I’ve been having a good time lately because I have several projects that I liked doing very much. I’ve been working on Churchmouse’s Modern Wrapper Fine, which is a bunch of knitting and most of it easy stockinette stitch. It’s a great piece and I’d like to have it in 6 different colors for every season. (It will be an early fall class or knit-along!) I modified it to make the lower body in one piece and after a million 300+ stitch rows, I’m not sure how I’ll do it next time.
So anyway, my point is, when you’re my age and doing a lot of plain stockinette, you need to intersperse it with something interesting or you will fall asleep and no knitting at all will occur. And I happen to have a brand new great-nephew who is as cute as can be and whose lovely mom appreciates and sometimes even requests hand-made things. Does any knitter not see this as a prime opportunity to fire up their needles and make some small and satisfying baby gifts?
So that’s what I’ve been doing (to the detriment of shop knitting, but he’s only a baby for such a short time! Pretty soon he’ll be telling me that sweaters are too hot and he hates that color and he only likes t-shirts from the Gap or something.)
So I made him a little tweed vest in Encore Tweed, so that he can read his novels and smoke his pipe in style:
I couldn’t resist making him this hooded towel in Hikoo’s Rub-A-Dub, a big puffy and really soft microfiber, from a free pattern from Skacel:
Baby Maxwell is a very tall baby and my niece sent a picture of him wrapped in a blanket with his feet hanging out, along with a request for a nice long summer blanket. I couldn’t wait to start! Using Mason-Dixon Knitting’s free Moderne Log Cabin pattern as a start, I adjusted the gauge to use Remix, a soft and cotton-y blend of recycled fibers from Berroco, and winged it to use up all the yarn I had. Four balls did a nice-sized blanket that should cover those tootsies:
And before diving back into the Modern Wrapper, I wanted to do just a little thing, so I made this tiny little cutie from Chris deLongpré’s Pocket Pals. Sock yarn on size 1, takes only about 20 yards and very little time. I picked up for the tail and ears instead of sewing them on. He’s too young for these yet, but by the time he’s old enough, I should have a colorful collection of them all for him – mice, birds, owls, and bunnies!
Do some fun knitting this summer!
