Friday, July 25, 2008

Pattern Edits


This is a custom I started on last weekend. Funky Finnleg's

I'm back to editing my pattern once again. This time I've added worsted weight yarn to the pattern and need to make alterations to stitch number etc and knit it up in all 4 sizes, I've done 1, almost done large for a custom order. I'm also working on some for bubba in her size too.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Store stocking tonight


Well it's stocking time tonight. I did end up embellishing the striped organic longies because they just seemed left out without it. I also did another pair of longies with some 100purewool I had leftover from Pebbles Purple delight. They need some embellishing so I've listed them with a custom for stocking.

So now I can get back to some things for our family. Helena for my little girl and a couple of toys and christmas things for the kids too.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Stocking and Pattern testing

I've got my pattern being tested by several new knitters now. After over 12 months of development and chages and feedback and more changes, had other testers knit it it's now ready for new knitters. Mostly editing changes now though, silly little things that I need to explain more clearly too.

My store stocking is all ready for Saturday now too. I've finished the embellishments and can't decide whether to preview all the embellishments or leave them as surprises.

I decided to leave the organic stripes as they were and not embellish though. If I embellished I'd be using non organic yarn and I want them to stay completely organic.

Sunday, July 13, 2008




Just some pictures tonight.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Previews for July Stocking

Rainbow is still my favourite and I love doing these skirts. Size 3 this time. Lovely waverly woollen mills 8 ply merino. Hand painted for self striping. Photobucket

More waverly 8 ply merino hand painted in mauves and pinks.
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Super cheap camo from K Mart. These pants like to hide in the gress. A simple cable really worked for these, gnome on the butt to come soon.Photobucket Photobucket


Organic stripes were so soft to knit. Woolganic yarn and my first attempt at jogless joins wasn't totally successful but I fixed it when it came to weaving in the ends. Next time will be 100%.
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Some little pixies I think are needed for embellishing these.
I've called these peruvian pixie pants so pixies for embellishment too. They are made from some lovingly soft peruvian merino, the colourway was named Jade Monkey and I originally thought of a monkey face for the embellishment on these, I changed my mind once I started the legs. Pixie's will be perfect for them. These have an elastic waistband.

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Sean Sheep armytage made a quick knit cable for newborn. A few more yarn joins than I planned because I wanted to even out the striping in the legs and make them a little more the same than what first started with them. I don't like it when the legs are totally different.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Changing my mind mid knit

I started a soaker or maybe shorties for Miss A but the more I knit with it the more I decided I wanted it to be a skirt. I really love that my pattern is accommodating of me changing my mind without having to pull it apart. So the forget me knits soaker is now a lovely skirt, I've got a few more rows to go and then a crochet bind off and crab stitch edge. It looks like I'll have enough yarn leftover to do the cuffs on a pair of capri's to go underneath. That of course will require a trip to spotlight for the yarn for the carpri's I only have 100grams here. I'll have to come back with photo's later.

I'm having a little trouble getting the size right for a gnome on the camo cabled longies and have pulled it out several times. I'll get there eventually though.

Jade monkey longies have been pulled at the legs a couple of times too, I didn't like the colour pooling so changed the stitch number for the legs and now I have some striping instead. It's more bearable but will mean I will change the embellishment I was planning on putting on them. They may end up waiting for August stocking instead.

I'm dying to get those 2 done though so I can start on my recent dye job and earth mother from the yarn cafe. I have some lovely fairy embellishments for both of those.

Woolly mail arrived today too and it was my wholesale order of woolganic, so I now have the right colours for the organic striped boy longies I'm doing for the store too. They will also have either a gnome or a leprechaun on them.

It's school holidays next week and I had really hoped I'd have more finished before my time gets limited again for a few weeks. I hope to have my stocking at the end of the holidays though.