TEST KNIT Pale Rose

So on Ravelry I joined the Free Pattern Testers Group, which is where designers request their patterns to be tested by a number of people (however many they want) to make sure that the pattern makes sense before it gets published. I test knitted this gorgeous hat for Olga Jasnovidova. It was based on Estonian lace and it was a very simple pattern to follow. I made the small version (tight fit instead of slouchy fit) and as I was taking photos to post on Ravelry, little Rusty came along wanting some attention, so he got to be in the photo also.

Homeless II

Some more finished hats for the homeless, I've finished 9 in total already and am working on number 10. I'm using every last cm of yarn, the one I'm working on now will be in three colors, left overs from other hats.

Homeless

So last Saturday I finally started knitting the hats for the Homeless. My knitting group had the idea of using yarn that nobody was going to be using anymore for knitting hats, gloves and scarves for the Homeless. Someone had a lot of yarn she wasn't going to be using anymore, so I got several balls of yarn and on Saturday during out get together I started the first one. I finished the first one (the grey/blue one in the bottom left hand corner) in about 3 hours, and when I got home I started the light blue one. I managed to finish the brown, grey and striped one on Sunday, I've also made a brown one, but I've not taken a photo of it yet. I've taken a bit of break right now because of the heat wave we're having here in PT. It's just too hot to work with the thick yarn, so I'm working on my Mystery KAL Fingerless Gloves.

Bitten by the Knitting Bug

I was recently bitten by a bug, the knitting bug that is. I needed to make some baby gifts and then suddenly I just couldn't stop knitting. Even though I had some cross stitching projects to finish, I just couldn't put down my needles.

So here are some of the things I managed to complete. First off, this blue and white baby blanket that will soon be going on a trip to South Africa for a baby boy that will soon be making his appearance. I made some more gifts for this new baby boy, but haven't taken any photos of them yet.

Seeing as this baby boy has an older cousin, I decided to make this cute little hat for her so that will also be joining the blanket on the trip to South Africa.

I loved the pattern for the hat so much, that I knit another 5 hats before stopping and going back to cross stitching. I had a ball (200g) of green yarn that I'd bought last year and I managed to make two adult hats and one toddler hat and with the left over yarn made a scarf (not in the picture).

I made a smaller hat in yellow yarn and my mum gave me some blue yarn that I couldn't resist, so I knit a hat for myself from that, as blue is my favorite color.

In case you're wondering, the blanket was my own creation. The hat pattern I got from Coats and Clark's website (www.coatsandclark.com/fun_and_free/yarn/lw1268.htm)