My latest project
Erich bought me a gorgeous knitting book for my birthday (and thank you for the well-wishes, all!) and the first things I made were this little stripey hat and a pair of booties, for Erich's bunkmate, Mickley. Well, not for HIM, actually...more like for his brand-new baby girl, born the day before my birthday. :o)
The booties were surprisingly easy and worked up quickly, even on size 3 needles.
Mum borrowed the book to make some copies - we'll muddle our way through it together.
I've been reading a lot of knitting books and for some reason, knitting with double-pointed needles has suddenly *clicked* with me (Heh. As it were.). I don't HAVE any dpns, so I can't try it out, but now I can visualize what it should look like, and I'm dying to get my hands on a set so I can try making a seamless baby hat (those seams KILL me!).
posted by Halcyon @ 8:45 PM
5 Comments:
At 7:43 AM,
Sandra said…
Speaking from experience, knitting with dpns is *very* easy and no hassle at all -- I've made sweaters, etc. this way... And not having to deal with the seams is sooo great!!!! :-D I used to knit a lot (not so much recently) and have a ton of books -- most of them in German, though... ;-)
At 7:43 AM,
Sandra said…
BTW, the hat and booties are ADORABLE!! :-)
At 2:40 PM,
Unknown said…
Next time I see you, you'll have to teach me the technique. I've never tried it. In fact, it's been a long time since I knitted anything.
At 9:13 AM,
Lista said…
That's the cutest baby set I've seen in a LONGGG time!! What book was it in? I might need to ask for it for Christmas!! And if you figure out the dpn's I swear I'm going to show up on your doorstep for lessons! How's that for incentive?
At 1:28 PM,
Halcyon said…
Works for me, Lista! If it'll actually GET you here, I'll run right out and buy a set! ;o)
I got the pattern out of Easy Baby Knits by Claire Montgomerie. WELL worth the cost - there are maybe two patterns in the entire book that I DON'T want to try. :o)
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