This was a mini-sock I made, using the same pattern as before. This time around, I worked a checkerboard pattern using Fair Isle technique. The checkers were two stitches by three rows. This made it a lot easier to count how many rows I'd done; instead of counting rows, I counted squares. Like the other mini-sock I made, the ribbing, heel and toe were all done in the main colour.
This one took me a little longer than the red and white one because of the added difficulty on the colorwork. I was also being considerably more lazy and it sat around for about three days waiting for me to finish the toe.
Pattern Rating: Advanced Intermediate. Between Fair Isle colourwork, working the short row heel and the Kitchener stitch, this isn't an easy project.
Samu Says: This sock is almost as large as I am... and Wedge tried to put it on her foot when it was finished! Our human couldn't help laughing at that. I don't really like socks very much, but if I was to have a sock, I would have this one... or another one that the human makes.
This was a pattern I wrote for a fairly small bag. You can find the pattern here. It's called Tiger's Little Bag of Oddities.
This was a fun piece to knit and it only took me a few good, long hours of knitting (over the span of two days). I especially enjoyed writing the pattern (I did that while I knitted it) and the decrease pattern is the same one I use for crown of the hats I make.
Skills: Knitting in the round, simple decreases, yarn over, Fair Isle technique (optional), braiding.
Pattern Rating: Somewhere between Advanced Beginner and Intermediate, depending on whether or not you choose to do the zig-zag stripes.
Samu Says: This bag was named after Tiger, our clownfish. He's blue and white, just like the bag and he has approximately the same stripey pattern. Even though I don't like bags, I like things the human makes and Tiger really likes the stripey bag. It's too small for any of us to fit into, though, which is probably a good thing. Except for Edmund, but he can fit almost anywhere he wants. He's miniscule!
This is Athena the Owl, featured in a ribbed scarf. She's a small owl, about six-seven inches tall. Like the striped bag I made, I wrote the pattern myself... while making her, which is always an interesting experience. She was a little harder to make, especially figuring out her beak and how to make her talons.
She was made with a combination of Caron Simply Soft Eco yarn (that's the dark grey that you see) and Red Heart. I stuffed her using mostly cotton stuffing, but also some extra yarn scraps and some pinto beans, just to weigh her down a little so she didn't fall over as easily.
Skills: Knitting in the round, increases and decreases, i-cord, duplicate stitch, simple color changes, finishing
Pattern Rating: Advanced Beginner to Intermediate
Samu Says: I don't care how cute the owl is, but I still don't like her! I'm just glad Amo gave her away and decided not to keep her. Tiger told me that Athena is a character from Greek mythology and that's what the city of Athens is named after. That metropolis is located in Greece and it was originally started in BC. That's a really long time ago, even before Mr. Frodo was born!
Well, that just about wraps up this edition of Finished Objects. Tune in next time for more pictures and a surprise guest!
This one took me a little longer than the red and white one because of the added difficulty on the colorwork. I was also being considerably more lazy and it sat around for about three days waiting for me to finish the toe.
Pattern Rating: Advanced Intermediate. Between Fair Isle colourwork, working the short row heel and the Kitchener stitch, this isn't an easy project.
Samu Says: This sock is almost as large as I am... and Wedge tried to put it on her foot when it was finished! Our human couldn't help laughing at that. I don't really like socks very much, but if I was to have a sock, I would have this one... or another one that the human makes.
This was a pattern I wrote for a fairly small bag. You can find the pattern here. It's called Tiger's Little Bag of Oddities.This was a fun piece to knit and it only took me a few good, long hours of knitting (over the span of two days). I especially enjoyed writing the pattern (I did that while I knitted it) and the decrease pattern is the same one I use for crown of the hats I make.
Skills: Knitting in the round, simple decreases, yarn over, Fair Isle technique (optional), braiding.
Pattern Rating: Somewhere between Advanced Beginner and Intermediate, depending on whether or not you choose to do the zig-zag stripes.
Samu Says: This bag was named after Tiger, our clownfish. He's blue and white, just like the bag and he has approximately the same stripey pattern. Even though I don't like bags, I like things the human makes and Tiger really likes the stripey bag. It's too small for any of us to fit into, though, which is probably a good thing. Except for Edmund, but he can fit almost anywhere he wants. He's miniscule!
This is Athena the Owl, featured in a ribbed scarf. She's a small owl, about six-seven inches tall. Like the striped bag I made, I wrote the pattern myself... while making her, which is always an interesting experience. She was a little harder to make, especially figuring out her beak and how to make her talons.She was made with a combination of Caron Simply Soft Eco yarn (that's the dark grey that you see) and Red Heart. I stuffed her using mostly cotton stuffing, but also some extra yarn scraps and some pinto beans, just to weigh her down a little so she didn't fall over as easily.
Skills: Knitting in the round, increases and decreases, i-cord, duplicate stitch, simple color changes, finishing
Pattern Rating: Advanced Beginner to Intermediate
Samu Says: I don't care how cute the owl is, but I still don't like her! I'm just glad Amo gave her away and decided not to keep her. Tiger told me that Athena is a character from Greek mythology and that's what the city of Athens is named after. That metropolis is located in Greece and it was originally started in BC. That's a really long time ago, even before Mr. Frodo was born!
Well, that just about wraps up this edition of Finished Objects. Tune in next time for more pictures and a surprise guest!
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