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Kids Sweaters for Charity Projects
This summer, my LYS will be doing a charity project involving sweaters and cardigans for children. As a resource for that project, I have made this list of free sweater patterns that I think would be great for charity. I have tried to include knit and crochet patterns in varying baby and children’s sizes. Some of the patterns are really basic and great for beginners, while others are just complicated enough to keep an intermediate level crafter interested, without taking forever to make. I looked for patterns that use DK or worsted weight yarns, and without too much tight shaping so they are likely to fit a growing child for some time.…
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Types of sleeves
Sleeves have always intimidated me. I never really made anything with sleeves until fairly recently, except a few baby sweaters with very basic sleeves. As I started branching out though, I got more familiar with some of the different types and found that they all have their pros and cons and all add their own distinctive feel to a sweater design. Here are a few of those sleeve types, and some sweaters I love which illustrate them. Most of these sweaters are from KT & the Squid, I’m a little hooked on her designs right now. Drop Shoulder The easiest sleeve I’ve come across is the drop shoulder sleeve. If you do not add any sleeve shaping…
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Pattern Review – Knitapotamus by Heidi Bears
I’ve had my eye on Heidi Bears’ crochet patterns for a while now. It’s so creative, the way she takes all different regular polygons and magically creates wonderful creatures with them. But at $6.50 each, I always hesitated to try one. I didn’t really have any NEED for a stuffed dragon, after all… 4 of my friends are having babies this year. I was browsing through Ravelry hoping to find inspiration to create some new, fun baby designs, when instead I stumbled upon the Knitapotamus. This is the knit version of Heidi’s Happypotamus, and appears to be the first knit version of one of her polygon motif animals. I could…
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Making the most of your Ravelry project pages
Have you ever started a project, put it down for a while, and then forgotten which hook you used, where you put the pattern, or what your stitch count was supposed to be at some particular point? I do it all the time! That’s why I now try to use the notebook features on Ravelry as much as possible, to keep track of all my projects. I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not always the best at keeping up with it. When I do though, I’ve found it to be a great resource and time saver. For example, take a look at a project I just finished – my…
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Tea Cozy Tuesday – November- Week #4
It's time to share our finished projects for this month in the Tea Cozy Tuesday Make Along! Here's my finished November tea cozy. Did you make one too? .
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Tea Cozy Tuesday – November- Week #3
We're halfway through a Tea Cozy Tuesday knit along (KAL) month, which means it's time for a November KAL progress update! How is your cozy coming along?
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Tea Cozy Tuesday – September – Week #5
It's time to share our finished projects for this month in the Tea Cozy Tuesday Make Along! Here's my finished September tea cozy. Did you make one too?
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Tea Cozy Tuesday – September – Week #4
There are 5 Tuesdays this month, so this is a bonus Tea Cozy Tuesday post. Here's a September progress update.
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Tea Cozy Tuesday – September – Week #3
We're halfway through a Tea Cozy Tuesday knit along (KAL) month, which means it's time for a September KAL progress update! How is your cozy coming along?
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Tea Cozy Tuesday – September – Week #2
It's time to gather materials for another Tea Cozy Tuesday KAL! This month, our pattern has some fun options for modification. See what I'll be making, plus some September pattern tips!
