It's been difficult to blog about knitting for gifts.Initially I was hoping to post a photo of Fletcher being worn. But my friend has not send me one - yet.
I started knitting a garment for myself, it's in dark purple and almost impossible to photograph. I have about 1 1/2 sleeves to knit and all the finishing touches. It's been hidden away as it has been a lovely summer and often to warm to knit with wooly yarn.In May our friends in Switzerland had a baby girl. Of course I started to knit a little garment straight away.
It's the Provence Baby Cardigan, the pattern is available for free.
I found it on Ravelry, where else. I knew I had five balls of Debbie Bliss Cathay in bright pink in my stash.
I think I knit the cardigan in size 12-18 months. I wanted to knit the larger size but wasn't sure I had enough yarn. I used four balls. Now I still have one ball left over. So much for using up stash yarn.
We also managed to purchase a lovely dress matching in colour and size.
Another friend of mine has had a baby boy and I have knit him a lovely baby blanket.
My biggest knitting news otherwise is, I am trying to design a garment.
I actually knit a swatch and have been sketching patterns and doing some calculations.
The knitting is coming along nicely, but the calculations for other sizes is a big challenge.
At the moment I am stuck at the armholes. I was going to calculate a nice curved armhole, but I may need to rethink that and just use a simple set in sleeve. I have enough yarn in my stash to keep me busy.
Our family has been credit crunched, no more yarn purchases for me. I still love visiting my local yarn store and buying cute buttons never breaks the bank.
For the Provence Cardigan they had see through buttons with little pink dots, an exact match to the yarn. The cardigan has reached it's destination and hopefully will be worn.
