easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in knitting on Sep 23rd, 2009
Here’s my completed Helena, from Knitty. It’s beautifully modelled by Big Ted, who refused to take off his Ewok outfit for the picture. I’m sure that baby Catherine won’t mind that you can see where I made the switch on the sleeves from working back and forth on one circular needle to working in the round on [...]
Posted in knitting on Sep 18th, 2009
Aside from hats, this is the first baby garment that I’ve knitted. The pattern is Helena, from Knitty. I had originally planned to knit Elizabeth Zimmerman’s “February” baby cardigan, but I didn’t have access to the pattern when I wanted to start knitting (i.e. IMMEDIATELY!), so I went with this one instead. The construction’s basically [...]