Even though I haven't been sewing much these past few months, I have been knitting. A lot. I'm just about done with an awesome summer sweater that I can't wait to wear. In the meantime, here are a couple of little gifts I've finished in the last few months.
This first project was for a trade with Claire (she sent me an amazing tea cosy). She wanted a hat like Jared's for her beau but I wanted to make something new. I picked out this pattern and was really excited that we both liked it, until I realized that it required reading a chart- something I am generally not a fan of. It turned out to be way easier than I thought and I love how the finished hat looks.
Pattern: Ranger Hat, by Anni Laine (available on Ravelry, here)
Yarn: Jamieson's Soft Shetland
Needles: Size 6 & 7 circular
Modification: This pattern was written for fingering weight yarn. For worsted weight, I cast on 112 sts and did 20 rows ribbing. I only did the pattern repeat once. For the decrease, I followed these instructions on Ravelry to make it looks like a continuation of the pattern.
{on ravelry, here}
These fingerless mitts/armwarmers (what are they, anyways?!) were a birthday gift for one of my closest friends. She had requested a pair a little while ago, and I was excited to use this yarn I picked up at No-Coast back in December. I actually still have about half the skein leftover, so I may be making a pair of these for me sometime in the near future...
Pattern: Sleekit Mitts, by Star Rabinowitz (available on ravelry, here)
Needles: Size 2 dpn
Modifications: I cast on 44 sts instead of 55
{on ravelry, here}
ps: for those of you reading this is in a reader- I finally got a spring banner up there. Only a month late, no big deal, right?
ps: for those of you reading this is in a reader- I finally got a spring banner up there. Only a month late, no big deal, right?
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