Posts tagged Dashing Dachs
Newborn Cuteness
Jul 7th
About a month ago, I knit some longies for a lovely mama out of Elliebelly’s “Sistine Chapel” colorway on Blue Faced Leicester. The yarn was spectacularly yummy.
There was a lot of question as to what trim color to pick. There are a lot of colors in there! But I found that some colors blended a little TOO well with colorway and made for a washed out look. I took the yarn to my LYS and the lovely woman there helped me find this wine-colored Cascade 220. It went GREAT with the yarn, and really made the colors POP.
It was about this time that the mama I knit these for found out she was expecting another baby! She asked if I could use the leftover yarn to make matching newborn sized longies. But of course!
They turned out darling and just as beautiful as their toddler sized counterparts. What a lucky new little baby that will be!
And I couldn’t resist taking a picture of the two pairs together. I can’t wait to see action shots of these pants, side by side!
And if that weren’t enough newborn cuteness, I also offered up my services to knit a lovely brand-new mama (for the first time!) a little set for the bean she is expecting here in several months. The longies and matching hat were knit on Dashing Dachs’ “Oyster Rock” colorway, on Stallion Merino yarn. Very soft and thick and perfect for a newborn baby!
The hat was knit with the ever fabulous and versatile “Holly Hat” pattern that I now fully and truly swear by. I plan to make about a bazillion of these for Christmas presents! Quick and easy and very cute. Plus, she has instruction for all sizes! Sweet!
And again, here is the whole set together. And yet again, I cannot wait to see action shots. Who can resist newborn fluff? Since I will be having no more newborns around here, I have to live vicariously through others, you know!
That’s all for now! Look for an update tomorrow that has some super cute things that will be for SALE this week! (Yes, I’m actually selling something I’ve already knit!)
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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