Knitters' Row

Preemie Hospital Set 3

Jen — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:59:48 +0000

This will be the final preemie set for the summer unless i get a good jump start on my Christmas presents and finish up some UFOs. I finally found someone to take the items to the hospital for me. I know they will get there safely because she works in the delivery unit. I am not sure if all the sizes are right. Some items are small, some are large, but I was figuring that all babies are different sizes too.

This whole set was done with DK baby yarn. It is super soft and will wash very well. I think the variegated blue and the variegated pink on the blanket was a Bernat yarn, but i can’t find the colors at the store any more, they are probably still on line though. I just used a single crochet for the booties, and a single crochet for the hat. The hat also has a small shell stitch around the edge. The blanket was done in Tunisian Entrelac Crochet and was very difficult to follow in the pattern book that I got, but once i got it figured out it was pretty easy. The hard part was that the author of the pattern didn’t have the pattern all on one page or even in a set of pages. To get the blanket done you had to flip through the book from page 3 to page 7, then to page 11, pack to page 5…..etc. So good luck for anyone who tries this out.

Crochet Felted Bag

Jen — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:41:58 +0000

This project was not only my first experience working with wool, but it was also my first felted project.

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Preemie Hospital Set 2

Jen — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:44:42 +0000

This is the next in the sets that I’ll be sending to the NICU for this month. I plan on doing one more then starting some new sets next month, but I’m not sure yet what patterns I’ll use. The pattern is a diamond lace done on size 7 needles with fingering-weight yarn.

10″ Needle Case

Jen — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:35:25 +0000

This is an example of the needle cases I’ve started making to store my supplies and sell at my local yarn shop. They’re pretty easy to make, but also time consuming. I will try to post some more pictures of the other cases that I make as I go along. I’ll be happy to make one of these for anyone who wants one. If you’d like one, go ahead and contact me (use the Contact Us link at the top of the page) and we’ll work out the details for pattern, price, and shipping and stuff. Because of the time involved in making these, I’d probably be looking at around $25.00.

Hannibal the Yarn Cannibal

Jen — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:55:01 +0000

I missed the knit group last week, so sorry there wasn’t a Weekly Funny! This week we talked about movies with cannibalism so here is Hannibal the Yarn Cannibal with his yarn roast and fiber salad!

Recycled Sweater

Jen — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:53:03 +0000

I pulled this yarn out of a sweater that I bought awhile ago! I hadn’t had the guts to rip it out before now, because I didn’t have a pattern to use it with. I finally found a pattern for a shrug that I really like, and I look forward to starting it sometime this weekend. Oh, did I mention the sweater? It was way too big and too long for me, and it had a ton of fringe on the end of the sleeves. I couldn’t do anything wearing this sweater, because the sleeves were about four inches too long! Let’s just say it’s quite a bit smaller now.

Felted Clogs

Jen — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:27:14 +0000

After much time with fussing around with increases and stitch counts, I finally finished my first pair of Fiber Trendsfelted clogs! To be able to get the correct stitch count, I had to use a “kfb” increase. Instead of two strands, I used a yarn very similar to Lopi. I was really surprised that they came out felted so completely! Although they were a size bigger than they were supposed to be, an extra felting in the washing machine and a run through the dryer shrunk them a bit. A hint would be to felt them a little bit smaller than what you need (about a half size) because they will stretch as you wear them. If you need to, you can always refelt them as they stretch later.

Cabled Sweater

Jen — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:40:41 +0000

Finally! I got this pic posted of the second knit project that I did. I never did get around to using the pattern that I bought. I liked this cable pattern better. It ended up being a bit big, so next time I might take out a cable repeat on each side or something, and also not start the arm holes till later so they are not so big, but it is perfect for wearing something bulky underneath which I have done. It also keeps me super warm which I guess is it’s purpose. I designed this sweater around one that I saw in a mall. They had it for sale and I thought that $89 was a little stiff and that i may be able to knit it. Well needless to say, I ended up spending about that in yarn and supplies. But this was my inspiration to start knitting in the first place. I did write down the pattern, but I am not about to type it all up! Sorry

Yarn Balls

Jen — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:29:16 +0000

The phrase that came up this week was “yarn balls.” Every knitter has ‘em, so here’s a picture of mine.

I had trouble recruiting a human “volunteer” for the photo.

Preemie Hospital Set 1

Jen — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:12:42 +0000

I decided to start a donation project and found that the Children’s Hospital in our area needs preemie items. This set is crochet using two different yarns. The yellow is “Pound of Love” by Lion Brand and the blue “tweed” is by Plymouth. There is a blanket, a hat, and booties which are all stitched with single crochet. The blanket stitch is single crochet in the front and the next stitch single crochet in the back. I repeated this for the whole blanket. I hope to be able to get a set done every month to be able to send to the hospital.