Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Coventry's new knits and Surprise Package from Craftsy

Oh how I love having a grandaughter to knit for.  She is five going on six years old and I know maybe very soon she won't be interested in wearing Grandma's handiwork.  But for now, she seems to enjoy seeing what I have knitted for her since my last visit. 
I knit the blue and white sundress with Cotton Ease yarn.  It is a great yarn for knitting clothes for kids.  Washes and wears nicely and is priced reasonably.  The pattern for the sundress was found in Knit Simple magazine, spring/summer issue.  I made the size 4 for her and it just fits, but not for long as she has grown a bit taller than the last time I saw her. 
The orange top I knitted from the Cotton Ease yarn as well.  It is called the Tea Party Top and was found on the Lion Brand website.  This is the second time I have knit this pattern.  The first top she wore for three years, so I decided to make a larger size this time.  I knit the size four.  She is almost six but she is tiny for her age.

The surprise package I ordered from Craftsy. Com.  It was the June one and it was purely an impulse buy.  I needed some yarn that had no specific purpose.....and I need the fun of the unknown,  I have plenty of yarn in my stash but I thought I would give it a try.  For forty dollars you were promised a value of over a hundred dollars in yarn or needles.   Well.......now I see the same yarn for clearance prices on their website sales.  Like I said, it was an impulse decision and I may wait awhile before I try it again.  The brown yarn is Rustic, a Cascade worsted weight.  The pink is a dk weight, also from Cascade yarns, called Kaleidoscope.  The turquoise yarn is a fingering weight from Wolf Creek Wools, 2 skeins of 434 yards of superwash merino and cashmere.  (this I love)....then the size 15, 14 " needles from Lantern Moon.  Very nice, but a size I probably won't use much, if at all.  So there.  Not bad, but not great. 

By the way, Paul seems to be doing better.  The long screw is finally out of his ankle and he is walking in a Cam boot for awhile.  Then hopefully in a few weeks he can walk without it.  It has been a long, hot and exhausting summer so far.  Looking ahead to things lightening up some and more knitting.