Candy Corn Pillow

So I was trying to make a candy corn Halloween trick or treat bag, but the pattern I have for some reason made it a bit small, as you can see, so I have turned this bag into a little pillow and gave it to my neighbor Brian. I fiddled around with the pattern that I got from Lion Brand and have made it bigger and now working on the first of five bags that I am making, of course, when I am done I will post it. Here is the pillow for now.

The Knit Wit,

Booger.

It's my first ever fingerless gloves.

So I saw this stitch (star stitch) and I fell in LOVE and I have always wanted a pair of fingerless mitss (why I don't know, I probably will never use them) so I made them with this awesomely beautiful stitch. They came out a bit small, so I am most likely gonna give them away or just keep them, since we all know how attached we are to our first attempts at new projects. I am gonna make myself a new pair when I am done with my next project.

Now for my next project, I am making candy corn bags for the wonderful kids in my life, last year they got pumpkins, this year it's candy corn. I am also working on the travelling scarf between Boobie, Monie and I. I am sure one of us will keep you updated on it. Til then I leave you with the pics of my mitts.

Love ya,

The Knit Wit Booger.

Bed Time Bear.

So I have been promising Keila her Care Bear for I don't know how long and it's finally done. I had a bit of problems with the nose, it kept coming out wayyyy to big so I redid it about a million times, I got it as small as I could and it still came out pretty kick ass. Well as usual here some pics of Bed Time Bear.

The Knit Wit,

Booger.

Open Crochet Panel

Having failed miserably in my lace knitting, I decided I still wanted to do a panel with an open feeling and so I did this in crochet from a "lace" pattern.  Again, this is better suited for a finer weight yarn but I actually kind of like the bulkiness of the worsted this time!

 

   -The Knit Wit Boobie

Lozenge "Lace" Knit Panel

This panel is no where near as pretty as the picture of the pattern I followed in my book.  Reading more carefully, I noticed that these patterns are better when using a smaller weight yarn (rather than the plain old worsted that I used).

Here it is any way!

 

   -The Knit Wit Boobie

Monie's Crocheted Cap

Monie's last guest post for the moment is this crocheted cap.

Monie says, "This is crocheted and there is actually plastic canvas in the brim to hold the shape.  I'm an intermediate crocheter and this is an intermediate pattern, yet I still managed to mess it up!  I would stress pre-planning as goes to this hat.  I had the pieces structured to pattern, but construction was more difficult than expected.  It should have been a one afternoon project and it took me nearly a day."

Topside:

Underside:

We can tell this one was a challenge for her, she had more to say about it than any of the others!

   - The Knit Wit Boobie for Monie

Monie's Modified Wavy Baby Blanket

Another pretty work in progress from our guest poster Monie.

This piece is one of the first times Monie's been able to follow a pattern but she did more than that, she changed it up in her own way so that it would be squared off!

Monie comments on this "I truncated the pattern to create a squared look but I've run out of white yarn so this one's on hold for the moment."

I think its adorable!

  - The Knit Wit Boobie for Monie

September 12, 2008 is Internation Crochet Day!!!

The title’s pretty much self-explanatory, isn’t it? :) September 12 is International Crochet Day, a day when crocheters everywhere are urged to do something crochet-related in public. You know, so we can hook others into it.

Some suggestions that have come up are:

Crochet in public
Teach someone to crochet
promote International Crochet Day in your blog
Wear something crocheted - and make sure everybody knows it!
Stand up on your crochet soapbox, hold your hook high and proudly declare that you are a hooker.

We gotta do something. Who's with me???

The Knit Wit,

Booger.

Monie's Bubbles

Here's a nice completed baby blanket Monie did.  This was done in squares that she then joined together and then put a lovely ruffle border around.

Monie remarks that this was "very simple and kind of boring towards the end."  Hmmm... where have I heard that before!?

 

  - The Knit Wit Boobie for Monie

Crochet with plastic bags

What a lovely green idea!  Use old plastic shopping bags to make a new reusable durable bag!

Check it out here!

  - The Knit Wit Boobie