striped sweater

Knitting project for small child, name currently unknown :) for next fall/winter/spring.
Project name: Cleo's colors
Source: The Yarn Girl's Guide to Kid Knits
materials: I chose an acrylic/nylon blend... easy wash and should be nice and light, which is important since I didn't want the SoCal kidlet to get too hot.
notes: although this wasn't the first ever striping attempt, it was more complex than the Harry Potter scarf from last fall. Also, it was the first attempt at picking up stitches to create the button band. Much frogging occurred over that skill.

A FlowerGirl Dress

SweetGirl was a flower girl in my sister's wedding and I whipped up her dress. Dress photos, pre-steaming in Ohio.




I have to admit, this was a feat of many firsts. Shall we list them?
1. gathering
2. putting a zipper in (it still didn't come out perfectly but oh well)
3. working with netting
4. using the roll-edge hem foot on my machine
5. working with chiffon

A Sweater and poncho!

Aside from our holiday stockings and SweetGirl's scarf for Harry Potter, I have yet to complete a big big project. Until now... (I warn you, the photos are very poor quality, can't really see much detail)

My sister's sweater:


Her sweater has 6 rows of seed stitch on the bottom and cuffs, a hoodie with an i-cord, and seed stitch detail around the neck. I want her to take a photo of herself IN the sweater so I can see what it looks like :)

I also made OtherHalf's mom a very open knit poncho. I guess it's more of a lace pattern but it was still fun to do. Off a person it looks like a very interesting skirt but really, it's meant to be a cute poncho. And where she lives (TN) it doesn't get too cold so a heavy poncho is unnecessary.

I'm working on a pretty cool poncho for my other sister, who is patiently waiting while the project was placed on hold for the move. I love the raised leaf pattern in it and can't wait to share...