What Also Floats in Water?

Hey guys! I know it's been quite a while, but I just wanted to drop in to share these adorable ducks I just finished up. I'm beyond excited over how cute they are!

Peter the Ducking, Mal the Tiny Duck

-CH

Finished Object Saturday...

I guess I'm about two hours too late! In my defense, it has felt like Thursday all day. Actually, for me, it's felt like Thursday since Wednesday. I'm not sure why...

I only have one (sort of two) things to share with you this week. If you remember, last week I shared an owl that my boss commissioned me to make for her. She loved it so much, she put in another order! She wanted a bear (the school's mascot) that her daughter could give to a friend. So of course, I turned to a freshstitches pattern!

Teddy Bear

 

 

 

She also wanted it to have an orange sweater with the school's initial and the #4 sewn on jersey-style. Here's what I came up with!

Modified Teddy Sweater

This might be the trickiest sweater modifications that I've done to date. Not only did I have to adjust the sizes, but I also had to move the sleeves so that they were not centered on the sides (as they would normally be in the pattern). I didn't really like the way that the raglan decreases looked on the front because the sleeves were so close together... The 'G' hides them nicely though. But if I make a sweater for a freshstitches animal again, I'll probably try a different method of raglan decreases that aren't quite so obvious.

Linking up with Tami for FO Friday!

-CH

FO Friday

I have a few things to share today! It's been a while since I've done a Finished Objects Friday post, so I'm pretty excited!

The first thing I finished is a panda for a girl that I work with!

Lala the Panda

I also finally assembled my Granny Square Cowl from the freshstitches Cowl Swap (which I mentioned in this post).

Granny Square Cowl

Then I made a penguin for my friend's nephew.

Howie the Penguin

Then my boss asked if I would make her a Nelson the Owl. Since I had never used this pattern before, I wanted to do a test run. So here is my first owl.

Nelson the Owl

My boss wanted one just like Adriana's, so here's what I came up with!

Nelson the Owl #2

Then yesterday, I whipped up this little slug for the freshstitches Slug-A-Long! I'm sure I'll make a couple more before the end of the CAL. He's just so cute!

Hannah the Slug

Then last night, I made this project bag! I followed this tutorial that I found on Pinterest. I made one for a friend too, but I don't have pictures of that one. I just love the way it turned out!

I'm linking up with Tami for FO Friday. Check out her page for more finished projects! What did you finish this week?

-CH

Christmas Round Up

I was finally able to get pictures of all of my Christmas presents! So now that things are getting back to normal after the holidays, I would love to share them all with you! Sorry I've been sort of MIA recently.. I hope to get back into the swing of things now that the holidays are over and there shouldn't be any secret projects!

Here is the shawl that I made for my grandmother. It's one of the four patterns in the Hitchhiker trilogy of patterns! I am in love with it!

Magrathea

I made this vest for my other grandmother. I'm not super happy with it, but I'm glad to be done with it! And she likes it, so that's what matters. My sister is modeling it, which is why it's too big for her!

Ardys

I made this amigurumi squirrel for my sister's friend Kayla. She loves squirrels and I'd been dying to try out the pattern anyway!

Murray the Squirrel

And finally, the Kindle Fire cover I made for my mom. I'm super thrilled about this because I made it without a pattern! I was loosely basing it off of this one that I found on Etsy.

That's all for me today guys! I'm sure there are other Christmas projects that I forgot to share, but this is good for now!

-CH

FO Friday

I just had a knitting photo shoot in my back yard, but I can only share one of the items with you! Sometime within the few days after Christmas, there will just be a mass post with pictures of all the things I couldn't show you this whole time!

But for now, a hat I finished for Christmas!

Jen's New Sweetie Pie Hat

I made a handful of modifications to this pattern... First, I moved the cable over so it would be centered between the stockinette sections. Which caused slight modifications to the decreasing at the top. Then I also changed the final decreasing rows. It didn't decrease fast enough (in my opinion) and left an odd pointy top... I ended up just tearing it back, decreasing more quickly, and then finishing it off. It looks fine this way! (I'm sorry, but I don't remember specifically what I did... I was just winging it really. I think I ripped out five or six rounds, and decreased the same amount over two rounds.)

There are a few more pictures of it on Ravelry (linked in the first caption) if you're interested! It was a really easy pattern, and these baby cables are absolutely adorable!

And, for those of you who stopped by on Wednesday, my Ardys vest is coming right along! It's about 6.5" long now! Four cable repeats.

You can find more finished projects at Tami's!

-CH

The Beginnings of a Vest

Here is the beginning of my last big Christmas project... I'm following the Ardys pattern in the largest size. I'm using Berroco Vintage. I had to go up two needle sizes to get gauge, so I'm really hoping that I don't run out of yarn! Everyone cross your fingers for me...

I've finished the initial ribbing, which includes two cable repeats. So far, I'm enjoying it, but it's slow-going with 201 stitches per row...

The cables are pretty though! I'm hoping they'll block a little more evenly... And I'm sure they'll get better as I get more of the piece done.

Other than this, and the finishing touches on my other big project, I only have a handful of little things left to make for Christmas! How is your Christmas crafting going?

Linking up with Ginny and Tami.

-CH

WIP Wednesday!

I have some works in progress for you! There are a handful of others that I can't post here (because they're Christmas presents!), but these are a few things floating around on the back burner.

First, I'm working on assembling my cowl for my freshstitches cowl swap through the Ravelry group. One of these (the pink one) is the one I made, and the other five came from all over the country/world! I just need to assemble them into a pretty cowl. The next swap through this group will start in January if you're interested!

Cowl Swap

Next, this is another cowl I'm working on using this pattern. I'm almost through the first skein of yarn already, so I don't think it'll be quite as long as it's supposed to be but that's alright!

The other thing I'm working on is the Mystery Amigurumi CAL with the freshstitches Ravelry group. I'm not even done with the first clue yet though, and the final clue (assembly!) will be released tomorrow. It'll be soo hard not to peek at it! I might give in...

Archer Mystery CAL

The last thing I did today was to make these cupcakes for my Grandpa. He bought the part for AND fixed my car. I'm so grateful!

Also, I'm proud to announce that I am DONE applying to three out of my six graduate schools! And the other three are mostly complete. It feels so good to be getting closer!

Linking up with Ginny and Tami this week. What have you been working on?

-CH