Leo & Lea Sock Yarn Baby Booties

These booties are the perfect way to use teeny amounts of leftover sock yarn. The pattern offers two versions; unisex – Leo – and girl – Lea. The look is rather traditional but the knitting is totally seamless and in the round, there is no picking up of stitches. They will make a perfect baby shower gift and can even be knit at the last minute, an evening should be enough…

I’m working on a pair of matching mittens (in the two versions), stay tuned for these!

Difficulty
Intermediate

Yarn
About 13g of sock yarn.
Shown in Wollmeise sock yarn for the unisex version and Regia Cotton sock yarn for the girl version

Notions
Needles: 1 or 2 2.5mm/US1.5 circular needle or 5 DPNs (or size needles needed to obtain gauge)
Accessories: 2 st markers, Cable needle (unisex version only), Darning needle

Necessary Skills
Knitting in the round, simple cables & bobbles (unisex version only), Turkish cast on or toe up magic cast on, K2tog, SSK, M1

Gauge
32 sts x 40 rds / 10 cm – 4” in stocking stitch in the round

Size
0-3 months approximately

Price: $2.50

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Sock Yarn Newborn Booties & Mittens – Girl Version

I’m working on a booties & mittens set for newborns, made out of my favourite yarn, sock yarn. I have finished the girl version and am now working on a unisex version. They will be perfect for baby shower gifts and can easily be made as a last minute gift as they are really quick to knit and use very little yarn. Here is a preview of the girl version, stay tuned for the unisex version 😀

Ederra Shawlette and Mittens Set

Ederra is a set composed of a shawlette and matching mittens featuring a lot of texture. It works best with two colours that have a strong contrast.

Difficulty
Easy for the shawlette, intermediate for the mittens

Yarn
Shawlette:
Colour A: 260m/285yards
Colour B: 146m/160yards
Mittens:
Colour A: 200m/220yards
Colour B: 91m/100yards
of sock yarn
Shown in Wollmeise, colourway Spice Market (A) and Sandnes Garn Lanett, colourway Cream (B)

Notions
Needles
Shawlette: 4.0mm/US6 circular needle
Mittens: 3.0mm/US 2½ circular needle/DPNs
or size needles needed to obtain gauge
Accessories: 1 darning needle, 2 stitch markers

Necessary Skills
YO, K2tog, Kfb, P2tog, Knitting in the rd, P2tog, picking up sts, M1

Gauge
Shawlette: 20 sts x 46 rows / 10 cm – 4″ in garter stitch
Mittens: 28 sts x 56 rows / 10 cm – 4″ in garter stitch

Sizes
Shawlette: One size fits all
136cm wide x 56cm tall (blocked)
53.5″ wide x 22″ tall
Mittens: Women: one size fits all

Pattern for the set costs: $7.00

Each pattern can also be bought individually:

Mittens: $4.00

Shawlette: $4.00

The Ederra Shawlette is also part of The Shawl Collection.

Here, you can see other versions on Ravelry:
Mittens
Shawlette

Ederra Shawlette/Mittens Set is Up for Testing

I’m glad to announce that the Ederra set is now ready to be tested. Which means that the patterns should be available in about 10 days or so. Stay tuned…

First Ederra Mitten is Finished

I decided to make them really close fitting mittens as I really like how it looks and feels on the hand. Here are some pictures of the completed mitten

Fingerless Mitts Have Become Mittens

I was planning to do fingerless mitts to match my Ederra shawlette but changed my mind as I was knitting them and went for mittens instead. It just seemed like a better solution. I’m almost done knitting the first mitten, I only have the thumb left to do. I’m still unsure how exactly the thumb will be. A lot of my designing ends up being improvised as I go…

Sock Yarn Newborn Mittens

This is a simple and quick pattern for newborn mittens made out of sock yarn. The perfect opportunity to use up small leftovers and super practical for newborns.

Difficulty
Advanced beginner

Yarn
About 64 m / 70 yards of sock yarn or fingering weight yarn

Notions
Needles: 2.5mm (US 1½) circular needle or size 2.5mm (US 1½) DPNs, Darning needle
Accessories: 1 st marker

Necessary Skills
Knitting in the round, Kfb, Kitchener st (optional)

Gauge
Gauge is not critical for this pattern

Size
Newborn

Cost: $1.00

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Newborn Set Ready

I just finished a newborn set I was knitting for a friend. Her baby is due any time now, so I’d better hurry to send it off. She wanted white, so white she got. We don’t know which gender the baby is yet. I just hope it gets to her on time.

The mittens are a personal pattern. It is very simple. If there is interest, I will write the pattern and offer it for free. I just have a few other patterns to finish up first.

First Mitten is Finished

I love it! It’s such an interesting pattern. Judge by yourselves 🙂

They are made in brioche stitch. It takes more work, but the result is well worth it!

Pattern “Feather Mittens” can be found here.

A Mitten Progress Report

Moving on with my mittens…

This pattern definitely has an interesting construction.

New Project I Started Today

This is a pair of mittens made with self-striping sock yarn that I’m testing for the designer, the yarn is Regia Best of Effects 2, I think it works perfectly for this pattern. 🙂