Thursday, January 30, 2014

Jan Plan Projects

Here are pictures of the fingerless mittens that I mentioned in a previous post.  I loved the quick pattern that I found on ravelry.  These are now available in my etsy shop!! 

And here is a picture of the gray pair on the knitting needles.  I had to show off the adorable sheep knitting markers that I received for Christmas!!


 Last January when I was taking my writing course, I decided to make this hat...



I thought that this pattern was found on ravelry, but after some searching I don't know where it is from! Because of my tight knitting (which is more under control now), this hat does not fit an adult.  But if there is a child that would like this hat, please let me know, because I would love to sell it and get it off my hands!!



Past Knitting Projects

This morning with not much to do, I decided I would take some pictures of my past knitted items.  I've always knitted gifts for my family, so now it seems that everyone has a full wardrobe of my knitted creations!
Mom helped me to take pictures and model, but I must say, we are not too good at it!  I think the best model was Sunny...
Sunny was kind enough to model Robert's 2013 Christmas present.  That was a long project.  I got the original pattern from ravelry.  Rob has a large head so I needed to be sure it was going to be big enough for him, which is why I changed the needle size.  I also adjusted the rim of the hat and the pattern because there was one specific part of the pattern that I did not like (I won't go into more detail).  The finished project was quite the large hat, but my great mom sewed in felt and elastic so it would be sure to stay on Rob's head.  
I don't remember when I knitted these next items, but here are some pictures of them anyway!
These two patterns were either from this book or that book.  Both books are definitely good knitting books to check out!
In addition to the two previous mittens, Mom has received this scarf.  It is a zig-zag scarf and the pattern  is found in one of the books that I just mentioned.  
This hat was made for Sarah and it was a great pattern.  I especially like the star that it made on the top of the hat.  Once again this pattern was found in the books that I mentioned.

Now to finish this post, here are some pictures of the best model I know!






Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Hand Models Needed!

As the end of my Janplan semester nears, I am dreading the time where I won't have as much time to knit and relax.  Already in the past few days, I've made two sets of fingerless mittens and one mitten.  The fingerless mittens are all washed and ready for sale.  But before that I want to get some pictures to show them off! Unfortunately, I need to find some hand models before I can finish my task.  Good thing I'll have my mom to model them for me when I go home tomorrow!  Get ready for pictures to come, but for now enjoy this picture of my room mate who keeps crawling all over me as I type this post.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Maine Woods Mittens

I made this pair of mittens for Luke this past Christmas.  It was a great pattern (and pretty easy) found on ravelry.  
I altered the pattern a little by adding a different cuff.  It was a knit purl knit purl ribbing.