Babushka Set

I sold this set on Ozebaby through Tikki's store.  I was quite taken by it.  

Longies: Hand dyed Polwarth Merino 12ply to my pattern.

Top: Bonds Stretchy Tee, hand appliqued with felt

Apron Top: Quilters Cotton backed by Seersucker to my pattern.

Headband:  Quilters Cotton backed by Seersucker to my pattern.

Catch up in Pictures Only

Steeking is Scary (but very fun)

I am knitting a cardigan for Brielle. It is a Starsky Jr. cardigan which has a pretty leaf cable down the front. I don't like using a cable needle, I prefer to use travelling stitches, and I find it much much easier to do this from the right side of the work. So, I decided to knit the jacket in one piece in the round for the body. To do this I had to Steek the work.

I joined the front of the work with 4 stitches down the middle - two purl stitches down the very middle bordered by a knit through the back loop either side of them (ala EZ in Knitter's Almanac). I also cast on 4 stitches after the initial castoff on the arm holes and did likewise.


I sewed three lines of very small machine sewed stitches down each line of ktbl stitches - I was using a very slippery cotton/bamboo yarn and it was likely to pull out with a crocheted edging or a single sewed line.

Then, I put a book down the middle (so as to not cut the back piece like I would otherwise). Got the scissors out......

And started cutting........
Oh my goodness, my heart was racing cutting into perfectly good knitting like that. I was so worried about doing it wrong and stuffing it all up. But it ended up just fine.......

A special set for a special lady

Hayley and I did a swap for some stuff - and I made her this set for my part. I am totally in love with it and think it's the best thing I've ever made. The yarn for the longies is WOOLganics which I dyed myself on Australia Day, the brown yarn is a cotton/acrylic blend I got from spotlight.

Falling Behind......

......in my blog updates.
Here's some pics of my FOs so far for 2009.

Four dishcloths for Mel

I finally finished off Ziana's top which I started months upon months ago. I put it on hold over the summer as it was too hot to knit it, let alone wear it, but a planned trip ice skating inspired me to complete it for the event.

I frogged the soaker I had previously made with this yarn as the soaker skirt wasn't being worn by Jess anymore and made a soaker with a curly purly waist for Kassidy.

I knitted a pair of Fargyle socks from Jacki from Woolaholics, she made it into knitty, so I picked them right up and did them. Great pattern.

I am doing a very special set now. It is part of a swap, but truth be known I'm going above and beyond the swap value because I have always admired the quiet beauty of this lady. I dyed the wool on Australia Day, it turned out almost presicely what I wanted and I'm almost done with the body of the longies already. I am very excited because I've never really been inspired with creativity for a project like this before.......

To finish off 2008's FOs

I did this open fronted Tikki Rainbow Dress for my niece for her 4th birthday. I did all the increase stitches in reverse stocking stitch for an added feature. I think it's lovely. Here is my Jess posing and showing it off.

My first real softie

My very good friend has now moved to Sydney :(. I made her this softie for her birthday/Christmas/moving. Read: I started it for her birthday and got it to her months later. She had once said that she wanted something made for her from this fabric as it was also her childhood bedsheets.


I used the Ruby Doll pattern from One Red Robin. I had to add hair though because she looked freaky without. I am really impressed with the hair actually, I used Moda Vera bamboo/cotton because it's splitty and it came out looking perfectly like hair. Lovely.

Tropical Lily

The adorable Tikki has created another amazing pattern for us all - Tropical Lily. I decided to knit it for Jessalyn but since I didn't do a gauge test (as usual) it fits Kassidy nicely.

How amazing is that photo of her?

Great pattern, although any I do from now on I will do a button closure on the back, as we spent a day with an uncomfortable toddler in the pram and carseat the other day. The lace pattern is adorable, the fit of the top is just amazing. Lovely Tikki genius again.

Kiki Pi

I have also finished a project I kept delaying and delaying. I have had this bulky thick/thin yarn for about three years which I bought from Melbourne when we lived there for $1 a ball from the IGA. I have finally knitted it into a kitty pi (rav link) for Kiki the Burmese cat to snuggle in. My first felted (or fulled to be a purist) project. I ran out of the bulky yarn so I did the sides in three strands of cosy wool held together. I think that perhaps that made it a little heavy because the sides cave in all the time.

Gifts for baby Toby

The ever lovely tikki had her little man Toby a month ago (where does the time go?), and I had made him a couple of gifts. I actually had girly stuff on the needles for her, because I was convinced it was going to be a girl (I'm always wrong about these things) - so there had to be a quick change of tact.

Firstly a vest from the PeaPod Cardigan (rav link) pattern. It's done in bamboo/cotton and is really smooshy, although the yarn is quite splitty and slippery. I did seed stitch for the collar and picked up and did seed stitch for the arm holes. Great pattern.

I also made him a tag toy. Truth be told, I've had this one cut and sitting pinned for months and months as a UFO, but I hope the boy likes it anyways.

I had made this pebbles vest, but since baby Toby was a big boy, it would have never fitted him, so it's still sitting here. Actually it's a small pattern, would probably fit a 6lber, as such it might just go on the baby bjorn here.