Shorties Season

I love knitting shorties.  The pattern itself is very satisfying to knit and then the legs are several inches shorter than longies making them a relatively quick knit as well.  Plus, they use less yarn so one 4 ounce skein of worsted yarn and a couple ounces of coordinating trim make for a cute, cute, CUTE pair of shorts to wear all summer long.

First up, we have a pair of shorts knit with Dashing Dachs’ “Oyster Rock” colorway on their Stallion Organic Merino (a bulkier weight yarn but oh so soft!).

The mama was hoping for board short length shorties which generall come to the knees or below.  I fell about a half an inch short of the projected inseam since bulky yarn has less yardage than worsted.  But they still came out longer than your average shorties and are definitely adorable on their new owner.

I also recently finished this pair of shorts which was knit with Western Sky Knits’ “Kelp Forest” colorway on their fabulous Rodeo BFL yarn.  I just love BFL.  I never get tired of knitting with it.  This was a kettle dyed variation and completely reinforced my love of kettle dyed yarn.  I just love the variations in the colors.  And this colorway was very calm, soothing, cool and sweet.  Perfect!

They came out super cute, don’t you think?  I hope the mama that requested them loves them as much as I do.  I may have to hunt down some of this yarn for my littlest boy.  I think a pair of shorts like this would be perfect for him!  (This of course assumes I ever have time to knit for my own children.)

I have my latest skirty that I need to share yet (it turned out FABULOUS) and I have even more pairs of longies (people are already looking ahead towards fall!) to share too.  The fun never ends, I tell ya!

But most of all?  I just love to knit.  Why, oh why didn’t I start earlier in life? It is just a wonderful hobby.  If you’ve ever considered starting, do it now!