Technicolour Dreamcoat Or Mini-Rainbow!

So, a while ago I showed a baby dress, made to welcome a certain Small Bean into the world. Well, I'm pleased to say that not only is she safely in the world, but that we hang out on a weekly basis for snuggles (with the bean), gossip (with her mum) and cake.

Last week, Miss Small Bean and I were so snuggly that Mummy very kindly left us to it.  But, before she went she mentioned how much Small Bean disliked her hat. Which got me thinking...  And on my desk I had a fleece off cut..  You know where this is going, don't you?

Rainbow hat!  A dinky version of this hat!  Miss Small Bean seemed happy enough in it and Mummy was super impressed and asked if she could have a matching hat.  We looked at the fabric left and decided either Mummy could have a hat or Small Bean could have a matching coat.  So they settled in on the sofa and I got busy again and an hour later we had this...

 It's a very simple little a-line coat/cardigan thing.  No pattern and mostly overlocked, to make sure it's nice and stretchy for a wriggly person to move around in!

So I am not out of rainbow fleece and my 'pseudo neice' has a new coat.  Which could totally double as larp kit...

Knitted Things!

So, here are the rest of the results of our knit along!

We made gloves and a hat each.

 Ta-daah!  As you can see, Amy used the same colour yarn for all of hers whilst I had different colours.

The hat is Autumn Pixie Hood by Tori Carroll  and was the biggest of the three things we picked.  Once we got to the repeat section we both got on pretty well, but the ribbing was evil.

 The gloves are Lacey Wristlets by Angela Juergens and despite several false starts by us both, they were great fun to knit!

 

 What we have learnt about knitting:-  

We like lace knitting.
We like chunky wool and needles

Youtube is our friend!

Knitting should not be attempted when tired

 

We are currently looking for a new project to continue to build on these things.  Any suggestions greatly welcomed!  Also, drop by on Thursday and see what happens when I have a tiny person and a tiny amount of fabric to play with!

Cape of Fluff!

Another new campaign make!  Justice priests are doing it in style this year!

The pattern is McCalls 4139.  The black fabric is corduroy, the red velvet and the white (very expensive) faux fur.

 It has a silver clasp amd was, quite frankly, a pig to make!  I don't think I'll be doing another one any time soon.  That said, I love how it looks and the fur is gorgeously fluffy.

Next week I'll be showing off some meal kit and hopefully my most recent knitting exploits!

Smokin'!

No gloves, as sadly Amy couldn't make it on Sunday and I promised not to show them off until we can wear them together.  We have, today, finished our third knitted thing so next week might be a week of knitting!

For now though, let me show you my latest Folkwear pattern make!

It's the Folkwear Le Smoking Jacket pattern (and a cravat made using this tutorial).

 I've used super plush red velvet and gold satin.  I even managed the quilting on the lapels!

 It's unlined but has shoulder pads and it's very fluffy!

 Apologies for the dodgy photo quality, it was dark when we took the pictures (curse daylight saving time and work!).

 This is going to be used at a cthulu horror even in a few week and hopefully there will be some pics at the event that I can share with you all.  On Thursday I am going to show you a hooded mantle cape.  It's also fluffy!

Frilly Shirts Ahoy!

I made a shirt and it is frilly!

 This is again Butterick B4486 (I do like this pattern)  The fabric is cotton, not sure what sort exactly as the model provided it herself.

 It's got lacy cuffs and lace down the front placket. It's done up with an organza ribbon and the cuffs have plain silver buttons.

Other than that, not a lot to say about it, aside from the fact it as a fun sew and I look forward to seeing it in use!  Next week I shall hopefully be showing off my knitted gloves, a cravat and a smoking jacket!

A Knitted Thing!

Going slightly of the topic of kit sewing again.  As I'm sure it's been previously mentioned on this blog I'm not a very good knitter.  That said, I do dearly love hand knitted things (one of my many life goals is to own a pair of hand knit socks) so I keep trying knitting to improve my skills. 

At the moment I am involved in a 'knit-a-long'  it's a very small knit-a-long as it's just me and the lovely Amydextrous who also gets frustrated with knitting and like me, is often happy to discard a knitting project half way through.  So we decided that we would have a little knit-a-long of our own and see if we could encourage each other to finish a few things.  We picked 3 patterns that we loved the look off, were slightly challenging, but not too scary and went in search of yarn.

You've seen my yarn as it was part of my haul from the knitting and stitching show.  We cast on last week and we have both really enjoyed ourselves!  We have actually finished two of our items and tonight we will be casting on for a third, but as we agreed I'd only show them off when we have pics of us in them together today you only get to see the first thing we made.

Without further blathering here are our cowls!

Taa-dah!

 The pattern is Leaving on the Edge and was a very fun knit.  Also, I am still in love with the soft snuggliness of my Eden Cottage yarn!

And the back view!

I think, if I were going to make this again, I'd find out how to make button holes and make it button up rather than sewing it up.  However, at the moment I'm not good enough at knitting to know how to change patterns around!

Unflattering mugshot!

Amy looking way better than me!

That said, it's very pretty, I can only spot one mistake in it (and I only saw that after I'd knitted another 10 rows and I didn't have the heart to rip back and fix it) and most importantly, it's lovely and warm!

Next week I shall show you our fingerless gloves and let you know how the hats are coming along!  On Thursday though, I have a very frilly shirt to show off.

Oh yes, and if you want to see my other knitting projects my Ravelry name is Luthaisea, possibly unsurprisingly...

A Quartered Ghillie Shirt

One of the more interesting things I have been asked to make.  In game our soldiers uniform is described as quartered green and black.  Normally people go for a tabbard over the top of their shirt, but Tirithon Dhospar is apparently a character to cut out uneccesary fabric layers!

The shirt is made of cotton, has brass cuff buttons and black eyelets (It was run up in something of a rush otherwise it'd have black buttons as well).  The lace is cotton tape.

I used Butterick B4486 as my pattern, having first made a quartered panel for the front and backs to be cut from.

I was having a lot of fun with the quartered idea, so I made the rest of the shirt on that them, hence th different coloured sleeves and plackets.





Have a great weekend!  Next week I am hoping to show off some knitting I've done!