This is a Blog to detail my exploits in knitting and my yarn addiction. In particular it will detail my crafty creations from the worlds of knitting and sewing.

Thursday, 22 May 2008

Stock for the shop opening

I have chosen a name for my shop: StitchyMama Handknits. Big news here is that I am now licensed to sell Curly Purly Soakers and use the waistband on longies/shorties. Very exciting!!! I have also decided to place my shop at Yarn Collective. I will be opening in June sometime. I'll keep the Blog updated with opening dates when known.

Here is my Logo:


Finished Projects for the shop:

I have been knitting up some stock for the opening over the last couple of weeks. Here are some piccies:

Rainbow Tweed TiKKi Dress and Beanie
This dress and beanie were knit using Jolly Jumbuck Demeter (Treliske) in the colourway Rainbow Tweed and Pink Tweed. I used 4mm needles for the dress and 3mm and 4mm needles for the beanie. The dress is knit in the 3-6 month size and the beanie is 38cm circumference to for a bubs 3-9 months old. The hem of the dress was finished with an i-cord bind-off and both are embellished with i-cord flowers.


Ocean Dreams Curly Purly Soaker
This soaker was knit using the large size of the Curly Purly soaker pattern and uses Yarn Cafe Aran BFL in the Ocean Dreams colourway. I used 3mm, 4mm and 5mm needles to complete it.



Misty Morning TiKKi Dress
This 0-3 month size TiKKi dress was knit using some Yarn Cafe Treliske in the Misty Morning colourway. I used 4mm needles and embellished the dress with a garter stitch hem and a knitted flower on the bodice. I am thinking of knitting a matching shrug in light purple for this one.



Custom Orders:

I have also been working on the two custom orders I have atm. Here is the first one. It is a Black TiKKi dress in a size 1 (to fit a 52cm chest). It is knit on 4mm needles with Patons Merino Totem in Black and is embellished with flowers using Enchanted Eggplant DK BFL.



I initially knitting this dress with some 4BF I dyed up. Unfortunately the first 150g batch had so many breaks that about 50g was useless to me. I dyed up another 90g but unfortunately the colour turned out a glossy black while the old lot was more of a matt black. No amount of overdying could rectify the problem so I ended up starting over with some yarn from Lincraft. I knit the customer a Meanthead Hat as a gift to say sorry for taking so log. This was knit using Cleckheaton Gusto 10 on 10mm needles and embellished with a flower same as on the dress.

The other custom I am working on is using some BFL I dyed myself. It is a pair of large Curly Purly soakers. I am really happy with the way the dye up has turned out, here is the first of the pair:


Thursday, 1 May 2008

Free Pattern - Mistake Rib Neck Warmer

I decided to make a pattern up for a neck warmer today. I've made it in Mistake Rib pattern to match the Mistake Rib Beanie by Kniterati. I have permission to knit the beanie pattern so I am going to make beanie and scarf sets for the shop using these patterns.
I've listed it as a free Ravelry download

Here's some piccies: