Knit Legwarmers

My friend Kate requested some rainbow knit leg warmers. Not really summer wear, but they will be great for the fall.

Green Cat

This cat needed a buddy. So I made him a buddy. 

He's smaller, because I used less bulky yarn. I gave him a flax seed butt too, so he sits up nicely.

Cat buddies.

Knit Hearts

February is over but I have some small knit hearts to bring me into March. Now let's just hope this snow stops!

Blue Cat

I get so many good ideas from Pinterest, like this pin.

It was a very simple and fast project, using bulky yarn and circular needles.

I put flax seed in his cat butt to give him some weight. He's perfect!

Mr. Elephant

Here is Mr. Elephant, knit with a 3-pattern pack that I bought from Jelly Bums.

I love his dangly legs! I want to buy some poly fill pellets so that he sits up a bit more, but boy is he cute.

Pussy Hat

I didn't get a chance to march, but it was so inspiring to see a sea of pink during the women's marches across the world a few weeks back.

My friend Dawna participate, but was sad to not have her own pussy hat. She requested a knit one, in fuchsia pink - voila!

Model: me! It was very fast to make up, using Cascade 220. I might cast on and make myself one :)

Forgotten Hat

With all the packing and moving we did last week, I found this hat, that I started during the run of Company back in January.

It was almost done too, just had about an inch of stockinette to do, and then started decreasing for the crown.

I finished it off during an episode of House Hunters on HGTV. I wish finishing knitted objects were always this easy!

Tech knits

Tonight we open Company! But before that, we had a lot of time in the theatre doing tech. Which means, I had a lot of time to knit. I made:

A pumpkin hat:

An apple hat:

A cat-like cowl:

Things I made in tech.

 

Now on to the show, happy opening!

Cat Cowl

I found this fuzzy, bulky skein of yarn in my stash the other day and whipped it up into a cowl. That's 15 stitches on size 15 needles, just straight garter stitch and sewn together to form a circle.

I think the yarn looks like a nice fuzzy tabby cat!

Quick n easy project and hey, one less skein in my stash :)

Purple hats

I got another donation from my dear friend Colleen, who gave me some vintage yarn earlier this year. This time she dropped off a bag of stuffing, both polyfill and quilt batting, that I can always find uses for. She asked for a purple hat in return: something warm, to cover her ears, so that she could wear it during an upcoming trip to Toronto. She can't wear wool against her skin, so I found some purple acrylic yarn, and whipped up not one, but TWO hats for her.

I knit her this newsboy hat, that I love to make. I did one extra repeat of the cable pattern, so it's nice and pouffy in the back.

Then I crocheted her a bucket hat, that I had pinned on Pinterest a long time ago. I didn't use this pattern because I had the wrong size hook and yarn. But I love how the button looked, and the shape of the hat overall.

I hope Colleen like them and she stays warm in Toronto!

Apple hat

I had some happy red yarn that reminded me of apples, so I decided to make an apple hat.

This is for a friend of mine who has a 6-month old boy. I free-styled the stem based on these pictures. Good thing I take pictures of my stuff, since I NEVER write down what I do to make them!

More Comfort Dolls

I finished a few more comfort dolls - I love how chubby they look! I'm saving up a bunch to send away next month. I hope they're happy in their new homes!

Knit Hood

I made one of these cute hoodie things for a friend's baby girl. It was so quick and easy.

I love the colour! It turned out great, so I hope she likes it!

Knitting for the movies

An old friend of mine contacted me recently. She works in the movies and needed a knitted prop.

I whipped up this scarf with very chunky yarn.

She also wanted a thermos cozy. 

Now I'm knitting for the movies!

Makin' Izzies

Izzy Girls pattern

Awhile ago, I posted about the Comfort Dolls I make based on the Izzy pattern, here. I stockpile a bunch, then send them off to get packaged up with medical supplies in developing countries. I have had a couple requests on how I make the girl dolls, so I jotted down some notes, which I will share here. I haven't had any feedback on if they turn out okay for any other knitters, so if you do knit one, please let me know if the pattern needs corrections or clarification. Here ya go:

Izzy Girls:

Worked back and forth over 5mm/US 8 needles
Red Heart solids

HAIR
Colour 1:
CO 32
Work 4 rows st st

FACE
Change to Colour 2:
K 8, k2tog, CO 2, K 16, CO 2, K 8 (36 sts)
K 7, k2tog, K 18, k2tog, K 7 (34 sts)
K 7, k2tog, K 16, k2tog, K 7 (32 sts)
Work 8 rows st st

SWEATER
Change to Colour 3:
Work 10 rows st st
[K 5, k2tog] x 4, K 4 (28 sts)

SKIRT
Change to Colour 4:
Work 2 rows st st
[K 5, kfb in next st] x 5. k 4 (32 sts)
purl one row
Work 4 rows st st

FEET
Change to Colour 5:
Work rows 5 to 11 as written:

Finish as written

I cut lengths of hair with Colour 1 and used a crochet hook to place them along the doll's hairline. Then I gathered them up into pony tails.

Yellow brick cowl

I finally finished making something out of this yarn! I just love the colour, it's perfect for sprain.

I used a stitch pattern from a great book I have. I'll hopefully write out the pattern later. It curled a lot right off the needles, but a nice wet blocking got most of the curl out. I love it!

Another cabled Newsboy Cap

My mom loved this hat so much,

So I made her another one.

I admit, I'm a bit jealous and wanted to keep this one for myself. It's made from Vanna's Choice, so it's nice and soft. Plus I did one extra row of cabling, like the last one, so it covers your ears. The perfect length. The perfect hat!

Cabled Newsboy Cap

I made this Cabled Newsboy Cap from the book Stitch n Bitch. I have made this hat many times before, way back when I didn't have a blog. My mom still wears hers and asked for another one, so I made this for her.

I made it with one extra cable repeat, so it could cover her ears better. I used Vanna's Choice in Oatmeal, and I had just enough left to make a matching flower pin.

This is a lovely hat, it has just the right amount of slouch to it and I love the brim. 

Cat Love

I made another project from the yarn Colleen gave me. She had some half-finished projects in there too, including this mystery piece:

It looks like maybe two sleeves or the front and back of a small item. The yarn was a mystery too - no ball band - but it was lovely and soft. Then I looked up some inspiration on my Pinterest Board about what to do with old sweaters.

I decided to rip back the two pieces so they were the same height, then bound off each one. I sewed up the sides, stuffed it, made ears, defined the neck, gave him ears and a face, and finished off with a scarf. Ta - da - a cat!

I called this blog post "Cat Love" because he's a nice shade of red and it's close to Valentines Day.