Spaceman Nicolino Pattern Now Free

My Spaceman Nicolino Hat pattern is now available for free.

Pattern can be downloaded here.

If you haven’t seen it before, here are a few pictures, click the link above for more information.

Another Spaceman Nicolino for Nicolas

Last year, I gave the prototype I knit for my Spaceman Nicolino to Nicolas, who gave his name to this pattern. He was a newborn then. His mum liked it so much that she asked if I could knit him one for this winter as the first one is way too small now. So, here it is, modeled by my 6-year old (hopefully it won’t be too big for Nicolas).

Cowboy Booties Modeled

I created my Cowboy Booties pattern for a Texan friend of mine who was expecting a baby girl. Yesterday, I finally got to see pictures of the booties modeled by their intended recipient, lovely Miss Avery 😀

Traveling Cushion Cover

I took part in a traveling cushion cover on Ravelry after I had taken part in a traveling scarf journey. It is lots of fun to see what people came up with. I just got all my squares back. I assembled them all and am now working on the back of the cushion so I can finish it. Here’s a little preview…

Project Yarnway – March Challenge

I already made my Tee Rose hat for this challenge but thought it might not be innovative enough for the challenge. So, now I’m working on a bag, still using T-shirt material, but mixed with video tape. It gives the fabric and interesting effect. I’m planning on some unusual “embellishment” on it. Wait and see…

Tee Rose

This is my new hat, Tee Rose. I’m taking part in a challenge on Ravelry called “Project Yarnway“, it’s based on the famous TV series Project Runway. We have monthly challenges. This month’s challenge is “Innovation”, where we have to use non conventional materials.

For this hat, I used two old tie-dyed t-shirts, here are some pics of the hat and what’s left of the two t-shirts

Cowboy Booties Pattern is Available

After a little wait, I can now announce that the pattern for the Cowboy Booties is available. Thanks to the very valuable help from my testers I can now offer a smooth pattern.

Pattern costs $5.00

These booties will make a perfect baby shower gift, and not only for Texan babies!

They have an internal bootie with ribbing at the ankle (cannot be seen when worn). The boot part is added onto it, so that it will stay on baby’s feet.

Necessary skills to make these are: knitting in the round, picking up stitches, Fair Isle knitting
The colour work is charted.

More details on the pattern are available on Ravelry:

Pattern in 2 sizes: 0-6 months & 6-12 months

A Few More Pictures from Silly Connor

We had a new photo shoot today 😉

New Pattern: Silly Connor

This is a fun, silly hat that I designed for my own silly boy! 🙂
I made him a new hat recently and he lost it after only about 2 or 3 weeks of using it! What did he immediately tell me: no big deal, you can make me another one! These kids! 😉 He asked if he could have 2 pompoms, so I decided to exceed his expectations and make it 3!

Here are a couple of pictures modeled by him, I will write the pattern shortly.

It is made with extra bulky yarn on size 10mm/US15 needles and is therefore a super quick knit. I started designing it last night and finished it today. Yes, that’s my kind of New Year’s Eve fun!

Funny Guy #2

I made a second one of these, they were both for my boys advent calendar, they loved them! 🙂

Not Really Knitting…

I made this funny little guy last night for my boys, I really like it, I think he is so cute! It’s not knitting, but I thought I’d share him anyway.

Pattern can be found here

Spaceman Nicolino

This hat reminds me of 1950’s science fiction films and makes me think of a spaceman from that era. I named it Nicolino (which means little Nicolas), because I designed it on the day I heard that my friend had given birth to her little boy, Nicolas.

I designed this little baby hat to use all the odd ends of sock yarn that a lot of us knitters have lying around our houses. I think it would work beautifully with self-striping, plain or variegated yarn or with mixed colours leftovers (there are ideas for this at the end of the pattern).

Sizes
3-6 months (6-12 months,12-24 months) to fit approx head circumference of 36-41 (41-46, 46-51)cm / 14-16 (16-18, 18-20)”

Yarn
105 (130, 158) m / 115 (142, 171) yards of 4ply sock yarn or fingering yarn.

Needles
2.5mm (US 1 ½) 80cm (32”) circular needle or size 2.5mm (US 1 ½) DPNs
Or needle size needed to obtain gauge
Darning needle

Necessary skills
Knitting in the round, Kfb(f), st markers, picking up sts

Cost: $1.50

See more here:

Brick Hat

This is a great stash busting project!

It is perfect for beginners. It looks quite advanced, but only one colour is ever worked on a given row, making it really easy to knit. The different variations make it versatile.

A lot of variations are possible, all the « brick layers » can be worked in the same colour, each one can be a different colour or several colours can be repeated, whatever takes your fancy! The crown can be left as is, finished with an i-cord loop, a pompom or – my favourite – a tassel. All these variations will give the hat different looks.

Pattern costs $4.00

More details on the pattern are available on Ravelry:

Sizes available:
Size 1: Premie, Size 2: Baby/Toddler, Size 3: Child (S) up to age 4/5 approximately, Size 4: Child (L)/Woman (S), Size 5: Woman (L)/Man