Happy Valentine’s day!

These little guys were the February project for a “Project of the Month” group on Ravelry.

The pattern is from the Mochimochiland blog found here.

Fun to knit, but not so fun to sew, I modified the pattern to knit it the round to the V.
Mods as follows:

Requires 4 or 5 dpns

CO 8 stitches, divide evenly between 2 needles.
Start knitting in round.
R1: *K1, knit front and back of stitch(Kfb), knit back and front of stitch(Kbf), K1*, twice.
R2:Knit.
R3: *K1, kfb, knit to last 2 stitches, kbf, K1*, twice.
R4: knit
Repeat rounds 3, 4 until there are 16 stitches on each needle.

Beginning of next round:

K1, K2tog, k5, turn.
P2tog, P2, P2tog, P1, turn.
bind off these 5 stitches. Cut long tail (~1 yd or more) and pull through last stitch.
Weave tail down to bottom of V.
K5, K2tog, K1, (on next needle:) K1, K2tog, K5. Turn.
P2tog, P2, P2tog, P1, : P1. P2tog, P2, P2tog. Turn. (you’re working on the needle furthest from you or you have all stitches on one needle)
Bind off 10 stitches and pull tail through last stitch.
Weave tail down to bottom of V.
K5, K2tog, K1, turn
P1. P2tog, P2, P2tog, turn.
bind off last 5 stitches.
sew up bottom point, stuff and mattress stitch the top closed.

Not knitting, but FOR knitting

So until today I had not been knitting a lot recently, but I have been sewing.

I finished a second knitting bag using my instructions and adding a zipper pocket that I kept wishing the original bag had. This time I’ve taken pictures and am working on proper sewing instructions with photos that should be a pdf on my blog in the next week or so.

Today I’ve been knitting, since we were told that the water was going to be off in the apartment all day. I decided that I would probably like to use the bathroom at some point, so I went to work with Scott. With no computer access I got quite a bit of knitting done, not to mention that this evening was our Twisted Stitchers meetup night so I had another couple hours. I’m working on the ” 103-1 Jacket in Eskimo or Silke-Alpaca with A-shape and ¾-long or long sleeves” from DROPS design using RYC Soft Tweed.

Here’s the picture from the website, mine will be done in a week or so.