thats why it call Baby Bobbi Bear….

I been busy knitting for my babies lately. However I have limited choice of project due to the weather here, not much things I could knit except some toys, booties ..or maybe hats.  Since is a very good way to burn my stash… I guess for the next few post you will be seeing a lot of babies knit…

Again, due to the weather here choosing yarn for the babies item is another things have to be taking into consideration. I have use Rowan cotton tape from my stash to knit these cute little bear because of it texture ( soft, cooling ) and the most important it won’t splits, so.. when the babies start chewing, they will not swallow the little threads from the split. In my mind these bear is quite small since on the pattern said Baby Bobbi Bear ….but …it came out as big as a new born babies…I guess it will be a displays for awhile before they can play with it.

Pattern : Baby Bobbi Bear
Yarn : Rowan Cotton Tape ( discontinue)
Yardage : about 3 ball for each
Needle : 5.5mm

Laminaria

This shawl is so lovely to knit, the pattern keep me going all the way without feeling bored. I have admire this pattern for so long but every time I go through the pattern it does scare me off, it look so complicated and confuse but once you cast on it is not as hard as you think in fact is a fantastic project.

I keep very close eye on the amount of yarn I used from the beginning until the end, hope that I could use every inch of my yarn without any leftover…ahhh… I still miscalculated at the end. I have about 20 % of yarn leftover after the last chart, but I was too lazy to frog it, so I just leave it the way it is and lucky it turn out large enough for me to wrap around my shoulder.

The pattern is quite flexible, you can either add on or reduce the pattern chart as you go, just have reserve certain amount of yarn to complete the edging.  I love the texture on the star chart which I increase the repeat to 10,  as I knit along the blossom chart I was so worry that I run out of yarn, I couldn’t really work out the math… I end up with 5 repeat only ( I should trust my weight scale).

I spend 3 hour blocking the shawl but at the end I decided not to block  on the edging, I prefer a more rounded and natural curl edge, so instead of pin on edge to form a sharp point, I pinned on the pattern before the last bind off row and just let it dry. The Yarn was so thin before the bath, I was so worry it won’t stretch much.  Fortunately, it bloom like a flower right after hitting the water and stretch out nicely to the prefect size. I am so glad I finally gives this shawl a go…it really worth the effort.

Pattern : Laminaria
Yarn : avril Handspun/dye silk H9915
Yardage : about 800+ yard
Needle : 3.75mm