Very happy with how this one turned out too, altho the zipper in the back still gives me trouble. Just have to keep practicing, I guess. :)
For the next dress I've modified the bodice a bit, and made the skirt a bit less full. We'll see how it turns out, I've already cut up the fabric, with any luck I'll have time to start working on it today.
Pattern: Ottobre 3/2007
I liked working with the yarn, it was nice and soft, we'll see how well it wears. It was Schoeller+Stahl Pantino, a cotton-acrylic blend. I prefer knitting cotton-blends, as they are usually softer than pure cotton. (of course, this does not apply in all cases, but I still prefer the blends. :) )
I also wanted to do a little something different from just a plain top-down raglan, so I added an opening to the collar, and sewed on some bright buttons. Just for fun. :)
Pattern: Top Down Raglan Sweater generator by Knitting Fool
The rest looked like this:
The front and back are done, as is most of the first sleeve. But I'm a bit worried that I might run out of yarn, before the hoodie is finished. That's why I'm making the sleeves stripey. Who knows what the hood will end up looking like.. I'll worry about that when I get that far. :)
I'm very happy with getting so much knitting done! :)
The yarn is Katia Bombay, in very cheerful colors. :) And then I kinda bought more yarn.. Now, I'm not a big fan of Novita (a Finnish yarn-company), but when I found a place where they sold four skeins for 10€, I just couldn't leave the yarn at the store. So I bought eight skeins of Novita Mambo, in a pretty red color.
This will probably become a jacket for DD#1. This one, to be exact.
And, can you believe this, the following fabric I got for free! From hubby's uncle's wife! All she asked was that I make something for the girls from the fabric. Now I just have to figure out what to make..
Amazing, huh? There's loads of the dotted fabric, and it's kinda thick, so I thought I could use it for some kind of jackets. Still have to think some more about that.
ps. So sorry about the very poor quality of the photos, it's really dark and my camera just wouldn't cooperate with me..
The back is done, and most of one front part. I would have gotten further, but the husband packed my magazine with the pattern in the trunk of the car, so I didn't know when to bind off for the hood. And as I didn't want to knit too far, I decided to switch to knitting something else. And since I had managed to leave my notes for a cardi at home, I started knitting on the Eunice socks. I've managed to knit the first chart once on the first sock! Whee! Yeah, right..
Loving it thus far. :) Tomorrow I have just a couple hours of knitting time, and a few hours more on Friday when we drive home. Maybe I'll be able to finish the other front piece.
I'm still very new to this whole blogging thing, so I think it's wonderful to know that people read my blog, and actually like what they read! Yay!
And a pic of the girl wearing it:
The funniest thing about that pic? The girl is wearing her bikini, while modelling a woolly scarf. :D
Can't argue with me can you? And it just so happens that the cutest baby ever is wearing the cutest dress ever. I'm still totally in love with this dress. I want one for myself. Too bad I don't have the body for it. Oh well.. Oh, by the way, the dres isn't way too big on the babe, like I feared, it is, in fact, just perfect. But she should be able to wear it for a while, as it's a quite loose shape.
Getting a decent photo of the dress wasn't the easiest task, as she kept walking towards me when I put her down to take her photo. So, again, I ended up with a bunch of photos like this one
And some like this
But where would be the fun in having children, if they just stood still and did what they were told? :D
It probably is too big for the babe, but she'll grow into it. :) Let's just hope I don't mess the whole thing up when I sew in the zipper.. Stay tuned. :)
Because, well, I have a thing for skulls. My almost-five-year-old saw it and immediately announded that she wants it. Now, I didn't feel like making a whole shirt from the fabric, so we compromised, I made her a shirt where the sleeves are made with our lovely calaveras-fabric and the body is a solid red. And this is what I got:
I think it turned out pretty cute. :) I did have some problems with the neckline ending up way too loose, but I solved that by putting an elastic band in there to make it tighter. And now it's just right. This is one of those tops that the girl will be able to wear for a long time, as it has a very wide shape. I could have made it a bit longer tho, to make it more like a tunic.. Maybe I'll do that for the next one. ;)
Baby sis came to help with the photo-taking too. :)
Pattern: peasant blouse from Ottobre 4/2008
I went to a "sit&knit" yesterday, and as I ran around the house looking for something to put my knitting in, I started thinking that I could make some kind of small tote bag myself. The idea ripened overnight, and this morning I drew up a "pattern" (really, it's more or less a square on a piece of paper.) Then I decided which fabric I wanted to use and cut up the fabric. And then I got to the fun part - the sewing! A little while later I had myself a lil tote, whee! :)
One more pic of the bag "in action", ie. stuffed with a few skeins of yarn. :)
The flowery fabric is leftovers from the skirt I made for the 4yo, it's Moda Clementine Pretty Petals, that I got from Spice Berry Cottage. The blue is (again) something I found ages ago in the sales bin at Eurokangas. The "pattern" is my own. :)
See how excited a child can get about having her picture taken! Amazing! Well, in her defence, I did interrupt her right in the middle of the program she was watching, so who wouldn't be annoyed? I did manage to get a slightly better pic too, where you can actually see the dress:
Now that I look at it more, the pocket is really starting to annoy me. I might have to do something about that.
Pattern: Under the Hoodie, by Kristin Spurkland (ravel it)
First I made it too tight. Then I made it too loose. And, obviously, then I made it too tight again. And then when I sewed the waist band on, and thought I had finally gotten it right, surprise, surprise, it fell off the girl when she tried it on. Pah, I thought, I'll just sew a button on so that you can make it tighter and then looser when she grows. That didn't work. So I took it in on both sides, and now it stays up. I did it by hand, so that I can easily take out the stitches and the skirt can "grow with her". It'll probably still fit her ten years from now. So, like I said, you should always put elastic bands in kiddie clothes. Especially when you've got skinny kids, like I do.
Pattern: Ottobre 1/2008 (again)
I've also started on the second pair of Cookie socks, Eunice. Which is barely worth mentioning, because I haven't gotten past the ribbing. But here's a "progress" pic anyway. :)
And no, I still haven't gotten the sleeved seamed on to the hoodie.. Maybe I'll get round to that one of these days.
I admit that this is not the best possible pic of the top, but it's the only one I've got. I took it in the park in front of the church in Turku yesterday. I would have zoomed closer, but we only had the kids' camera with us, and the zoom on that one isn't very good. So this pic will have to do. :)
I have this thing about sewing buttonholes, so I sewed on snap-ons instead, the buttons are only for show. :) (dude, I'm using a whole lot of smileys today, wonder why that is?)
