Willoughby...

Willoughby Jacket & Longies

This was a couple of years in the making due to various delays!  I am SO happy with both patterns and am making a new set for the new baby :)  In Malabrigo Rios; so soft!

Sizes  3 months to 6 years

(Loxley is squished into a smaller size! He didn't want to take it off!)

Sample shown in size 2 years (on a 4 year old) in Three Irish Girls Sprinvale Super Merino.

Both jacket & longies are seamless and feature an easy to remember, circle cable pattern.  This makes a very squishy little set!

Awesome wooden buttons from Anny May Craft Supplies on Etsy. LOVE these buttons!

Ribbed Longies are so warm and cozy and hug little legs nicely.  

Willoughby Jacket & Longies  

$1.50 off each pattern from December 18-10, 2013. Discount applied at checkout.

Willoughby Jacket $5  

Willoughby Longies $5   

Well, well, if it isn't Mrs.Hicks!

Mrs.Hicks

Sample shown in size small, tunic length, with 0" ease

Description:  Mrs. Hicks is worked from the top down, seamlessly & flat, in a technique called “two ended knitting” or “double sliding garter”. It creates a reversible fabric with a subtle stripe. The entire garment, aside from the bands is knit! No purling at all!

This cardigan features an overlapping, wrap style front that can be left open to drape or closed up with a belt. The A-line shape offers a comfortable fit with minimal ease & is easily customizable for length. Two lengths are included: short (top of hip length) and long (tunic length) as well as ¾ length sleeves, which can be easily lengthened. Due to the double sliding garter, Mrs.Hicks is a fairly stretchy garment that is very comfortable and versatile.

A contrasting solid can be used to work the 2x2 rib along the cuffs, front edges and hems.

There are many different ways to wear this adaptable cardigan!  Leave it to hang open, belt it, or use  a fancy shawl pin....

Mrs. Hicks is available exclusively through Three Irish Girls here.

On Ravelry?  Check it out here!

Sizes: XS (S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL) Finished Chest: 30 (34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54)"

Rating: Advanced Beginner

Techniques & Stitches Used:  Short rows, knit, 2x2 rib, alternating 2 colours, seaming under the arms, double sliding garter stitch (explained in pattern)

Yarn Requirements:  
• Three Irish Girls; Kells Sport; “Mediterranean” (MC): 
Long Version: 960(1020, 1090, 1160, 1240, 1320, 1420) yards 
Short Version: 660(720, 800, 870, 950, 1030, 1130) yards 
• Three Irish Girls; Kells Sport; “White Rabbit” (CC):
Long Version: 700(760, 830, 900, 975, 1040, 1140) yards 
Short Version: 420(480, 550, 620, 700, 780, 880) yards 

Spring?!?

I just realized that it has been about 3 months since my last blog post.  Already? Really??  

This Spring has been really busy.  I have been helping The Man with the business and then knitting here and there.  I have a couple of patterns to be released, a few in the works and a few in the planning stages.  

Here are some of the projects I have worked on over the last winter:

"Petiole" By Miriam Pike. I used Three Irish Girls Adorn Sock in "Little Black Rain Cloud" & "Marmalade".

As soon as I saw this pattern, I knew that I wanted to make it!  It was fairly simple to knit and quick.  I managed to finish it right as the weather was warming up and will have to get good use out of it next Fall.

As I cleaned out my stash I came across some Three Irish Girls Deliciousness Alpaca and whipped this baby up.  It is super soft and will be for Scarlett or Willow.  I really did wing it and started with the border, picked up sts along the finished border and then worked the rest in garter st with short rows.

Another Blawl!  So easy to knit and is perfect for watching a movie.  I used Dream in Color Smooshy with Cashmere for the body and Yarn Loves Marianne Dashwood in "Shiny Penny".  I am not sure who this will be for.

A February Baby Sweater in Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed in "Ambrosia".  Really lovely to work with; soft & tweedy.  Another gift.

My Mister or Missus Mittens Pattern has been tested, edited and is almost ready to be released! I feel strange releasing it this time of year, so might wait a month or two.  I will also be updating the Mister or Missus Toque pattern to include some written directions for the chart.  

This past Autumn, I made mitered mittens for my sweet sister-in-law and a matching mitered scarf.  I really love how this turned out and want to make a similar one for myself. 

Levi rocks this scarf!!

Happy Knitting!

I am so excited about THIS!

Sweet Hilda is now available through Ravelry!  $2 off from November 17-21, 2013 at checkout.   

Looky HERE!!   A new Lookbook from Three Irish Girls!  Why is this so exciting? My first published design is within those pages along with 40 other new patterns from a bunch of wonderful designers!  It also contains new yummy yarn colorways.....there is just not enough time in this life to knit all that I want to knit!

There has been much anticipation and waiting and hard work that went into this book. I am so proud of all the designers and Sharon's whole team that pulled this together.  Way to go!

 "Sweet Hilda" is named for my grandmother who taught me how to knit when I was only four.  She opened the world of fibre arts to me and I am so very grateful.  As a little girl, I slept with "Lambie", favorite song was "Baa,baa, black sheep".....yes, I was destined to be a knitter  :) 

I had the privilege of using Three Irish Girls Springvale Merino in "Molly" and "Enna".  It was a pleasure to knit with and happened to be in one of my favorite colours; it was like Sharon knew that already :)

The first photos are the professional photos for the pattern.  This is not Willow :) Her photos will be here another day... Size 4.

Scarlett's Sweet Hilda is in a size 2.  She loves this poncho and is so proud that I knit it just for her :)

Mittens!

India claimed a new yarn in my stash that came from the Three Irish Girls Stash Menagerie club. It is a beautifully soft merino wool, aran weight, in the "Petit Fours" colorways. Delicious colors; makes me hungry! I used the same mitten pattern that my grandmother used to make our mitts from. Actually, it is the original copy! I feel so blessed to have such a treasure :) The mitts were intentionally a little big so that I could felt them slightly, but this yarn is so hardy that hand felting and washing machine felting hardly felted them! They felted slightly, just enough to fit India perfectly. Now to make some for Levi :)

This past weekend, I managed to squeak in a little hat knitting. I really wanted to try color stranding and held one color in each hand. It was slow going at first, but once I got used to it, my tension evened out and it started to come together quickly. The yarn is Patons SWS in Naturally Geranium and Snow White. Nice fairly soft yarn on the hands, but when it touches my forehead, it is itchy. I make sure my hair is between the hat and my head. I don't look good in any hat, but living up here where snow is a part of life, I have to wear one, so might as well have fun doing it! The pattern is "Three Tams", Tam 'C', by Angela Sixian Wu. There are two other tam charts included in this pattern and I may make them later.