Trellis, Oh Lovely Trellis...

Pattern: Trellis, size 12 mo., Knitty, by Britta Stolfus Rueschhoff.

Needles: Size 5 Bryspun needles. These needles were the best option. I started on Addi Turbos but they were just too slippery, the Byrspun needles were great to knit with for the cotton.

Yarn: Knit Picks, Shine Worsted, Cream, 6 skeins

Changes: I couldn’t figure out how to Kitchener Stitch the shoulder together without having a strip of stockinette stitches, so I bound them off and sewed them together.

Overall: I loved knitting this sweater. I think it is the best thing I’ve done so far. The pattern is interesting, keeps your attention, and is not too difficult. I got a chance to practice cabling without a cable needle more and I can’t image using a cable needle any longer. I really love the way it turned out and I’m really pleased with it overall. The worst part was the finishing. I don’t know why I hate finishing things so much. It’s like sewing, and I like to sew. Go figure.

The one thing I need to do yet is to make a label for it. I've used this tutorial, before and they turned out great. They really help make an item personalized.

Sock Knitting Bag

A bit ago, I read about the Knit Sock Kit Swap and thought it was such a fun idea. Unfortunately, I missed the entrance date to participate. I keep checking out the site though, because there is a lot of interesting ideas and stuff there. I got to thinking that even though I’m not a part of the swap; I could make my own fun knit sock bag. Maybe it’s even better this way, because I’ll be sure to like my new sock knitting bag. So, I was off to Jo-Ann’s for fun material yesterday and today after about 3 hours, I have my new cheerful sock bag.

I didn’t use a pattern. I roughly based it on Trek Casts On dimensions. I’ve made bags like this before and I really like making them so that the inside material comes out over the top of the bag. I was going to make all the outside the same color, but then started playing around with it and liked it better with the bottoms of the inside and outside bag being reversed.