Knitted Hat for Judah

This morning I finished this hat for Judah. It turned out better than I expected!


Can't wait to see him in it!

I Finished A Couple of Knitted Hats

Hannah Is Learning To Knit

She's making a scarf!

Finished Bag

This is the bag that I knitted a while back and finished. I just never got the pics of it posted. But, here it is....

Knitting Challenge

Well, this is a newspaper boy bag--that's the style. The bag itself is done, it just needs the shoulder strap to be complete. However, this bag is supposed to be felted. Now, I've never done a felted project and frankly, I'm terrified to put this thing in the washer!!! What if it ruins the way it looks? I like the way it looks right now.

Hmm.....what to do? Any suggestions? Please let me know what you think. Would you felt it or leave it like it is? I'm especially asking any of you knitters out there..

I will post another pic once I knit the shoulder strap.

Hannah's Knitted Bag--Finished!

This is the knitted, drawstring bag I made for Hannah. It's been done for a few weeks now and I just remembered that I never took a pic and featured it on my blog! So here it is...

Mackenzie's Bag Finally Finished!

Yes, it was supposed to be a Christmas present. I had to wrap up an IOU for her. Then, I had to explain what an IOU is to Mackenzie and Hannah!

This is the knitted drawstring bag that I've been making for her. I finished it tonight. Actually did most of it this weekend with all the snow and our conference, I got quite a bit of "knitting time"!

Now I'm off to start on Hannah's.....well, maybe not tonight! :0)

Finished Caleb's Hat for His Birthday--Finally!

And well.....it's a little bit big for him. Misjudged the size in my newbie knitting state, but isn't it pretty! Oops! So, looks like he and I will have matching hats! I've started on his (again) in the same yarn, but at least it will be in the right size this time. It's almost done!

Latest Knitting Accomplishment

I just made a little handbag. It was a fun project and very different from a hat! I made mistakes (of course), but still am learning a lot. This will be auctioned off at our Gray Family Christmas Party on Dec. 19th. Instead of exchanging gifts this year, we are all bringing something handmade and we will auction them off. The funds raised will go to charity or a local organization in need.

Hannah's Hat--Finally Finished!

She says that we must call her "Kit" when she is wearing the hat.

For those of you who do not know, the name Kit is from Kit Kittredge, An American Girl. It's a movie that we watched on DVD a few months ago.

Another Hat Finished

Well, this one did not turn out as well as I would have liked. It is what it is. It's a little bit bigger because I added an inch so it would cover David's ears. I tried to use a different yarn for the ribbing. It did not work so well. It's a very loose knit on the ribbing. Then I doubled it with the same yarn as the first hat--this I like because it added more color into the hat. But, it sure made it harder to decrease as I knitted it.

I like the multicolor.

Looks funny, here!

The ribbing kind of curls under. Probably because it's not the same weight yarn.

David's excited because he can keep his head warm now that it's cold--60's at night here and I'm loving it. He wears a hat to bed...go figure!

Finished!

The hat is complete!

I hired a model so you could see how well it turned out--hehehe.

I'm very pleased for my first hat! I'm going to try it again with the ribbing in a different color and maybe I'll get the ribbed stitches right this time. That means I'll have to work on it while the kids are in bed.

I'm Knitting A Hat!

I started my hat during co-op, yesterday. After dinner last night, I sat on the couch and knit, knit, knit! I got the beginning of it all twisted around on the circular needle, so I had to take it all out and start over. So, this is what I did last night and then today while Sandy and I were homeschooling Hannah and Mackenzie.



By the way, this hat is for David. The color in the pic does not give it justice. It's kind of a burnt orange color.

I'm at the decrease point. It needs to be taken off of the circular needles and moved to 3 or 4 double point needles. I'm a little bit intimidated to try to do this. May try it late tonight after church....so afraid that I'm going to mess it up!!

Another Dishcloth Finished

Here is another finished project. It looks pretty rough, but I did learn a lot from all of my mistakes on this one. I made a loop at the top of it. As you can see it's pretty colorful and I like that. It is supposed to be the seed stitch. Seed stitch is one row of the knit stitch and one row of the purl stitch. I kept forgetting which row I'd just done and kept messing up. But, I kept messing up in a sort of pattern, so Bethany showed me how to continue on like that.


Mistakes are good tools for learning. So, I'm hoping I've learned a lot and will be able to keep from making so many mistakes on my next project.

I'm going to begin a hat! Can't wait!

Finished Knitting Project--We'll Call It A Washcloth

Well, I finished my first project. Since I did not use any kind of pattern, I'm just going to call it a washcloth. It's not perfect and shows lots of mistakes, but I'm proud of it nonetheless!!

I learned how to cast on, knit stitch, bind off and weave in the loose ends when done. So, it's been fun and interesting and I'm loving all the things that I can do with knitting. Be prepared, I'll begin to bore you now with my projects. :0)

Knitting!

Well, over this summer I spent a little bit of time and taught myself how to cast-on (Long tail cast-on or double cast-on) and how to do the knit stitch.

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I'm taking a beginner's class at our co-op this semester. I've had some minor questions and Bethany has been great to help me. Since I am a lefty, I think it's a little more awkward for me at first. But, I really am getting the hang of it. Hopefully, we'll decide on a project soon. But for now, I'm just knitting away! Here's what I have done since class yesterday.