Saturday, March 21, 2009

I have knitting!

Another update and another Baby Suprise Jacket!
Seriously!
I do love the versatility of these little things.... I am spreding the good word, especially to knitters who have very little "pattern" experience, this is all knit... and a few tweaks! I am hoping to get a few people knitting these little jackets, even if they are feeling like they don't have enough experience..... nonsense. They are fantastic!


I decided that I wanted to understand a bit more about the stripes that I have seen on various scrap, leftover BSJ's I wanted to understand how the striping would travel if I knit two strips of colour at the begining and one near the end. The results were the front



and the back.



I have this one on the needles now, where I began with one colour and I am obviously using some leftovers from another colour to finish up. These two experiments have been fun, and still quick to knit.... I do have a bit more to weave in however....


I have a progress shot of the back of the Central Park Hoodie. I think it is going very well, but because it is supposed to be a KAL and the others are not begun, or knitting as much as I am. I have only been knitting this on Knit nights. I think that I will have to speed this up though, as much as I am intrested in KALing with them, I do want to wear this sweater... that is the goal for me. I may have to knit a bit more during this weekend. Maybe finish the back, and begin a front. Who knows, I may not even get to it...


I do enjoy the way this is looking though, and I think that the others will too... I do know that it is knitting up fast for me, and that is always a bonus.
I guess I am just to impaitent to be knitting for me, and I do like the product at the end!

I am very close to being complete the hunters vest, I will be re-measuring for length tomorrow (or tonight) and hopefully binding off so that I may steek..... I think I really just have to bite the bullet and do it. I am knitting with wool, and some people don't even re-inforce the knitting with wool, as the fibers grab naturally. We shall see, I promise pics and a report.



Fibres West was this weekend, a few girlfriends, and my Mom went with me on Friday night. I picked up some fantastic New Zealand wool, at a great price from Twist of Fate. It is a chocolate brown colour, so now all I have to do is decide what pattern I want to use with it.


The festival was smaller this year than in years past, but as this is the first year that it has a new group at the helm, that is totally to be expected. I still enjoyed the booths, and obviously found some goodies. In this economy I really feel that supporting the local vendors is important! Hopefully next year there will be more, I wonder if they will need a planning comittee, I should try to volunteer!


So here are some fur baby shots.....

Sam



and Simon....




they are so cute, and still growing! awwwww....
good weekend gang, can't wait to give a better update with more FO's!

4 comments:

Cas... said...

Hey that baby jacket is very popular with my knitting group. We have one person that has made several.

Good Luck with the hoodie! It seems to be coming along well.

Cute furbabies!

Toni said...

I love the BSJ!!! I'm doing a pink one now and am leading a BSJ KAL in the EZ Fans Yahoo Groop. It's such a great sweater & hopefully a good way to get knitters to "think outside the bos" a little!

erika said...

You are totally inspiring me to order the BSJ pattern! I have sooo many leftover bits which would stripe up nicely. The color of your central park hoodie, by the way, is gorgeous.

Jan said...

Really cute jacket. Wish I had someone to make it for so I could try it out. Hoodie looks like fun too!