i made it so.

all better: bella, take 2

imadeitso — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:21:05 +0000

so the uneven mitts are fixed. in record time, too. i tend to leave wonky projects in the wonky pile to be de-wonked at a time when i’m feeling less stabby about it all.

so i must have missed a few rows in the pattern somehow. i unraveled back to where the taper begins and re-knit them. perfect. now i’ll block them to even up the stitches and shape the top part a bit. and having fixed this now, i can cast on my next project without any guilt. apologies if it’s a bit of déjà vu… i loved working with this pattern (despite the glitch, all my own doing by the way) and i want a pair of these for myself.

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mittens for my bella

imadeitso — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:17:19 +0000

i finished the bella mittens, but not quite in time for the birthday girl.

there was one problem. since i was sizing the pattern down from adult mitts, the first mitt i knit actually turned out a little bit too snug. i should have measured better. when i knit the second one, i added a pattern repeat and it fits perfectly. so i’ll be going back and fixing the first one to match.

stop laughing. it should be ready by next winter. by which time she’ll have outgrown these altogether.

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sunday morning

imadeitso — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:27:36 +0000

knitting some mittens on a deadline for my birthday girl.

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valentine’s day sentiments…knitterly version

imadeitso — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:53:31 +0000

i had a bit of fun making these. v-day can be painful for some but i hope these help a little. you know, just doing my part for humanity…

i’ve added the little pinterest button, feel free to spread the love that way or, the old fashioned way (right click and save) to send for your own personal use.

~*~

for more, see sheep illustrated.

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comfort zone cowl ~ finished

imadeitso — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:03:15 +0000

so i finished that cowl. it didn’t take very long, i love quick little projects knit in the round…

i haven’t blocked* it yet. i know it’s silly, but i’m just not sure that this is the right project for the yarn. i saw a friend’s multitude of bella’s mittens on ravelry, and i’m thinking perhaps that’s the way to go for this yarn. but i do have a whole other skein of it left, so i’m just going to wait and see.

* to learn more about blocking, read my previous posts here and here.

what i do like about this pattern is the cascading leaves motif. it looks almost like a cable but if you look closely, it’s not.

{ alright, busted. gratuitous yarn shot. }

i dunno. maybe it’s hard to be excited about warm woollies when the weather has been a balmy 8 degrees celsius lately (46 degrees fahrenheit).

still though. it’s nice snuggling up with baby alpaca. the yarn, i mean. all knit up.

i was going to share the pattern for this one, but i’m pretty sure it infringes on some copyright laws since the motif was taken from a stitch guide book and incorporated into the cowl. i think this might work for any 16-stitch pattern repeat, by substituting in your favourite motif over those 16 stitches. if anyone is interested, i’ve written my details of this project on ravelry in the notes section.

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