October Efforts

In The Wool Basket:

From Monster Knits I have:
100g of Worsted weight Purewool in Mud Princess, ~50g of DK BFL in Kai, 200g of Treliske in 'Misty Morning', 100g of Aran BFL in 'Ocean Dreams' (Aqua blue and greys), 100g of Aran BFL in 'Purple Strands', 200g of Aran BFL in Plum Tree (Plums and greens) with 50g Plum for feature colour, 7 mini-skeins (50g) of Treliske wool in Kelly Green (to match Meadow) and Pink (to match Turkish delight) Turquoise (to match Ocean dreams), light purple and dark purple (to match Misty morning, Chocolate and Navy (both to match Kai) and Purple strands to be used for cuffs and waistbands.

From Jolly Jumbuck I have:
100g of Minerva (DK BFL) in 'Enchanted Eggplant', 100g Phoebe (Pear Tree Merino 8 Ply) in Spring Fling, 100g Venus (100 purewool) in Splish Splash.

From the NZ Wool Company I have:
200g each of Utiku 8 Ply Multi Colours in Gems, Watermelon, Boysenberry and the Chocolate brown colourways.

Recently Finished Projects (most recent to oldest):

Ashton's Kai Shorties with Snake
These shorties were knit on 4mm needles using the Wooly Weaver pattern (adapted), I used Monsterknits 8 Ply Blackberry Ridge in the colourway 'Kai' for the body and Treliske in Navy for the waistband and cuffs.

On the Needles

Enchanted Eggplant Flirty Skirty

I have nearly finished a small skirt/soaker combo using the LTK Flirty Skirty pattern. I am using the Jolly Jumbuck wool Minerva (DK BFL) in 'Enchanted Eggplant' for the skirt and soaker cuffs and Demeter (treliske) in Teal for the soaker and embellishments. I think I am going to embellish with butterflies using duplicate stitch.

Progress photo 1 (11-10-2007)

Progress Photo 2 (Mid Oct)

Progress Photo 3 skirt (24-10-2007)

Progress Photo 3 soaker (24-10-2007)

Finished Photo 4 skirt and embellishment detail

Finished Photo 4 soaker and embellishment detail

Baby Shrug

This was knit all in one piece using Dashing wool in pink. Gay crocheted the flower for the shrug using 4ply white baby wool.

August and September Knitting

In The Wool Basket:

From Monster Knits I have:
100g of Worsted weight Purewool in Mud Princess, 100g of DK BFL in Kai, 200g of Treliske in 'Misty Morning', 100g of Aran BFL in 'Ocean Dreams' (Aqua blue and greys), 100g of Aran BFL in 'Purple Strands', 200g of Aran BFL in Plum Tree (Plums and greens) with 50g Plum for feature colour, 7 mini-skeins (50g) of Treliske wool in Kelly Green (to match Meadow) and Pink (to match Turkish delight) Turquoise (to match Ocean dreams), light purple and dark purple (to match Misty morning, Chocolate and Navy (both to match Kai) and Purple strands to be used for cuffs and waistbands.

From Jolly Jumbuck I have:
200g of Minerva (DK BFL) in 'Enchanted Eggplant' and 50g of Demeter (8 Ply Treliske) contrast wool in Teal.

From the NZ Wool Company I have:
200g each of Utiku 8 Ply Multi Colours in Gems, Watermelon, Boysenberry and the Chocolate brown colourways.

Recently Finished Projects (most recent to oldest):

Turkish Delight Butterfly Flares (Small)

They are knit on 4.5mm needles using the Picky Pants Pattern. I used Monkster Knits wool -Aran BFL in the colourway 'Turkish Delight' for the body and Chocolate treliske 8 Ply for the waistband, flare cuff and embellishments. The embroidered butterflies are not quite finished yet.


Meadow Ivy Shorties

I had these finished when I went into hospital to give birth but had not competely finished the embellishment. It took me as while to get it finished once home but finally, after crocheting quite a few leaves we got there. They look really good on bubs too!

They are knit on 4mm needles using the Wooly Weaver Pattern (adapted slightly). I used Monkster Knits wool - 8ply BFL in the colourway 'Meadow' for the body and Kelly green treliske 8 Ply for the waistband and crochet embellishments.


Mini Wonder Soaker in Emily Rose

I knit these using the Jolly Jumbuck wool Artemis in the Emily Rose colourway. I used the Mini size on the Everlasting Wondersoaker pattern from Wooly Wonder. She looks like a little galah in these LOL!

Knitting with a Newborn

In The Wool Basket:

From Monster Knits I have:- 200g of Treliske in 'Misty Morning', 100g of Aran BFL in 'Ocean Dreams' (Aqua blue and greys), 100g of Aran BFL in 'Turkish Delight', 100g of Aran BFL in 'Purple Strands', 200g of Aran BFL in Plum Tree (Plums and greens) with 50g Plum for feature colour, 5 mini-skeins (50g) of Treliske wool in Green (to match Meadow) and Pink (to match Turkish delight) Turquoise (to match Ocean dreams), light purple and dark purple (to match Misty morning and Purple strands) to be used for cuffs and waistbands

From Jolly Jumbuck I have:- 100g of ARTEMIS (Wendy Dennis Polwarth 8ply) in the colourway 'Emily Rose'.

From Suzannes House of Wool I have:- 200g 8 Ply merino in Bushdance colourway with 50g ball of contrast colour burgundy.

Recently Finished Projects (most recent to oldest):

Since being home with my newborn Cadence I have been knitting only projects that she needs immediately. She has turned out to be a very heavy wetter for a newborn and as such needed to use woolies at night from about 2 weeks old. I started out by making her the soaker below plus a sleeper sack this is not quite finished yet.

Curly Purly Soaker - NB size
This soaker is knitted on 4mm needles with 2.5mm and 3mm needles for the waistband. I used two types of wool both from Monster Knits. The waistband is made out of Treliske 8 Ply in purple, chosen because of the softness for a newborns skin. The body is made with 8 Ply BFL in the Berry Fuschia colourway. I only used 1/3 of the wool I had so I have been using the remainder on the sleeper sack.


Sleepy Soaker Sack
This soaker sack is knitted on 4mm needles with 3mm needles for the waistband and end band. I used two types of wool both from Monster Knits. The waistband and end band are made out of Treliske 8 Ply in purple, chosen because of the softness for a newborns skin. The body is made with 8 Ply BFL in the Berry Fuschia colourway. I used the remainder of the wool used for her NB soaker.

Medium Curly Purly Soaker

This soaker was knit on 4.5mm needles with 2.5mm and 3mm needles for the waistband. I used Aran BFL from Monster Knits in the colourway 'Fresh'.

First Dyeing attempt

This was my first attempt at dyeing wool. I didn't like the colour of the newborn PP I had made the bubs. The day before I went into labour I decided to try and dye them using food colouring. I was aiming for graduated colours of green. I ended up with lime green, mid forest green, dk forest green.

Unfortunately the colour was not set very well on the bottom of the legs and we learnt the hard way that the colour runs onto sheets once the longies get wet LOL! I have decided to just use these longies for day use when Cadence doesn't sleep as long and therefore is not as wet by changing time.