The Knitting Work of Heather Classen
This lil hat was for my newborn niece to wear while watching the Superbowl. I ordered a skein each of red, white, and blue of Lion Brand’s Pound of Love from an online site… it turns out each skein is HUGE – definitely each one is bigger than the baby. I don’t know when I’ll ever use this stuff up. If anyone knows a team of elves that needs hats… or perhaps some cold patriots?
True love in Rowan babies. for my lil niece. so cute that kid.
Using a Berroco pattern and the glace rayon yarn, I made this as my first pattern to follow. It came out HUGE, but them my mother saved the day and took it in for me. I started it around Memorial Day 2004 and finished it around Labor Day 2004.
When I met my friend Maureen S. on a BSSC trip to Nantucket she saw me knitting this sweater and showed my how to knit Irish style so I could go faster. Because of that I was able to get a bunch of knitting done in 2004.
Here’s what I did with Lamb’s Pride Bulky Onyx for Peg’s Christmas present… Funny yarn adds the trim. I did ’em without a pattern, but had to pull a bunch out ‘cuz the first one I did starting looking more like a boxing glove than a mitten.
I wanted to try a shawl in the Eros ribbon yarn, so I made this for a friend at work. It was surprisingly quick to do.
This is the lovely sweater and scarf my friend, Peg, just finished.
here’s her comments:
“In November, 2002, I visited a yarn shop in Camden, ME because I’d been thinking about taking up knitting. I walked out with 20 skiens of this Noro yarn and a pair of size 10 bamboo needles. The yarn was in a discontinued color and at half price ($5 a skien!) I first made the scarf on straight needles as a sort of learning-to-stitch sampler and then ripped it to make this 7ft. long scarf. I used #7 circular needles and 4 skiens of yarn. It took me over a year to finish the sweater. The pattern is a simple top-down, knitting in the round on size 6 and size 8 needles.. the yarn is a very forgiving one and a lot of fun to work. I gave away two skiens and still have three left.”
Look at this great scarf my cousin, Colleen, crocheted for me. She did it with granny squares and a funky metalic yarn, Berroco Quest. It’s gorgeous.
Thanks Colleen!
I made these for Trinii w/ Crayon’s Lite cotton yarn before she was born.
Here’s a blue scarf
made with the same Thick and Quick (Lion Brand) yarn that I made my first hat with.
I did a rib stitch, and it came out smaller than I expected. Not bad for a first project… I saw a how to knit article in Real Simple magazine and figured I’d give it a go.
Here’s a scarf I made for my nephew with Lion Brand thick and quick. I alternated garter stitch and rib stitch.
