Wednesday, December 27, 2006
a baby beret
technically this is my first beret, and even though i still need to put a pompom on the top, i just couldn't wait to share!
you may recognize the yarn...it's knit from the same acrylic stuff that i used for some mittens a while back. i'm gonna list this for sale (since i don't really know that many people with little ones), and i'm just wondering if i should sell it solo, or perhaps make some matching booties or socks and sell them as a set. any suggestions? do parents like to buy matchy-matchy stuff like that?
also, do you think i should bother adding a pompom? or just leave it as is?
Labels: knitting hat beret baby
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
my final christmas gift post
so Christmas has arrived and is now over, and all the gifts have been handed out and (thankfully) very much appreciated. here are pictures of the things i've made over the past few weeks but couldn't post for fear that the recipients would see them before they were officially received.
first off, these are the things i knitted for my sister. first, there's a panta made from this wonderful handspun/hand-dyed wool. it's a little big, but she has short hair and lives in ottawa, so some extra coverage isn't necessarily a bad thing!
i also made her a scarflette with some yummy orange fuzzy yarn held together with a lovely olive green mohair strand.
next, i also made a pant for my best friend. it's knit from teal merino wool.
for my mom i made a green scarflette using this AMAZING wool/silk blend, where the silk component comes from recycled saris. i have some orange/magenta skeins for myself that i'm gonna make a shawl with - yay!
next, i knit up two hats for two little toddlers i know. the first one is a bonnet style cap with earflaps, braided ties, and a vintage 1970's strawberry applique that i handsewed on in contrasting green thread.
here's a close-up of the strawberry...
and finally i knit another ribbed cap with that awesome multicoloured merino my opa's hat was knit from. this one features my *very* first pompom attempt, which turned out quite delightful methinks! :)
ok, that's all for now. i'm currently working on two new projects, so i'll show you pix of those once i'm done. hope you all had a lovely holiday! :)
first off, these are the things i knitted for my sister. first, there's a panta made from this wonderful handspun/hand-dyed wool. it's a little big, but she has short hair and lives in ottawa, so some extra coverage isn't necessarily a bad thing!
i also made her a scarflette with some yummy orange fuzzy yarn held together with a lovely olive green mohair strand.
next, i also made a pant for my best friend. it's knit from teal merino wool.
for my mom i made a green scarflette using this AMAZING wool/silk blend, where the silk component comes from recycled saris. i have some orange/magenta skeins for myself that i'm gonna make a shawl with - yay!
next, i knit up two hats for two little toddlers i know. the first one is a bonnet style cap with earflaps, braided ties, and a vintage 1970's strawberry applique that i handsewed on in contrasting green thread.
here's a close-up of the strawberry...
and finally i knit another ribbed cap with that awesome multicoloured merino my opa's hat was knit from. this one features my *very* first pompom attempt, which turned out quite delightful methinks! :)
ok, that's all for now. i'm currently working on two new projects, so i'll show you pix of those once i'm done. hope you all had a lovely holiday! :)
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
übercherry is going on yet another vacation
***** übercherry WILL BE ON VACATION FROM DECEMBER 13-18. ANY ORDERS PLACED DURING THAT TIME WILL BE ADDRESSED ON, OR SHORTLY AFTER, DECEMBER 19. *****
i'm going on yet *another* mini-vacation - and this time it's to go visit my best friend. we'll be in montreal for the final half of this week, and in ottawa for the weekend. i am *very* excited! and when i get back i'll have a bunch of photos to show you of all the stuff i've been knitting for the past couple of weeks. and really, it's kind of a lot of stuff so i'm pretty proud. i hope that everyone has an übercheery week/weekend!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
feel free to ignore
i need to host these images so i can use em on myspace. therefore please ignore this post, but do feel free to check out my myspace page: ubercherry on myspace
and check back here in a couple of days as i have new knit goodies to share once i take some pix! :)
Friday, December 01, 2006
added another finished item to the gift pile
ok, so i've had the original sn'b book since it came out, and i have knit many many hats in my knitting career, but for some reason never made this one, until last night. i wanted to bust out a supaquick knit to send my opa for christmas (he lives in europe, so those packages need to be sent out, like *now*).
it's knit with Patons Classic Wool Merino in "harvest". because this is a medium weight yarn, i knit it holding two strands together working from both ends of the skein. i also cast on 80 stitches because my opa has a slightly biggish head.
i followed the instructions for the large size, but it's still not big enough in my opinion. as you can see, the hat fits me with very minimal use of the stretch afforded by the ribs, but i have a TINY head. i'm sure that with time it'll stretch out enough for his head, especially since it's ribbed, but i was quite surprised with how small it came out. oh well, know i know for next time. oh yeah, i only ended up using one skein and still had a few yards left over, so this is a great one skein pattern for this particular yarn. i actually like this yarn so much i'll prolly make this exact same hat again for myself!
