Thursday, August 06, 2009
Beanie fit for 3!
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After Kayelene was
done with her cardigan, she decided to knit up a beanie for her youngest son. It was meant for a short overseas trip to somewhere chilly.
She figured that some basic headgear would help and hence a knitted beanie.
The interesting part? The beanie is stretchable enough to accommodate her 3 sons' heads! It was actually meant to have a foldable brim but obviously, the instructions fell short. But the beanie does look good worn down to cover the ears too!
The boys are so sporting! Aren't they cute?
I am going to knit one for my nephew. Let's pray he doesn't yank it off his head too soon!
Labels: baby projects, FO
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Welcome back; see you soon!
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Daphne joined us back in Sep last year. She wanted to learn to knit a sweater for her boyfriend.
Then she had to go to to Australia for further studies.
Sometime 2 weeks back, I got a message from her that she's coming back for a short semester break. And she wanted to resume knitting.
And with a vengeance, she did!
She had this hoodie that was knitted halfway prior to her Australia trip and was determined to get it finished.
Here's the hoodie grafting.So we scheduled the lessons such that she's coming back roughly even 5 days.
She was due to leave tonight so we managed to squeeze in a last lesson yesterday morning to work on all the seaming and finishing work.
Obviously, that means I haven't had a chance to get a proper FO picture but this is as close as it gets! Isn't it gorgeous?!
I can't wait to catch up with Daphne again when she returns the next time!
Labels: FO, garments
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Melissa and Melissa
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We just had another Melissa join us.
She's Melissa F. She has been learning knitting for the last 2 months and when she came to us, she wanted to learn how to crochet.
The reason?She bought a pattern book mistaking the project she liked as a knitting pattern. She only realized it's a crochet project when she got home.
Anyway, she is doing quite well with the progress and is planning to get a knitted project started for her sister.
As for Melissa Q (
seen here), she's now progressing along to the color work.
This, I kid you not -- the actual color areas!
This isn't quite a portable project at the moment as she needs to refer to the chart constantly as well as handle the various yarn bobbles -- winding yarn butterflies didn't work as we needed larger amounts; the ziplock bags seem to work better at holding the yarns in place.
I can't wait to see the WIPs!
Labels: newbie, WIP
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