A Baby Book, Socks, a Blanket and More Socks
This was a collaborative effort of our Stitch ‘n Bitch group as a baby gift for one of our members. I made the orange bobbles and black and white garter stitch swatches. Then I surrepticiously collected the swatches from everyone else and sewed them all together. One of our members, who cross-stitches instead of knitting, added the "Knit! Baby" and a butterfly to one of the swatches for the cover.
These are the Chevron Socks from Charlene Schurch's "Sensational Knitted Socks", made with ONline Supersocke 100 Highland Color #837. I made them toe-up with short-row heels, as with all my socks, and changed the garter stitch cuff to a k1, p1 rib. The color changes are fairly slow and subtle, so the chevrons are barely noticable. But I still really like the way they turned out, especially since the stripes matched up so nicely.
I've started a second Dallas Stars Throw. My husband was envious of the throw I made for my aunt a couple years ago, so I’m making one for him now. I tried to convince him to let me use better yarn, but he wanted the cheapo acrylic, so Red Heart Super Saver it is - in Black and Hunter Green. I’m using intarsia to create the star (here's the chart in case anyone's interested), and I'm about 2/3 of the way through the main blanket. Then I think I’ll go back and trim the star with gold and white i-cord. There is also a seed stitch border all around to prevent curling. Of course, the Stars were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But I knew when I started this project that it probably wouldn’t be finished before the end of the season. And they did go from fifth seat in the western conference to giving the Detroit Red Wings a run for their money, so I'm happy.
Next, I made Cookie A's Trystero Socks with Jojoland Melody in color MS20. They are also toe-up with short-row heels. Since the colors in this yarn change so slowly and subtly (even more so than the ONline Supersocke), I didn’t bother trying to match them up. As a result, one sock has a blue section that was, on the other sock, in the part of the skein I didn’t use. So they’re definitely fraternal twins, but I still like them.
Now I've started another pair of socks, of my own design this time. I'm sure I'll post pictures here no matter what, but if they turn out decent, I may post/sell the pattern.
x-posted to knitphomaniac