than reccomended. And I found the reccomended length of casting on for the straps unable to reach the bootie and still fit around a fat baby’s legs. So I made this one for ankle straps. And I had no 1 1/2 needles so I used size 2.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/sb2
As on my previous project page, I think that this yarn was a little lightweight for the project. This time, for the traditional bootie, I cast on an addditional 7 stitches for the straps so that they would reach the bootie when they criss cross and still fit the babys ankles around. Also, I used a size 2 needle, as I don’t own a size 1 1/2. Also, I would like to apologize for the dark pic. The one with flash made them look like two white blobs. The dark one without flash is kind of grainy. Can’t win them all.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/sicbb
I had a ton of this wool left over. So I thought that I would make a manly baby blanket. I will be sure to include a care label so that the mom doesn’t wash it in hot water and turn it into a pot holder! I actually ran out of the one color and had to improvise. And I left off the last row as I liked the dark stripe as the last border stripe. It is not the softest baby blanket, but I still think it looks nice.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/ago
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/cfm
I am normally opposed to acrylic yarn, but I didn’t want to waste good yarn on an unsure pattern. The pattern worked up easily. It is in ravelry, but it doesn’t seem to want to look up. And the yarn I chose is surprisingly soft, much like lion brand suede. I used mismatched buttons from my button box to tack it down. I am very satisfied.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/cs
I think that the pattern was easy. I have no one to take pics of me, so this hideous pic of me in my pjs in the bathroom will have to do. The scarf did turn out cute and I really like the color
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/hg
I had high hopes for this pattern and was kind of disappointed. The pattern looked like the gloves would be long, thin guaged, and simple. They were simple, but the yarn turned out kind of thick, splitty, and the gauntlets only came up midway. I found it unusual that the yarn split because I had worked with it before and never had that problem. I would probably use this for everyday working gloves, but this is definitely not for special occasions.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/bmh
I bought this specifically for the mousey hat. It turned out pretty cute and I think that the color could be for a boy or a girl. Although I don’t know if you would want to put a boy in a mouse hat. That is debatable. But I had tried to use some stash yarn of equal weight and it was a disaster. It would only fit a doll. So spend the money and use the yarn called for.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/sb
I think that this yarn was a bit lighter than reccomended. And I found the reccomended length of casting on for the straps unable to reach the bootie and still fit around a fat baby’s legs. So I made this one for ankle straps. And I had no 1 1/2 needles so I used size 2.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/sb2
As on my previous project page, I think that this yarn was a little lightweight for the project. This time, for the traditional bootie, I cast on an addditional 7 stitches for the straps so that they would reach the bootie when they criss cross and still fit the babys ankles around. Also, I used a size 2 needle, as I don’t own a size 1 1/2. Also, I would like to apologize for the dark pic. The one with flash made them look like two white blobs. The dark one without flash is kind of grainy. Can’t win them all.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/sicbb
I had a ton of this wool left over. So I thought that I would make a manly baby blanket. I will be sure to include a care label so that the mom doesn’t wash it in hot water and turn it into a pot holder! I actually ran out of the one color and had to improvise. And I left off the last row as I liked the dark stripe as the last border stripe. It is not the softest baby blanket, but I still think it looks nice.
http://ravel.me/emmyknitslikekraz/ago
This is a high school graduation gift for my nephew. I am going to hot glue a gift card holder to its tummy. I used all stash yarn for it. The parts were easy to make. But the sewing is tedious. But it turned out pretty cute. I have to make another for another graduating nephew, which I will not post, as it is the same project. Also, they didn’t have safety button eyes at my local store, so I had to use black buttons and tie the shanks through the back of the yarn and into the head.
Once again, this posting program is not allowing me to post individual pics, just the attachments linking to my ravelry page. Please go see them. You are welcome to view them. I am, however, a little frustrated with blogger.com. Till next time, keep on crocheting/knitting!
Once again, this posting program is not allowing me to post individual pics, just the attachments linking to my ravelry page. Please go see them. You are welcome to view them. I am, however, a little frustrated with blogger.com. Till next time, keep on crocheting/knitting!
