Found His Mittens

I wanted one more type of head covering for mass or every day, so when I found this one, I was hooked.

I also made this new clutch bag, the Super Easy Felted Clutch Purse. It’s free and on Ravelry.  I used one ball of Ella Rae classic black, felted it, glued on a broken bauble, and added a magnetic snap.  It is great.  I just made a second one too.  It’s 11*11 before felting.  Afterwards, about 8*5.

In other news I bought a new shoe rack yesterday and was able to put it together, drill holes to attach it to a 10 year old shoe rack.  Now all my shoes have a place to live!

And my new chair that I put together.  I think Lucy likes it.

I finished my mantilla/shawl. I used the Haruni pattern, with one less repeat than recommended, and I used black Zephyr yarn. I bought the yarn at a Renaissance fest 2 years ago, and it was a perfect choice! Took about 3 weeks to do.

 Finished the Roses Are Red headband, baby sized.  Here is Lucy demonstrating.  It’s very stretchy.  For this one I used all Spud sock yarn.

And the two together, before getting mailed:

Next I made experimentally the first of several large wool coasters for putting under candles or plants.  I used the felted bucket bag pattern for the base and just stopped when the circle shaped bottom was completed then felted the heck out of it.  Unfortunately it ended up with rippled edges so I’ll have to stop next time before completing the circle, and see if that makes it flatter once felted.  It’s kind of cute like this though:

I used some 40% off yarn I picked up for this purpose a year or two ago.  Cascade Lana D’Oro.  I think I repeated the pattern 20 times total.

Seems like I am always finding new babies to make things for.

First I made a newborn hat with Knitcol trends by Adriafil yarns.  It’s a self striping wool yarn and I was so impressed I bought a second ball!  For pattern I mainly used  Child’s Self-striping hat, free on Ravelry.  I made it smaller since this is for newborn.  I think I used about 56 stitches per row?  I have my doll Lucy modeling it, and my niece Emery also.

I also made newborn to 3 months size baby booties.  This is gorgeous yarn by Alchemy called Juniper Bali Jungle, variegated greens. Yummy!  I used a great new pattern that can be used with varying sizes of yarn.  It’s called Churchmouse Wee Ones Stay-on Baby Booties. This is being modeled by Lucy again.  A little big.

I made yet another pair of Ruth’s Perfect Baby Booties with Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino.  I never get tired of this pattern.

And another Sprout hat, using my last ball of Jelli Beenz by Plymouth Yarns.  Sad.  I got that yarn very early on when I returned to knitting six years ago.

Finally, I made a child sized headband called Violets are Blue.  I used some old Baby Ull yarn in lavender and yellow, and a new rich balls of deep purple sock yarn and green by Spud. I am loving Spud!!  I’ll be making a Roses are Red version soon.

I found a doll to model.  It’s very big on her.