Brooklyn Tweed’s color work cardigan for little girls
Pattern: Atlas (cardigan version) Needles: US 5s (US 6s for color work and US 2s for ribbing, as called for in pattern) Yarn: Brooklyn Tweed Loft – 4 skeins Snowbound, 1 skein Plume, 1 skein...
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How cute is this?! I swear, Brooklyn Tweed patterns never fail to amaze me. This is Winslow, one of the patterns from the new BK Kids lookbook. I used Brooklyn Tweed’s Shelter yarn – 5 skeins of...
View ArticleHellebore pullover
I’ve been wanting to knit this pattern for some time for my youngest daughter, and finally found the perfect yarn – unfortunately, it was fingering weight, but I got gauge with it doubled on US 6s, so...
View ArticleScrappy tigers
I purchased just two fat quarters of the Tiger Stripes from Cotton & Steel’s Hatbox at Modern Domestic, not knowing at that time what I wanted to do with it. My daughter has about a million...
View ArticleWool patchwork cats
I love finding new and creative uses for materials I love, like Mary Flanagan felted wool. Fortunately for me, Purl Bee excels in coming up with projects just like this one . . . their free pattern...
View ArticleOrigami scraps
I used the Simplicity #1569 nightgown pattern (size 8) to use up all the remaining pieces of my Origami Oasis fabric – it’s a pretty patchworked result, but I like it just fine Pin It
View ArticleFlannel PJ bottoms
Another of this week’s quick sewing projects – using up the rest of my Shetland Flannel from this project to make PJ lounge pants for my girls. I’ll give these as Christmas gifts at the same time...
View ArticleSweet tart rainbow cardigan
For my youngest daughter, age 9 1/2 . . . she might actually wear this one! Pattern: Little Miss Rainbow Yarn: MC yarn is De Rerum Natura Gillatt in color poivre et sel (I needed only 15g of the...
View ArticleChristmas kitty cat
My middle daughter has been asking for a kitten for Christmas . . . you’d think that the three cats we have already would be enough! But I guess there’s nothing like a new kitten – so I decided to...
View ArticleChristmas cables
This hat knit up so fast, it’s the perfect Christmas gift! It is only in child’s size – it barely fits my nine-year-old, a snug fit but I imagine it will stretch a little – but if you had a lot of...
View ArticleBirthday cake hat
I knit up a pair of these stocking caps for my youngest daughter and her best buddy. At least she is still willing to have fun modeling my FOs! Yarn: Camellia Fiber Company Merino Handspun (approx...
View ArticleBubblegum pullover
Yarn: Camellia Fiber Company CFC Merino Worsted – 2 1/2 skeins River Rock for MC (215 yds per skein) and partial skeins of Ivory and Bubblegum for the stripes Pattern: Little Lighthouse pullover,...
View ArticleNurtured pullover
I love Julie Asselin’s new yarn Nurtured – it feels amazing, so wooly and authentic, but still soft, and the heathered colors are gorgeous! It’s a blend of Targhee Rambouillet and Merino, woolen spun...
View ArticleSilky Summer PJs
I love the fabric I used for these PJs – found when I stumbled into the world’s greatest fabric store tucked away in the small coastal Maine town of Belfast. The store is Fiddlehead Artisan Supply,...
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