experimenting

Made this the other night at A Gathering of Stitches. Loving the class, the teacher, Eliza, and my class mates. Turns out Eliza and I went to Parsons at the same time—we even lived in the same dorm, the same year. Such a small world.

And, hey, if you're in Maine, check out the deal Gathering of Stitches is offering: 

"From now until the end of October, register for a workshop at full price and your friend (!) gets half off!

Pick the right friend and they'll share that discount with you...."

fawn hoodie corrections

Still fits! Immie continues to be a little small for her age and one benefit to that is she can still wear her Fawn Hoodie.

 I'm sorry to say, though, that a knitter found 2 errors in the pattern.

In the Yoke section this row should say:
Next row body only dec row: (RS) *Knit to 3 sts before marker, ssk, k1, sl m, knit across sleeve sts, sl m, k1, k2tog; rep from * one time, knit to end—(4 sts dec'd) 22 (29, 26, 31, 37, 39, 41, 47, 48, 48) sts rem.

And also in the hood section, after the decrease row, the pattern says to repeat the inc row but this should say:
Rep dec row....

I can't believe these mistakes snuck by us! There were three of us who went over this pattern. So sorry for any confusion this may cause.

ps: You may notice Immie has a bit of a shiner! Poor little monkey was jumping on the bed, fell off, and bumped her head. Had to get one stitch above her eyebrow!! 

so simple

Yesterday, Quince launched a little collection, Basics for Babe, that includes 4 knit patterns for baby. The project has been in the works since last year, so I'm excited to have the ebook out in the world now.

If you've been reading this blog you know that last spring my family suffered the terrible loss of my father. Not surprising, it was really hard to get my brain back to a productive place after it happened. Pam was very thoughtful and gave me a lot of time to "heal"and didn't want to rush me. She suggested, kindly, that I work on a project that really spoke to me, whatever I wanted. So, I chose the patterns that are in this ebook—a small grouping of simple, unisex patterns with a gentle palette. It was very therapeutic...all that meditative garter stitch in those soft colors....

Anyway, that's the back story.
Hope you enjoy these teeny tiny knits!

xo
c

too big

I thought Immie really should have another Immie Tee (as you saw in my previous post).  I sized one up to be a 3-4 year so there's room to grow (the pants, too!).

yarn: tern
color: mist

packback

Confession: I cheated.
I was going to make Imogen a fancy backpack from an Oliver+S book, but I decided the pattern was a little too difficult for my current skills. I have the pieces cut out...it will be made...eventually. And without a time pressure (I "needed" to finish it for her first day back to preschool).

Lucky for me, Purl Soho sent out an email with this pattern. Done.

I'm guessing Immie is just as happy with this "packback"as she would have been with the other one.

fair isle style book winner

And the winner is Gigi!  She wrote: Cutest booties! I've been looking for something to knit for a,friend's new baby - these would be perfect. And I'd love to win this book.

Thank you for all those sweet comments!

Gigi, please email your shipping address to maddermade(at)gmail.com
 

fair isle style / blog tour!

Hi there...posting again today! This time to share with you Mary Jane Mucklestone's new book, Fair Isle Style, which is chock-full of fun, fair isle projects.

Favorites? Lucinda Guy's birdie, Gudrun Johnston's dress, Norah Gaughan's shrug, Mary Jane's socks, Courtney Kelly's pullover, Kat Coyle's skirt....oh my goodness, so, so many.

My contribution is a pair of Peerie Weerie Booties. Worked in Quince & Co. Chickadee (carrie's yellow, egret, and kumlien's gull), they are soft and warm for the little ones. I really wanted to mix stripes with the fair isle...it was exciting to see these come together. And even more thrilling to see them photographed with a KITTEN! This picture really makes me smile:

The book was photographed beautifully here in Maine, by Chris Vaccaro.

Thank you Mary Jane for including me in this collection!

And thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the blog tour:

Monday, September 23:  Norah Gaughan - Mareel Shrug
Tuesday, September 24: Courtney Kelly - Fara Raglan, Kate Osborn - Scandi Sukkalegs

Wednesday, September 25: Gudrun Johnston - Bressay Dress

 Thursday, September 26:  Kat Coyle - Keltin Skirt

Friday, September 27: Kirsten Kapur - Hap-Lapghan


I almost forgot: Leave a comment below for a chance to win a  copy of Fair Isle Style! Comments will close at the end of the day this Sunday, September 22, 2013. Comments are closed.