Monday, March 5, 2012

Pink Bunny hat for Sale


This hat is for sale in time for Easter! It is sized 0-6 months and is made from 100% superwash merino wool. It's machine-washable and is pretty soft, but will get softer with every wash! I can also put a bow on it if wanted. I'm selling it for $16 (not including shipping or the cost of a bow if added). If you are interested in buying it, please email me at knittedbyamanda@hotmail.com .

I'm going to make some more bunny hats to sell. What color/colors do you think I should use? I could knit this hat using stripes as well. What sizes?

If you are interested in placing an order, please let me know very soon. I won't be making very many.  :)


Back in the Saddle Again (or giving my knitting needles a job again) :)

It's been awhile, but I'm finally starting to knit again. Yea!! My son is about to be 3 months (on Friday) and is sleeping all night. Since I'm a little more rested, I have started to put my "itching to knit" fingers to work again.

I've started knitting a slip-stich sampler throw to work on color-work. So far I really like it! I don't knit very many blankets because they take so long to finish, and this one is going to be fairly large. So far every blanket I've made I've given away as gifts, but I think I'm going to keep this one. :)

I downloaded the free knitting pattern from the Lion Brand Yarn website. They suggest using Lion Brand Vanna's Choice yarn, but I'm using Knit Picks Brava Worsted yarn. I've never used this yarn before since it's pretty new to Knit Picks, but I'm liking it! It's 100% premium acrylic so it's pretty easy care which is what I needed. It's machine washable which is very important to me especially now! :)  I'm using 9 different colors: Umber Heather, Paprika, Currant, Denim, Dublin, Cobblestone Heather, Fig, Camel Heather, & Solstice Heather. I'm also using my Addi Turbo circular knitting needles (my favorite needles) size 8 instead of straight needles.

The throw is made up of 6 large squares that are sewn together (my least favorite part!). Each square is worked the same except for the color combinations. The squares begin with a center square each and are then worked in a log cabin fashion by picking up stitches for each log.

I've never done much "color-work" before but since this pattern uses slip stitches, it's much easier then I thought it would be. I'm not looking forward to sewing all the ends of the yarn strands or sewing the large squares together however! Oh well...I think / hope it will turn out pretty. :)

I'm almost finished with the first large square, so I'll post pictures as I finish them.