Lynn Carson Harris

Just in Time for Single Digits

This earflap cap for Miss P came off the needles just in time for the current single digit temperatures.

The pattern is the Danish Earflap Cap from Hats On by Charlene Schurch. The yarn is Artyarns Supermerino. The hem is knit on size 4 needles and the outer hat is knit on size 6. 

I checked Ravelry and saw that her favorite hat that she still wears was finished FOUR years ago. It barely covers any of her forehead now.  I made sure to allow for some growing room in this hat.

She loves the braided ties on this one and that it is SUPER warm with the double layer of the hem. 

In decreasing the top, I added alternate knit rounds between the decrease rounds to keep the top more smooth as I did when making D's new hat.

Here's hoping we have lots of snow to play in this year!!

 

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Heart Warming

D requested a new warm hat for this winter. He looked through my patterns and chose the Danish Earflap Cap in Hats On by Charlene Schurch. I like that it is knit all in one piece with the earflaps knit as you make the rest. The hem is joined to the outer layer as you are making it. The original design in the book was a colorwork design but D wanted it knit out of the pretty Eidos from The Sanguine Gryphon that was in my stash. I adjusted the pattern to have plain knit rows between the rows of the first section of decreases. This kept the top of the hat from being puckery.

Miss P likes his hat so much that she has requested one of her own. She chose some orange Supermerino by Artyarns that was in my collection.

M liked his dad's new lined felted mittens so much that he wants a pair too. I had to switch from making the orange hat to knitting the mittens so that I could make progress before he heads back to school. I was hoping to get the first lining made to fit and then I could do the rest without him actually being here. 

I like knowing that my family is warmed by my lovingly stitched winterwear. It warms my heart to know that my family appreciates the knits that I enjoy making for them. It makes it even MORE fun to knit.

I'd better get back to work on the winterwear. It's COLD out there.

 

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Crafturday

Winter break has officially started! Miss P had her holiday party at school yesterday. And today we had a NO ALARM CLOCK day - two whole weeks with no alarm clock. I'm in heaven! 

I hope to get lots of sewing and knitting time. Today I'm working on a pair of lined mittens that B has requested for Christmas. I knit the linings last week and I just finished the outer layer of the first mitten. I'm ready to start the second outer mitten. The linings are knit with baby cashmerino and will not felt. The outers are a blend of homespun and a laceweight alpaca. 

Miss P has planned a Solstice sleepover with lots of activities for tomorrow night. She and her friend will be sleeping by the Christmas tree! The boys are arriving home on Monday. I kind of hope we get snowed in for for a few days!

Happy Crafturday!!

 

Knitting

I love knitting in December. I like that it is portable and I am more able to be social while working. I can sit in the living room and be with family and still feel productive. I can't sit and NOT be working on something. I know, my family sometimes just doesn't get it. 

I recently finished my sock for Adele's pair of Corbusier Socks.

The pattern is Corbusier Socks by Sarah Jordan. The pattern is in 2014 Knitscene Accessories. I would tell you what the yarn is but I seem to have lost the ball band that Adele sent with the pattern and yarn. Ooops.

It was a fun knit and wouldn't have taken long to finish if I would have been focused on just the one project. 

Since finishing the socks I've been knitting new winter mittens for Miss P. She's still wearing the pair I knit her FIVE years ago when she was in preschool. I am using the same technique for this pair. The lining is Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino. The outer layer is a handspun.

They should be finished soon! 
B wants a pair like this too. My knit list is growing! 

Socks!

Just in time for the colder weather, I finish a cozy pair of socks for myself!

These were a quick knit 2x2 rib from Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga. I originally bought the yarn for colorwork in a Paper Dolls sweater. Someday I still hope to knit myself one of those sweaters but I'll have to buy some new yarn. 

I've also been working on my next sock for Adele in our Two Make a Pair project.

Sweetheart Socks - take two

You guys! Adele and I finished another pair of socks! It took me two years to knit the first sock and Adele was lightening fast knitting up the mate.

We knit our first pair of these back in 2011. I loved the first pair so much that I needed to have another. I think I can safely say, however, that both Adele and I have had enough of this pattern for a while. All of the cable crossings are rather tedious on this thin yarn. The results are fabulous though.

The pattern is Sweetheart Socks by Chrissy Gardener in Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2007. We used size 0 needles and Stroll heather by Knit Picks. The color is sprinkle heather. 

Details on my ravelry page.

Adele has chosen a quicker pattern for us to knit next.

I'm linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts.

Sweetheart Socks

Remember when I said I went to summer camp and did some knitting and hexie stitching? Well, according Ravelry, I finished this sock exactly two years after starting it!

Adele and I made another pair of these back in 2010. The pattern is Sweetheart Socks by Chrissy Gardiner and can be found in the Holiday 2007 issue of Interweave Knits. 

I am thrilled that my friende Adele and I are continuing (after a very long pause) with our Two Make a Pair project. I'll send this sock and that other ball of yarn to her and she will knit the second sock for me. She is a speedy knitter and I'm sure I will not be waiting another two years to wear this pair of socks. 

I wonder what yarn and pattern Adele will choose for her next pair. I've missed knitting with you Adele! 

Mute Monday - I've Been Knitting

Crafting in 2012

It's fun and always makes me feel more productive to look back and see what I made during the year.  Do you do that?

I've been feeling very unproductive the last week or so. I've enjoyed having lots of family time but I haven't spent any time at all at my sewing machine. I pulled out a couple of long lost knitting projects to work on in the evenings because I can be a bit more social while still "making". Mostly I've not been crafting. I'm really feeling the itch.

This is MOST of what I did this year. 

1. ladybug mittens, 2. Crazy Love quilt, 3. estonian-socks-colorwork, 4. Abbey-Road-outside, 5. Pinwheels-and-Strings-close, 6. Lynn's hexagon quilt, 7. baby quilt whole, 8. happy drawing pattern, 9. Nancy, 10. bluebirds of happiness, 11. Paris on a Shoe String, 12. pixie hat side, 13. pixie hat girl, 14. hexagon flowers, 15. rug, 16. slip n slide 1, 17. Bento bag, 18. frame purses first, 19. frame purse monkey, 20. Flower Power close, 21. new dress action, 22. Washi front, 23. birds and the bees washi, 24. Anna Maria Horner Washi, 25. frippery washi, 26. ruby finished, 27. pink pixie, 28. Point Me big, 29. skinny tee P, 30. Cloud 9 frame purses, 31. Little Stitches embroidered, 32. Happy Land close, 33. Swiss Chard close, 34. chick on mushroom, 35. medallion top, 36. sneak peek

Halloween Elf

Here is our little Halloween elf.

I made the top from B's old terry/velour bathrobe using Rae's Flashback Skinny Tee pattern. I also added some pink braid from my trim collection. 

The pattern for the hat is Lyalya Hoodie by Natalia Schaffer. (knit earlier in the year and blogged here.)

Pretty close to the design she imagined, I think. She is thrilled with the soft, warm top.