Yeah. Ahem. Anyway, I occasionally knit for money. Or yarn, as the case may be. Ahem. Look! Knits! Pattern: Sort of Paton’s Monkey Around Sock Monkey, but I also just made things up as I went. Yarn: Acrylic stuff from my acrylic stash. The blue came from a learn-to-knit kit, I think. Needles: US 5/3.75 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mittens’
Commission-licious
Posted in knitting, stash, swap, tagged finished object, FO, knitting, mittens, sock monkey, toys, yarn on May 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
OWS Knits
Posted in crochet, knitting, swap, tagged amigurumi, crochet, domo-kun, elephant, fingerless mittens, finished object, FO, knitting, mittens, monster, swap, toys, wip, wool, work in progress, yarn on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So I claimed for another round of OWS, as I said before. This round, I claimed luckdragon for Domo-Kun fingerless mitts and some amiguruimi, both of which turned out to be for her daughter. So this is what I made: Pattern: My own, which I based on pictures of mitts on Craftster. Yarn: Cascade 220 [...]
Doin’ It for Money
Posted in knitting, tagged cold weather things, commissions, cotton, cozies, FO, for sale, knitting, mittens, novelty yarn, scarf, sharks, yarn on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Knitting that is. I’ve done few commissions over the last couple of weeks: Bufanda Del Diablo Pattern: It’s garter stitch. Seriously. Yarn: Lion Brand Fancy Fur in “Bold Black”. Three skeins. Needles: US 15/10 mm So, yes, Bufada Del Diablo. The Devil’s Scarf. A, novelty yarn. B, two strands. C, apparently the two skeins I [...]
Jurassic Mittens: Ready for Download!
Posted in knitting, tagged cold weather things, dinosaurs, knitting, mittens, patten, stegosaurus, t-rex, triceratops, wool, yarn on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The pattern for the Jurassic Mittens is available for purchase through Ravelry! (Ravelry account not required for download.) Jurassic Mittens: US $6.50 Ravel it! Included in the pattern are directions to make the following dino mittens: – Triceratops – Stegosaurus – T-Rex Sizes: Children’s S (Children’s L, Adult) Shown in Adult Children’s S: Ages approx. [...]
FO: Dino Mitts
Posted in knitting, tagged cold weather thing, dinosaurs, FO, knitting, lamb's pride, mittens, wool, yarn on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pattern: My own, which will be available for sale… soonish. I need to knit a steg mitten. Yarn: Lamb’s Pride in Kiwi, Ella Rae Classic in Red, scraps of white Sugar ‘N’ Cream Needles: US 7/4.5 mm So these are finally finished and gifted to the boyfriend for a birthday/early Christmas gift. They came out [...]
Deep Blue Sea: Up and Ready!
Posted in knitting, tagged knitting, mittens, pattern, wool, yarn on November 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The pattern for Deep Blue Sea is ready for purchase! Deep Blue Sea: US $6 Ravel It! Sizes: Children’s S (Children’s L, Adult) Shown in Adult Children’s S: Ages approx. 5-7, 5” palm circumference Children’s L: Ages approx. 8-10, 6” palm circumference Adult: Should fit most adult hands, measures approx. 8” around palm, length is [...]
RAAAAWRRRRRR and also a Beret
Posted in knitting, tagged beret, cold weather things, dinosaurs, hat, knitting, mittens, wip, wool, yarn on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The awesome new mittens I’ve been working on? They look like this: That’s right, folks, dinosaurs! I’ll be selling the pattern for these as well and will have several options for different dinos. The Triceratops is all written up, and I’ve got to figure out how to do the T-Rex so it actually looks like [...]
FO: Deep Blue Sea
Posted in knitting, tagged cold weather things, FO, knitting, mittens, sharks, wool, yarn on November 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Pattern: My own, which will be available for purchase in both adult and child (like age 5-7 and 8-10) in the near future. Yarn: A little of this and a little of that: Grey Cascade Ecological Wool, red Ella Rae wool, while Lily Sugar and Cream cotton, and random black crochet cotton from the thrift [...]
FO: Trigger Finger
Posted in knitting, tagged brown, cold weather things, FO, knitting, mittens, wool, yarn on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pattern: My own, based on the idea for Soft Mit-Gloves. I wanted to make them but didn’t have/want to knit with sport weight yarn, so I improvised based on my tried and true mitten method. Yarn: Lion Wool, almost certainly less than a skein. Needles: US 6/4 mm nickle plated dpns. I’d been thinking for [...]
Warm Hands
Posted in knitting, tagged acrylic yarn, brown, cold weather things, fingerless, FO, grey, mittens, owls, red, wip, wool, yarn on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love mittens. I love making them and having them and wearing them… They can be simple, with a really nice yarn or with a really simple yarn and complex pattern. Fingerless or convertible, red or blue or green or yellow… I love them all. A mitten is the ultimate in small, portable projects. They [...]
