ETA (4/5): I upgraded my blog software and comments quit working! Oops! They’re all fixed now :)
I know some of you might still be waiting with baited breath, and yes, I did receive my mitten kit. It. is. glorious.
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to cast on yet. In fact, I haven’t been able to knit very much these past 2 weeks at all. I’ve been a bit busy getting 100+ skeins of yarn dyed up for The Loopy Ewe.
So if you want to get your hands on some 900 MHz Merino, be sure to keep an eye on The Loopy Ewe, for one of Sheri’s infamous sneak ups. I’m also working on a shop update for the Yarn Nerd store, featuring my 3 new base yarns: 1200 MHz Merino (Sport), 1700 MHz Merino (Superwash DK) and 2400 MHz Merino (Worsted). That should be ready within a week or two, and I must warn you, these new bases are heavenly. The 1700 MHz Merino is especially squishy, and is the perfect weight for about any project.
Despite my inability to knit more than 5 rounds on my overdue Project Spectrum Fire socks these past few weeks, I do have a finished object to show off. One that I’m quite proud of.
Isn’t it adorable? I knit it as a gift for Georgia’s brand new addition, sweet little H. I actually bought the yarn when I was in Seattle over the summer, in a yarn shop that Georgia took me to. She didn’t know if it was a boy or girl at that point, so I picked some colors and crossed my fingers. Thankfully, I got lucky!
- pattern: wonderful wallaby, by cottage creations
- yarn: blue sky alpacas dyed cotton: azul light blue (1 skein) / caribbean (1 skein) / pickle (1 skein)
- needles/gauge: US #8 / 4.5 stitches per inch
- size: 2 Years
- mods: I striped two of the colors (pickle & caribbean), and then used the remaining one for the yoke and hood. I also worked seed stitch for the cuffs, and did a stockinette hood with a garter stitch border.
I really loved the Wallaby pattern, it was so easy to knit, and there’s endless room for customization. Plus, being a small size, it actually knit up in just a few weeks! And at the rate H is growing, he’ll be ready to wear it around in no time, right Georgia? ;)
After all that instant knitting gratification, I feel like tackling some more baby knits. Are there anymore expecting Moms out there? ;)
i’m usually so late in commenting on your posts . . . glad to see you back. i couldn’t help but get stopped in my tracks at the yarn dyeing. and the sweater is cute too!
Cute sweater, great yarn.
And…..so jealous, pretty fiddlehead kit.
Incredibly jealous of the mitten kit, although I was luck enough to touch someone’s fiddlehead wip, you’re going to LOVE knitting it.
The wonderful wallaby looks adorable. As it’s raining babies at my end, I’m very happy that they are such fast gratifying knits :)
How did you learn how to dye? I mean, as a bio undergrad and then lib sci master’s student I know that I never saw it listed anywhere in my science course catalogs or on my required course lists - oh, wouldn’t that have been fantastic - right next to o-chem and the required stats classes - a course on kettle dying and hand-painting techniques??? - but then again, maybe I just went to the wrong schools. You know these east coast universities don’t always offer the good stuff like your artsy western schools do……….. ;>
What a great sweater! I love the colors you picked.
And oooh.. the gorgeousness of that kit! It’s so perfect even just sitting in that box. Lucky you!
Very cute! I bet this will become one of H’s favorite sweaters. :) I need to add this sweater pattern to my queue for my kiddos.
yes, we looooooove that sweater! it will look super cute on him. right now he’s swimming in it, but at the rate he’s going who knows? it might fit in a week or so ;)
Adorable sweater! It sounds like the recipient was pleased as well!
Oh, your mitten kit. You lucky, lucky knitter. I am not currently in the family way; but, I do have a two year old. He is pretty small, you know, if you are comparing him to an adult… And he really likes Wallabys. Just saying. Your striped version is the tops.
Isn’t that BSA Cotton just the best? I adore it! I need some in boy colors for a sweater for Pirate… I already have tomato red… wonder if it comes in black? hmmmmm….
anyway… can’t wait to see how the mittens work up!
mitten kit? did i miss out on signing up for a mitten kit? damn!
i am in love with your wallaby! too too cute~
Those pots of yarn cooking on the stove look really cool…a work of art in progress! I love the wallaby sweater…you would have looked so cute in that sweater when you were a little guy! Some day your kids will be decked out in some adorable hand knit clothes…no pressure intended!
Love ya~
ps…could you up the font size on your comments…it is a bit hard to read for us old folk!
Love the sweater!!! Baby is going to love it!!! I want that kit. ;-)
What an adorable little sweater!
Uuuaaauuuu…Wonderful!wool
Brasil.
oh your first house! I bought mine at 28 and it was soooooooo exciting. Congratulations! Does this mean you’re grown up? I remember asking myself that over and over, but I’ve concluded, alas, no. I am still not grown up.
Maybe the reason you’ll need to wait for a new wheel is that the “right wheel” is still waiting for you to discover her. Awesome spinning! You make my beginner skeins look like a humpy, bumpy mess.