Mama's Stitchery Projects

This is the most fun I have had in a long time designing and knitting something. Each part of this baby blanket is made in a lace design from a different country. This is all sport weight soft baby yarn. The border was all sewn continuous on a very long round knitting needle. I give that credit to my Boye modular knitting needle set.

This is an English lace pattern. All the salmon and green stripes are made in an Italian lace pattern.

This is a Spanish lace pattern.

This is a French lace pattern.

This is a colonial American lace pattern that forms the edging.

This is a sport weight baby yarn, but the color was so good, I made a sweater for me.

Hobby Lobby’s store brand makes this fun two-toned hairy yarn. My only complaint is that it shed quite a bit when I was working with it, but the finished product looks great.

This little big sister/little sister ponchos epitomize girlieness.

I’ve used this same pattern before with white Baby Clouds, but it looks entirely different with this variegated cotton.

Sometimes mistakes still work out. I was going to make this poncho fuller so that it was drapy, but didn’t count correctly and ended up with five points instead of six. Not a problem. It still works.

This one was just pure fun to design. In afghan colors and style, but with the v-neck collar, it’s just crazy enough to be fun. This is made of Lion’s Brand Wool-ease.

It’s getting cold again, so it will soon be poncho weather. The current poncho craze is a knitter’s dream. Here is one that I actually made last year, but I’m just now getting around to posting it. The cable detail on this gets lost with the Lion’s Brand Homespun yarn.

This object has consumed me for several months now… but finally it is finished.

The basic design is simple, but the implementation was mostly a pain. This is constructed of sport weight baby yarn. I knitted with two stands at once and had 8 active yarn sources at all times. At each verticle color change I had to cross the yarns to form a strong join. So every 3 or 4 rows I had to completely detangle the yarn. This will be the last plaid blanket I will ever make, so I took lots of pictures.

I wanted the blanket to be reversable, so I alternated between knit and purl squares. The blanket is edged with four rows and 3 stitches of moss stitch.

This afghan was the most enjoyable to make. I usually get tired of an afghan before I finish it, but this one was a constant adventure, so it kept my interest. There are 35 different stitch patterns in this afghan, separated by a grid of moss stitch. While working the afghan, I would be working 5 different stitch patterns at once. This also gave me the opportunity to use a lot of patterns that I was excited about doing. Once I get caught up on all the gifts I need to make, perhaps I’ll make another one of these.