Sewing in November

I have been sewing alot lately, trying to get used to using my overlocker. These are a few of my recent projects:

Appliqued T-Shirts

These are just bonds t-shirts that have been appliqued with bits of the Timeless Treasures fabric I got from the US.



Reversible Pinnafore:

This will be the first of may hopefully as I get mre familiar with sewing from a pattern. Mum did alot of work on this as I needed to 'see' how to sew around curves before trying it out. All this is left to do now is the buttons once I can get bubs to try it on properly.

Front- pattern side ____________ Back -pattern side


Front - pink side ______________Back - pink side

November Knitting

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, 100g of Christmas Tweed in Demeter (Treliske 8 ply), 100g of Yule Log on Lucinda (12 ply).

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):

Micah's Curly Purly Soaker

This was knitted for a friends son with wool she had purchased. The wool was 12 ply from Monster Knits in the sunflower colourway. I knit it using 3mm & 4mm needles for the waistband and 5mm needles for the body.

front


back

Knitting for Russian Babies

There is an appeal going on atm for cloth nappies and covers to go to Russia for babies that are in need. I decided to make a couple of soakers and donate some of the stuff I had already made but not used on Cady. I'll keep adding to this as I keep knitting :)

This first one is a Punk Knitters Soaker in medium with extra rise and waistband. I used Patons Jet (Wool/Alpaca blend) and 5mm needles (4mm for waistband).

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!