Posts tagged board shorts
Guest Vendor at Congfu
Jul 7th
I’m pretty darned excited. I’ m a guest vendor at Congfu on Hyena Cart this month. I’m a HUGE fan of Congfu and all the fabulous WAHMs that stock that congo each month. The talent is mind-boggling. And the mamas? Are sweet as honey. To be able to take part in a stocking is a huge honor and I feel quite humbled. In fact, seeing my works up there with some of theirs just seems to underscore how LUCKY I am.
I have two items plus two custom slots up for sale starting tomorrow afternoon at 4:00pm eastern time. The infamous bloomers skirty is a three-day auction, since I literally had no idea how to price it. I have had the idea to knit this for months now, and I originally began to knit it for Evie. Shoot, even now, if it doesn’t sell, I’ll happily keep it and use it for Evie. Either way, a lucky little girl will get this skirty because it is truly a unique and lovely item. If I do say so myself.
A lot of love and work and time went into this skirty. I had begun to knit the skirt in a more ‘a-line’ shape but the yarn, which is Western Sky Knits’ “Bella” on Gaia Organic Worsted, had begun to pool quite a bit. So I “frogged” it and reknit the skirt as a more “juliette” style. As you can see, it came out much nicer. The bloomers are knit with short rows and meant to have a full, baggy fit with a “cinched” cuff at the legs and a lacy ruffle with a picot edge. Wow. Just… wow. I almost can’t believe I knit it!
I’m also stocking a pair of board shorts knit in Mosaic Moon’s gorgeous “Woodland in Spring” colorway, on 3-ply merino.
These are super cute and if they don’t sell, I’ll be happy to use them on Liam! The legs are knit to be wide, very reminiscent of “board-shorts”, with the inseam reaching knee-length (or even a touch lower on my short-legged boy!). As always there are short rows in the back to allow for plenty of fluffy-cloth diaper bum room!
I’m excited and nervous all at the same time! It feels like playing in the big leagues. Wish me luck! And don’t forget, stocking is at 4pm tomorrow, July 8th!
Shorties Season
May 30th
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!
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