Well, as you can guess, I've knitted enough mini sweaters for an army of Polly Pockets. If anybody has any funny way of setting them up as a gift, it would be appreciated, since these are going to my teachers as end-of-the-year presents. The winner so far is tied between putting it on a pencil with a head-eraser, and calling it a pinkie finger puppet stress reliever. :)Here's the pattern:
Pattern for Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Little Sweater For To Knitty:
Needles: US size 5, any small size will do.
gauge: negligible
yarn: 20 yards sock weight, but I'm being very liberal on this
Body (front and back knitted as one piece)
CO 10 sts
Work 3 rows in k1, p1 ribbing
8 rows st st
k 3 sts, k2tog, turn work
p4 sts. turn work
k2 sts, k2tog, ssk across the "valley" that was created, leaving enough yarn to sew in the neck at the end, k3.
p 4
ssk, k2
p3, m4 across chasm, p3
work in st st as many rows as needed till, when folded over, head hole looks presentable and needle is even with beginning of ribbing
work 3 rows in k1, p1 ribbing
BO all sts
Sleeves (make two)
CO 10 sts
work 2 rows in k1, p1 ribbing
knit in st st 10 rows
BO all sts
Fold sleeves over with right side in and sew them up, then sew them to body (with right side in). Sew loop around v neck, sew sides of body together, turn right side out.
You're done!
With the leftovers from the mini sweaters (which totals at least 400 yards), I'm trying to make a skirt for myself. I have a garter stitch waistband (with a little hole for elastic, which is definitely going to be needed).
It's going to be made completely in ribbing, except for a little bumpy thing on the hem, inspiration from the edging on the FO below.Remember those wristlettos?
Well, they only took me two days to make. The yarn is (literally) corny-somehow made from fiber you can get from a corn plant. It's handspun; I got the fiber from the Fold.
At the end of Thursday, I had wristletto one,
and at the end of Friday, wristletto two!
As for current spinning, it's some Gypsy Girl silk!
I'm halfway done, hoping the resulting yarn will be more stripy than one single yellow, one single blue. Not sure what I'm going to make with it yet; I have this idea for a sweater/shrug thingy...drawings to come!
5 comments:
Love the army of sweaters! The wristlettos look great! And I love the spinning. So cheery :)
Love the spinning!
Those tiny sweaters are great.
Lol, I laughed at the army of sweaters. I'm going to save your pattern for futures gifts. I think these will make great gifts for my sissy.
That yarn looks gorgeous! :D
Polly pocket sized army? Good job! The leftovers skirt looks interesting- will be watching for the finished project.
Hope school is going well for you.
Cute, wonderful, lovely. I am the one who is MIA right now. Can't seem to find the time to create a post. I have been crocheting a swimsuit and knitting three pairs of socks. No time for playing on the computer unfortunately
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