YAY! I'm caught up.... mostly....

All right, I'm about ready to finish the Baptismal Longies tonight that I've promised in my previous "soon-to-come" post. So, aside from that post and a post due to Lea to rave for the goodies she sent me in the Fall Yarn Ball SWAP, I'm caught up! YAY!!!!! I'm SO EXCITED!

Happy Knitting!

Baptismal Longies

These longies were knit for a momma looking for a natural Baptism outfit... the ones in the stores did not do much for her. So, when she contacted me to see if I could do white longies for her, I immediatly thought of my friend Sara, who'd done natural colored longies for her son's baptism last year. So I suggested natural, rather than white.

They were knit with 2 ply Montana Targhee from Sweet Grass Wool and were so sweet to knit.

Secret Garden BBR Longies for Jackie

These longies need to be rephotographed at some point, as my camera battery was dying and I did not take time to block them properly before snapping the pic. Anyhow, they were knit using Blackberry Ridge Merino dyed in the Secret Garden Colorway by Brad at WWBN. They started out as shorties for Ella in March/April, but I got caught up in other knitting and did not get them done in time for summer. So, they turned into Jackie's first official pair of longies for Fall of '08. One skein of BBR was *almost* enough for a complete pair of medium/large longies, can you believe it???? I ended up doing the leg cuffs with a couple of different colors of Wool of the Andes from KnitPicks.


Now, we just need some cold weather... and a new pic!

"Footie" Longies

"Footie" Longies you say? What could those be? Well, let me tell you. A customer of mine came to me with a challenge. She wanted newborn longies for her little bean due in November. However, she remembered from her other kiddos that newborns are notorious for kicking off socks. ...so... she asked me to add a foot to the longies, and sent me a link to a snow suit from Lands End that had a flap that did just what she was looking for, and asked if I could duplicate the idea on longies for her babe.



I did my best, and hope that they work well for her. One pair is knit using S'mores Memories Yarn double stranded with Nutmeg and Fog Merino Style from KnitPicks, and the other pair is knit with Aran BFL from WWBN in a custom colorway I had worked up in the spring that I called Orange Skies. They're both so tiny and squishy! I hope the momma likes them!

Black Rainbow Longies

Some more yarn from Lizet! Doesn't BFL from Lizzie's Wonderland just work up in crochet perfectly?!?! These were crocheted on a 4.00 crochet hook, using the Ladybugz MorningGlory Longies pattern. I modified to include a crotch gusset, as well as to accomodate my smaller hook size and gauge. The trim is Garnet Malibrigo. YUMM!!! I LOVE Malibrigo! I must find a reason to work with it some more in the future! Maybe a hat in what is left from the skein used for trim!


I added a ruffle cuff to these to add a bit of "flare" and hope that they are a hit, as they'll be paired up with a shirt from Alison at AhMay Designs for a stocking in September.


If they don't sell, Jackie will make good use of the though!

Newborn Hawaiin Memories Shorties

Some newborn shorties for my friend Bonnie's new baby girl. I found out she had delivered her babe a couple/few? weeks early and that she was a girl! So, I had to set all other knitting aside for 24 hours and whip these shorties up for Adira! They're knit using Hawaiin Memories Sock Yarn double stranded with Merino Style in Rhubarb and Tide Pool. All the yarns are from Knit Picks. Look familiar? I did a similar pair ealier in the summer, but they were Medium/Large sized and the Rhubarb was the trim, rather than the body. Also, those were knit on 6's, and I've found that this combo of yarns works up just as nicely, if not more nicely on 7's. Next, I might try 8's, but I don't know, 7's works pretty well!

Shallow Seas for Fluff Factory

As I'm catching up on my blog entries, I realize, I need to brush up a bit on my html. I must put that on my to do list. But, catching up a month+ of entries is more on my radar at the moment.


I digress... I knit these longies using hand dyed, hand spun yarn donated by Lea at Woobies Woolies. It was a light worsted weight in her Shallow Seas colorway. I have to say, it was my best knitting experience to date. Handspun yarn has no comparison to what I've used so far. Absolulely fantastic!!!!!! She used Targhee fiber, and just did a magnificent job.



I knit the longies on size 7 needles and to a medium/large size that fit Jackie to a "t." I SO wish we could have kept them. But, they were to go into a basket for the Fluff Factory Auction. I mailed them off to Steph at Pattynaps and she added a diaper, and her friend, Julie from LittleBums added a fantastic shirt/dress. The set could not be any cuter. I have to admit, I did bid on the auction!

Mystic Winter longies

Lizet strikes again! A customer of mine has a common love with me for Lizzie's Wonderland BFL yarn, as this was the 3rd item she's purchased with yarn from my gallery that is Lizzie's Wonderland. We must have very similar tastes in colorways, as Lizet's colors just really strike me a good bit of the time.




Anyhow, these longies were crocheted using a 4.0mm crochet hook using the Ladybugz MorningGlory Longies pattern, altered to remove the flare on the leg, and to accomodate my tighter gauge for a cleaner looking, more bulletproof wooly. I could not be more pleased with how the yarn worked itself up in crochet! It seems to me that Lizet's yarns just lend themself so well to crochet, and not all hand-dyes do that. When I finished these up, I was compelled to add a crochet lace trim to the leg cuff. Luckily, my customer was OK with that, as it was not part of our original discussions for the longies. But, the yarn made me do it, and she was OK with that!