FO: Puerperium

Last night I finally sewed the buttons to the Puerperium Cardigan! These are the cutest little buttons I have ever seen :)  I bought them at Espace Tricot for those of you who live in the Montreal area.

This is a lovely pattern.  It is tiny and quick to knit, although it took me from August to January, I have for an excuse that I knitted the Pine Forest Baby Blanket at the same time!

It did not use much yarn either.  Not even half a skein of Millis by Julie Asselin. At first, I thought the color was really too bright but in the end, I really like how it turned out (the color below is not as accurate as above):

A lot of people knitted this pattern and I would definitely recommend it. 

I did not make any modifications.  See my project page on Ravelry.

Now, I'm knitting a little newborn hat and matching socks with leftover yarn.  The hat is already blocking and the second sock is on its way!

Then, I think I will start the Little Oak Cardigan with the Madelintosh Tosh Merino DK I had bought for a Wheat scarf but changed my mind... again!

I'm also thinking about what should be my challenge for the Ravellenics. I may knit a pair of socks again.  It is still a challenge for me to knit a pair of socks in two weeks and I find it actually satisfying to knit a pair of socks so quickly once every two year!  Will you knit something for the Ravellenics?

Happy New Year 2014 everyone!

FO: Pine Forest Baby Blanket

Hello everyone! 

I have an FO!  The Pine Forest Baby Blanket.  What a nice and easy pattern!  I love it in the Green Label Aran Weight in the colorway Frost.  I'm so glad I made the change of yarn although it was a lot of frogging!

Now, I'm 100% happy with the result!  Yé!

 See my project page on Ravelry.

This one is for a very special little baby :)  We do not know yet if it is going to be a boy or a girl!

Then, I've frogged the Wheat scarf too.  I guess it could be the hormones!  Seriously, I did not like how the ribbed portion sort of distorded the scarf.  It was too mindless - if such a thing is possible!  In the end, it did not "speak" to me :)

So, I'm back to my Puerperium.  I'm knitting the second sleeve now, so it should be finished in a few days.  It's so tiny!

I don't know if I'll post again before Christmas.  If not, I wish you all a very Happy Christmas!  Be safe, rest and have fun!  You all deserve it! xxx

I could not resist :)

Last weekend, I went again to my favorite LYS to get a fourth skein of Tanis for my Pine Forest Baby Blanket and I could not resist the good looking Madelintosh Tosh Merino DK!

Good thing, it did not even get to my stash. I already started a new a easy project with it: the Wheat scarf!

I'm now alternating between the two projects.  It is difficult to stay committed when you knit two blankets almost in a row. Then, I'm going to alternate with the little Puerperium that I've neglected a little...

Here is how it looks so far.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Frog, frog, frog...

Well, I thought the color of my Pine Forest Blanket was too dark for a baby blanket but it turns out that the second skein is even darker!  See!

It wasn't exactly a nice surprise...  Still, I continued.  You know, denying the problem.  But I've finally reached a decision.  I will not frog and alternate skeins.  I will frog it completely and it will become different projects.  Why insist on making this blanket in that color if I'm not in love with itT  I already have a few ideas for it: Felipe, Owl Tuque and-or Owlet, Aviatrix Hat, Gramps.  I'll stop, I only have three skeins ;-)

So, Thursday night, I had no choice but to go to the lovely Espace Tricot.  It was once again a very pleasant yarn shopping experience.  All the ladies in that boutique de tricot are so nice.  I forgot to bring the blanket requirements but they went on Ravelry and showed me a varity of possible yarns are could use: soft enough for a baby and superwash, of course.  I opted for this beautiful Green Label Aran Weight by Tanis Fiber Arts.  The colorway is Frost. I so love her yarns!

 

It is also going to become a Pine Forest Blanket.  This is a nice mindless pattern.  I think this color is much better suited for a little baby!  I hope the transition between the skeins will be okay.  We chose them carefully...

 

This is also perfect to lift my spirit this morning because I caught a cold yesterday.  I thought I would be fine and went to work yesterday but it worsened last night and now, I think all I will do this weekend is rest and knit.

 

Have a nice weekend everyone! 

September WIPs

Hi!  I currently have two projects on the needles.  And both are new!  I went shopping during my vacations at the end of August and went for two very different type of blues.

 

First, I'm knitting the Pine Forest Baby Blanket in Malabrigo Yarn Rios, colorway Azules.  While I was looking for a unisex color, the skeins seemed in a lighter shade to me.  Now it looks a little dark to me for a baby accessory.  I will have to pick a brighter color for the next baby blanket I will knit!  Here is a glance at it.  I have almost knit the first skein.  Two left.  I will have a lot of knitting time tomorrow and next Friday so I bet it will be almost done in no time!

 

 

Second, I'm knitting the very popular Puerperium Cardigan.  This is also a quick little knit!  What you see is the back.  Very bright color.  At first, I sort of regreted buying such a bright color.  Seems like I like to go to the extremes!  Now that the little Cardigan is coming along, I'm really loving it!  The yarn is Julie Asselin Milis, colorway Electric Avenue!  This is a new yarn and the colorways are absolutely amazing.  You should definitely take a look!

Next, I will most likely start another blanket, a Little Oak and maybe a Stockholm Scarf.  I'm also thinking of ways to use up more of my leftovers with small projects! 

Any suggestions for a simple baby blanket (mindless knitting)?

Did you start knitting something new for the fall?

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

FO: Baby Chalice Blanket

Last Wednesday, I've given the gift I have been knitting and kept secret on this blog since the end of April.  I finished it one month ahead of time which really happens seldom in my case for baby gifts!  Usually, it is blocking at the last minute, the day before the baby shower.  I'm sure it happened to a few of you ;-)  I must say that my vacations helped and My Sister's Knitter KAL was a great incensitive!

This is a lovely free pattern that many knitters made with a variety of yarns.  In my case, the Illîmani Yarn Baby Llama was a nice discovery!  It is so soft and the natural colorways are beautiful.

I originally bought 4 skeins but in the end I used exactly 3.  I cast on 133 sts compared to 83 in the pattern and made the same number of repeats as instructed (that is 9) and realized it was already a square.  The pattern says the final measurements should be 24 x 32 inches.  In my case, it ended up 37 x 37 inches which is better in my own opinion:

 



After blocking, the stitch pattern is really pretty I think.  I love "leafy" stitch patterns:

The picture I took outside is really the one that shows the color as close as it is:

Finally, the only bad thing about this project is that the yarn is not superwash...  I'm really a bad girl to give such a gift to a friend :(  I will have to learn better...

See my project page on Ravelry.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

FO: Hunca Munca

I never thought I could knit a pair of socks in 3 days, hé hé... ;-)

Here they are, the Hunca Munca baby socks in plain stockinette:

They look so cute to me!  And this used up the 15g (almost exactly!) of the yarn from my own Spring Forward.  I think baby knits are the best to use up leftover yarn!

See my project page on Ravelry.

Sigh... my vacations are almost over... after this long weekend!  Happy knitting to you all!