Knit Lace Bolero

This is my first knitting project this year! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. But I feel like the weather has gone from cold to unbearably hot overnight, so I don't know if I'll get to wear it. I could barely get the pictures taken, since it's pretty uncomfortable wearing a sweater in 80 degree weather without air conditioning.



pattern: Drops 119-27
yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran
needles: size US 7

Back to blogging

I've been really lazy about finishing projects and posting on blogger. I knit this cowl over a year ago and never bothered to photograph it, until now. My birds were kind of annoyed at me since they were trying to nap while I was moving around to take the photos.


pattern: Big Herringbone Cowl
yarn: Patons UpCountry

Better Late than Never

It's been a while since I've knit anything, and even longer since I've posted. Anyway, here is my first pattern published in a book, More Knitting in the Sun! It's a modified version of my ruffled mini skirt pattern, redesigned for girls sized 4-12, with an additional ruffled tier. The skirt is knit in stockinette stitch in the round from the waist down. Increasing and decreasing create the ruched ruffles.

SIZES
4 (6, 8, 10, 12) to fit waist 21.5 (22.5, 23.5, 24.5, 25)"

YARN
Classic Elite Yarns Provence (100% mercerized Egyptian cotton; 205 yd /100 gm): Color 2627 French Red; 4 (4, 5, 5, 6) skeins

NEEDLES
Size US 5 [3.75 mm]: circular, 16"
Size US 10 [6 mm]: circular, 24"

NOTIONS
0.5"-wide elastic, 20 (21, 22, 23, 23.5)" length
stitch markers
scrap yarn
tapestry needle

GAUGE
20 sts and 28 rows = 4” [10 cm] in St st on size 5 needles
15 sts and 19 rows = 4” [10 cm] in St st on size 10 needles