Honey Toque - New Pattern!

Honey Toque

        “Honey Toque is the complimentary toque to the Honey Mittens Pattern. This unisex toque is worked from the bottom up, seamlessly and in the round, with a rib 1x1 brim, and a decreasing honey cable pattern surrounded by stockinette stitch. Because of the simplicity of the pattern, it is nice and easy and fun to knit! 

     “The Honey Toque is meant to cover the ears and is a deep toque; perfect to keep ears warm and stylish, too!”

Sample in Madelinetosh Tosh DK, Size 'Teen'

Sample in Naturally Sensation, Size 'Medium' - for my mum :)

Matching Honey Mittens!

Sizes: Toddler, Child, Teen, Medium Adult, Large Adult

Rating: Advanced Beginner to Intermediate

Techniques & Stitches Used:  Knitting in the round, cabling

Yarn Requirements:  110-180 yards

$4.00 - 

"Judith" Frock

"Judith" Frock

$6.00 - 

Toadstools & Tadpoles- NEW Pattern!

Toadstools & Tadpoles

Knit Now, Issue 10, June 2012

Now Available as a PDF download !

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Photo courtesy of Tim Bradley for Practical Publishing

“Toadstools & Tadpoles” is a whimsical baby set including a cardigan, bonnet & booties.

The cardigan is worked seamlessly from the bottom up with a toadstool border along the bottom (either done in intarsia or duplicate stitch), and a “tadpole” cable pattern on the body. A cable is worked at the same time, along the front edge and incorporates buttonholes.

A cute little breast hat....

......I knit up the cute little breast hat as a gift for a friend's friend almost 2 years ago.  I developed the pattern and thought it would be fun to create sizes for all heads.  After all, it could work as a quirky gift for someone going through breast cancer.....

Little did I know, I would be knitting one for my own mother.

Teeny Tiny Lord Loxley

This pattern is now available!  

Remember this cute hoodie from the summer?  I am in the process of re-releasing it through Knit Picks IDP.

I will knit a size 8 or 10 sample for the pattern, but wanted to do a quick run through with a size 3 months.

Remember this cute little Twiga?

Twiga Hoodie Pattern $6.00 -

I have had this pattern back for a while, but haven't had time to re-release it.

This jacket is knit with South West Trading Company's "Saphira"; a supersoft superwash 100% merino wool.  Delicious to knit with!

"Twiga Hoodie" features an asymmetrical front opening, spots are worked in intarsia, seamless, bottom-up construction.  Only a few stitches to graft together under the arms!

Mittens are knit separately, then one edge is sewn to the sleeve.  They flip up and can be buttoned to the sleeve to be out of the way.

"Twiga Hoodie" can now be purchased through Ravelry or here on the blog.

$6.00  

Purpurravaara-huppari / Green Gable

Ok, so before everyone thinks that ALL I do is knit to the neglect of my family, I want to explain a few things. Here is how I manage to get so much knitting done...

~I spend anywhere from 0-4hrs throughout the day knitting. I knit while waiting i n the car for 20 minutes to pick up my son, after the kids are in bed, when the kids sleep for an hour in the afternoon. If my dh is driving, I knit. If I have to wait anywhere, I knit. It really adds up!

~I stay very organized. I have about 4 knitting bags. One or two with small projects like hats, mitts, etc.,. and then a couple for larger projects. I also keep my stash organized and my patterns organized by season and either child/baby or adult.

~I knit fast for a thrower :) I would love to learn to knit continentaly, but for now, until I have the patience, I am a fast English knitter. This means the yarn is in my left hand and I have to throw it around for each stitch.

~I make mods to almost all patterns to make them faster and easier with less finishing work at the end. I love knitting seamlessly! This can save a few hours in itself.

~I very rarely sew in the ends. I either, when working with wool, is spit splice or I knit the ends in. It is working so far!

~This is my main hobby and I only sew occasionally and haven't scrapbooked in years. I really need to catch up!

~I like to complete each project. I just don't have room to store unfinished projects :)

So, those are some of things I try to do to get the most out of my knitting experience :)

Now, for a new hoodie that I just finished. It took me ten days and is seamless, of course :) This was one of the first projects that I really wanted to make that I saw on Ravelry.It is by a Finnish designer and way back in July, the pattern was not available.....until Vogue Fall 2008! I used Elann's Peruvian Highland Chunky wool in the Grape Heather colorway. It is nice and soft, light, but extremely warm. The buttons are hibiscus flowers made out of steel, I think or some type of metal.

I also knit myself a quick hat; only 56 rows with bulky yarn. Easy quick and warm, now I need to make matching mitts :)