The Witch Learns to Stitch

Well it is finished, I just need to get some buttons for it but I will get them on Thursday. You can tell which side I seamed first as the seam looks really bulky, but other then that I think I did pretty good for a first real garment hehehe. Doesn't Winnie look so smart in his cardigan and matching hat?

this is the bad seam on the left sleeve


and this the is good seam on the right sleeve



And if you were wondering the pattern for both the cardigan and the hat are from Baby Bloom by Erika Knight, I am now working on a cardigan for myself from the same book (I am so tempted to buy this book, I only have it on loan from the library).

And thankyou to AlyshaJane for the advice on the Rustica scarf, I still havn't gotten around to sewing in those ends though lol, atleast I have alot of time, wont be wearing it until April at the earliest, unless something goes totally coo coo and we get snow in Brisbane in Summer LMAO

Labels: hats, scarves, sweaters

Posted by Natasha at 11:22 am | Permalink | Comments

Ok well I finished the Pixie hat, I decided I would leave off the ties, but still did the pompom (which I did this morning at Playgroup haha). It looks so cute, will have to take a picture of it. And best of all I have tons of the yarn left over so I am starting to work on a little matching sweater, ooo its going to be an adorable set.

And OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! Lime from Lime & Violet comment on my blog ***deep breaths Natasha deep breaths*** and she was so sweet too hehehe, LMAO can you tell I have a bit of a thing for Lime & Violet?

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Posted by Natasha at 10:25 pm | Permalink | Comments

well I have nearly finished the hat (re: Pixie Hat), I need to do the pompom and am starting to think I might not do the icords to attatch to the ears as it will be for a newborn and may pose a strangulation thread and I am sure the lovely mummy to be would hate me for ever if that happened.

I have also started on the scarf that Shannon picked out the wool for, he actually did pretty good and chose a nice navy 100% wool yarn, this is after I had to talk him out of a pink mohair blend LMAO, he is such a boy isn't he? I am doing it in a 2x2 ribbing with some garter stitch at either end and a fringe, and I have to say I hate ribbing, but I am very proud of the fact that my stitches are so nice, normally when I knit I end up with tiny holes in the finished fabric but with this and the hat I can only see the holes if I hold it up to the light, YAY I am improoving, the yarn isn't shiny like in the picture, its 12am so had to use the flash, it is a dull navy (although I wouldn't mind something that looked like the photo LMAO...

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Posted by Natasha at 12:02 am | Permalink | Comments

This is one days work, I still need to do this hem thing around it in a different colour, and add some icord ties and a pompom on top, but I have to say I am so proud lol, it is the first time that I have ever gotten the fabric to look even, usually it looks all holey.
It is so very tiny though, it is ment to be newborn size but having had babies who are gigantic I wouldn't know how small a real newborn head was LMAO. But doesn't Dr. Monkey look very smart in it?

Pattern is from Baby Bloom by Erika Knight, I borrowed the book from the library and I have loved it so much that I am thinking I might even go and buy it hehehe...

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Posted by Natasha at 11:05 am | Permalink | Comments

I have a problem, I really think it is the same problem that caused me to get uninspired to scrap, I have no money. I look at all these beautiful yarns and would love to own them, but the projects that I would like to do with them require 8/9/10+ balls which means I am going to be having to spend $80+ on them, and I wont even spend that much on clothing lol. I really need to go win lotto or something hehehe...

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Posted by Natasha at 9:07 am | Permalink | Comments

The other week K-mart had a 15% off all yarns sale, so of course I couldn't resist, I got 2 balls of Patons Caressa 8 ply (I made some bed socks with that), and put 10 balls of Panda Rustica on layby and was planning to make a shawl out of it.

Anyway I got the layby on Friday and was so excited, I got home and after I had done what I needed to I was right into the yarn, ready to make a swatch. Only to discover that I thought it would make a horrible shawl! I really didn't like it at all. But I decided to try again, and started a scarf, didn't like it at first but as it got longer I liked it more and more. It sort of looks a bit like the brick work on buildings where they have randomly made some bricks larger or poking out more then others, and even though the whole thing is done in garter stitch, it looks like I have just randomly knitted and purled, its really crazy lol.

Anyway, 2 days later it is done, but I have a dilemma, to fringe or not to fringe? What do you think? Forgive the bad bathroom photo, it like 9pm and Garry is busy and I am impatient LMAO...

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Posted by Natasha at 9:03 pm | Permalink | Comments