FO – “Grandma’s Song” Longies

I am so incredibly excited about these, that I had to take pictures before I finished trimming off the last bits of the loose ends, and before making the drawstring.

A friend of mine gifted me a box full of wool a few weeks ago after it was given to her when her MIL passed away. I found this wool yarn in the box, and decided to make up some longies for my friend’s little guy using his Grandma’s wool. My friend is musically gifted and I wanted to bring that in as well.

Challenges: it was stiff, scratchy stuff, and a bit on the thin side for longies.

Solutions: knit it a bit loose and a bit large, then fulled it partially so it’s soft, fuzzy but still a bit stretchy.

Embellishing these was so much fun! The horizontal lines I worked as stripes and knit them in as I went, the musical details I embroidered on later.

 

 

 

Do you ever throw away yarn?

Do you?

I can’t.

All my yarn “bits” (like from trimming ends) go into a small bag to serve as stuffin’ for felted toys.

I keep even the smallest remains of balls of wool…I have about a grocery bag full of them now…like probably 10 yd length at the most per ball! I think I might do a felted something or other with them soon, need to clean out the stash!

Is this a sign of sickness, or just my marvelously yarn-obsessed, frugal self shining through?

WIP…

…longies for a super sweet little boy of a super-sweet momma. Going to be a musical theme, I’ll be embellishing with duplicate stitch and some embroidery after they’re knit up.

“Decadence” Soakies

Remember my Kettle Dyeing Play-by-Play? It came out looking like this   and I decided to call it “Decadence” because it brings to mind life’s little luxuries things like rich chocolate, red wine, or a really great cup of coffee.

Anyway, here is what it looks like all knit up:

Knit Re-con Rescue!

I had this sweater lurking the back of my closet. Just a store-bought, used-to-be-my-favourite, hasn’t-seen-the-light-of-day-in-years sweater…so I thought, “Hey, let’s rip it apart and see what we can make of it!”

 

I’ve gotten as far as removing the neckline (HUGE improvement) and was able to rip out the seams in the sleeves up to a 3/4 length. Unraveling from the wrist up is NOT going to work, though, so I will probably put in a lifeline and then cut the knitting and frog downwards.

I’ll post a pic when it’s finished…even if I destroy it!