The Stitch n bisque Thread!

Moon · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:26 pm

MoniDew, that is so pretty <3

Erika Soyf*cker · **Posted:** Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:19 pm

ijustdiedinside wrote:

Phoenix, I made a white totoro, too from this pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library ... -amigurumi
I ran out of yarn for it's bottom, so I made him sitting on a leaf!

Phoenix wrote:

Whee! ijdi, that's so cute!

I've made 2 tiny white Totoros by now, thinking I might give the second one to a friend... But they look so lovely together on my new bookshelf that I haven't managed to separate them yet. Guess I'll have to make a third one if I want to give one away... ;)

OMG YOU GUYZ

these are so adorbs!

MoniDew · **Joined:** Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:42 pm **Posts:** 119

Moon wrote:

MoniDew, that is so pretty <3

<3 Thank you!

kara kara · **Posted:** Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:18 pm

I always open this thread and think I've posted in it, but I haven't.

I've been working on this blanket for my cousin's kid, who's due in April. It's just a super simple garter stitch pattern, based off of this Hudson Bay blanket from the Purl Bee.

She's having a boy, but I didn't want to do the typical pastels, so the colors are a little more grown up. The shades in the pic are a little off. The blue at the bottom is more of a cornflower blue, the stripe above it is a lighter shade of cornflower, then a greenish teal and finally a smoky gray.

This is by far the biggest piece I've done. It's taught me how to correct mistakes, rather than pull out a bunch of stitches or start completely over. I feel rather accomplished!

I'm running out of time to get it finished and to her by the time he's born. I'm only about halfway done. Get to work, KK!

Phoenix · **Posted:** Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:07 pm

Squee, baby blanket! <3

I just finished a baby superhero vest! My brother and his partner specifically requested baby clothes in gender neutral colours - so I made a purple vest with rainbow stripes. I used pure cotton which is nice on baby skin and also comes in the flashiest colours. I even found rainbow buttons at my yarn shop! I don't think I've ever knitted anything as cute as this.

Pics to follow as soon as I can borrow a decent camera! Sadly, mine is broken.

geeksweetheart · **Posted:** Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:34 pm

Love the amigurumi Totoros! I have 2 amigurumi books and yet to knit anything from them.

My next project is the Freja--I'm going to do it in black and rainbow self-striping yarn.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/freja

torque · **Posted:** Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:08 am

I have just finished this
http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/200 ... -vest.html
and realize that it looks rather fugly on me (and in the picture looked a bit frumpy, i don't know why i didn't note that in the first place)

I have frogged every single thing i've made for the last year or two, no kidding. I'm starting to wonder what the hell is wrong with me. I've got this nice dark grey acrylic, enough for a sweater, and everything I make is just not good enough (I made the Maude Louise cardigan, it just wasn't right, then the Salt Peanuts cardigan, also not right....)
Any suggestion for a cardi or vest that would look decent in a dark grey acrylic [for someone who has some breasts, which seems to be my problem in choosing patterns, since most of the cardis and sweaters seem to be for flatter folks]?

Phoenix · **Posted:** Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:44 am

Baby superhero vest & matching booties:

The vest on Ravelry:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/KaosPho ... aby-vest-2

Modifications for the booties to accommodate repetitions of 7 colours rather than 2:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/KaosPho ... -booties-2

Phoenix · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:05 pm

...And because I want my niece or nephew to one day look up from watching Firefly and say, "That was my first hat!!" ---

(Baby Jayne Hat on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library ... aby-jayne; my project page, using a lighter cotton yarn: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/KaosPho ... baby-jayne)

geeksweetheart · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:26 pm

Yay!!! I've knit 2 Jayne hats so far.

Sigh... I am having the hardest time finding vegan sock or fingering weight yarn in vivid colors. I did find Paton's Canadia but it's more of a worsted weight. I wanted to do some colorwork mittens in black and a rainbow variegated yarn.
I loved knitpicks.com but 90% of their yarns have animal fibers.

Moon · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:06 pm

Phoenix - all that stuff is so cute!

ijustdiedinside · **Joined:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:43 pm **Posts:** 8516

wow! awesome, phoenix!

Phoenix · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:27 am

Thanks, guys. As soon as it registered with my mind that there will be a new little human in my family... I knew I love that kid. :)

MoniDew · **Joined:** Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:42 pm **Posts:** 119

I've completed a few more spring items... I think the weather may have finally changed!

Lettuce have Spring! http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MoniDew/incredible-custom-fit-raglan

Fuchsia T http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MoniDew/incredible-custom-fit-raglan-2

AlwaysHungry · **Joined:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:49 am **Posts:** 480

Omigosh, you guys are so talented!

I'm a very novice knitter. I've made a few scarves & cowls, and about a hundred umbilical-cord baby hats.

Increasing/decreasing scares the cr*p outta me.

AlwaysHungry · **Joined:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:49 am **Posts:** 480

I'm making a sock. Does it HAVE to have a heel? Cuz I'm scared.

Phoenix · **Posted:** Sun May 19, 2013 4:18 am

AlwaysHungry wrote:

I'm making a sock. Does it HAVE to have a heel? Cuz I'm scared.

I used to dread heels too - until I discovered the short-row heel. Have a look at some tutorials and decide which one to make!

esme · **Posted:** Sun May 19, 2013 6:46 am

i was scared of socks at first, too! but you'll be fine and then you'll be like, "socks for everyone!"

AlwaysHungry · **Joined:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:49 am **Posts:** 480

How do you guys do it? I mean, I can read crochet patterns no problem but when I turn to knitting patterns it's like trying to read Klingon. I guess it's just practice, eh?

torque · **Posted:** Sun May 19, 2013 9:39 am

i bought myself one of those teach-yourself-knitting-in-5min-a-day but sites like Knitty also explained a lot. i used to feel the same way about crochet patterns, actually.

ijustdiedinside · **Joined:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:43 pm **Posts:** 8516

AlwaysHungry wrote:

How do you guys do it? I mean, I can read crochet patterns no problem but when I turn to knitting patterns it's like trying to read Klingon. I guess it's just practice, eh?

i feel like some people are knitters and some people are crocheters. I never understood knitting even though I tried to get it for about 10 years then when I started crocheting it immediately made sense to me. I know there are some people who think crocheting makes no sense and they are amazing knitters.

Butternut · **Joined:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:13 pm **Posts:** 1579

I knit and crochet. Does that make me an alien? I guess I'm a knitter at heart, though. There are many ways to turn a heel. Don't give up on socks until you have tried a few. I like making socks from the toe-up because the heel is not as tricky to me. The videos on knittinghelp.com are really helpful when you get in a pinch.

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