2 in 1

Learning to knit two socks on one needle

This is a trial with larger needles and heavier yarn but the goal is this pattern on fingering baby blue.

Mega knitting

I cut a felted sweater sleeve into a long strip and cast it on these giant needles.  This was just a test but it knits up quite quick.  Maybe a scarf?

How far we’ve come

When it comes to knit sweaters, Eily started out like this: with a lot of resistant.  He ended up wearing that sweater only twice.   

But with this one, he picked the wool himself.  Wore it eagerly the first day it was done (though I may decide to rip out the neckline a second time – I don’t like that it didn’t size up as well as Gabe’s). And he continues to wear it, even directly over a t-shirt.

Heather

My cardigan is finished, started way back then.   

   
I lengthened the pattern and chose not to knit a bulky collar. 

I love the colour most of all. 

 (Eily took the pic and the other two photobombed it.)

Filling spaces

The beekeeper’s quilt (aka little bum rug) is taking shape.  I started sewing the hexipuffs together last weekend.

  
Meanwhile Gabe was gathering items to celebrate the 100th day of school.  

The time-consuming work of filling empty spaces.

  

Where’s the red?

  
Success!  He’s wearing it even though his first reaction was: but it’s not finished yet – there’s no red on it.

Armwards

Moving to the arms on Gabe’s new sweater. 

 I love the speed of circular stockinette.

Interlude

 Between knitting projects, i made the mistake of dropping by the yarn shop to return a leftover skein of wool.  I came across a finished toque and a blend of baby alpaca, cashmere, camel and silk.

 The rest of course is history.

Now back to my intended knitting project.

Seed stitch

Last night while Rue was asleep and the house was quiet, i wove in the ends of his new hoodie: a top-down raglan in seed stitch from this fine knitter.  

 

  

Really?

Never expect your three year old to appreciate a handknitted gift.

Flashback

(To be honest, Gabe’s disgust has to do with me asking him for a photo shoot – for etsy purposes – of the neckwarmer and nothing to do with the cardinal hoodie but it brought back memories and when i looked back at Eily’s picture, i couldn’t resist the comparison.)