Sophie's Blanket

     While I was waiting for my wool to come to knit my blanket, I made one for Sophie my cat.

By Betty

Chloes Knitting Kit

Rose Ann And Michael's Handmade Gifts

 I made this coloured blanket for my gorgeous Grand-daughter Phoebe.

By Rose Ann

Michael made this castle for our Grandson Lewis for xmas.

Delicious And Delightful Done

Even though this project was meant to be a "Cap-Puccino" I'm a beginner knitter and was not yet ready to follow a pattern for hats. So a basic knit stitch for this yarn until it ran out. I have since learned a few other stitches but still staying in the safety of scarves.

Chunky Monkey Complete

I turned last years Birthday present into a hat and scarf set. I made them using Sam's knifty knitter loom that comes in a set of four different sizes. With close guidance from Sam (also modeling the hats and scarf) I quickly finished the brown hat, it went so well I made the white hat with plenty of wool left over to make a matching scarf.

Sams Knifty Knitting

Sam made this hat and scarf using her Knifty Knitter tool.

Delicious And Delightful

Whether the reason was not enough room in their luggage or not enough passion for the needles does not matter to me. Jonathan brought back from college this little present he found abandoned in a dorm room. A great find too as the price is still on the bottom at $20.

My Fancy Scarf

My Auntie Christine knitted this scarf for me. It's ambition in life was to be a blanket, but it had very expensive tastes and therefore became a lovely comfy scarf instead. I will ask Christine if she remembers the pattern and put it on here at a later time.

A Blue And White Beanie

By Christine Neary

Stylish Beanie

This is another beanie, but the difference is I knitted one half and crocheted the other just to give it a bit of style. Again it knits up easily. The wool is from Peru, the colour is called tintada, it is 40% wool, 40% acrylic and 20% alpaca. The hat pattern is under "The Red Slippers".

By Christine Neary

Fun Beanies

These two hats (which are really called beanies) that Logan is modeling for me were knitted with spare wool I had left. They knit up very quickly and just fun to wear. From the same pattern already on The Craft Basket under "The Red Slippers". The blue hat is made from Lion Brand Yarn in cobalt, it is machine washable and dryer safe, made of polyester and acrylic. The multicoloured hat is made from what I call my "freaky" wool. The brand is Moda Dea Yarns using Jai Alia yarn in damsen. It is 100% polyester. This is a fun hat for fun things!

By Christine Neary

The Red Slippers

I knitted these two wee hats thinking they would turn out to be two big hats for adults. But I may have used the wrong size needles so now they will fit a child. I will have to try again. I also knitted some slippers (see "Going Green" Slippers blog entry). These two items knit up very quickly, so if you have lots of slippers and hats to make then try these.

Hat Pattern:

Use 6.5 mm needles with bulky/chunky yarn.
Gauge: 12 st x 24 rows = 4" square.

Cast on 60 stitches (for slightly tighter hat, cast on 56 stitches and adjust following counts accordingly; a child's size should start 52 stitches).
Next 4 rows *K2, P2* repeat.
Next 16 rows stst to end.
To decrease:
*K2, K2tog* repeat to end (45 stitches on needle); purl row, knit row, purl row.
*K1, K2tog* repeat to end (30 stitches on needle); purl next row.
*K2tog* repeat to end (leaving 15 stitches on needle).
Purl row then cut yarn and draw end back through remaining stitches. This will leave a little hole in the top which will make it easier to attach a pompom. Sew the seam together from the inside of the hat.

By Christine Neary

"Going Green" Slippers

These are the slippers I made for Emma (a young girl I used to take care of). They are made of green organic wool as she is into saving the world. The colour is called pistachio. They knit up very quickly. There isn't much to it, plain stitch all the way. I made them a wee bit different by adding a charm on the front. It says peace and love, just perfect for Emma. Here is the pattern below.

Cast on 54 stitches.
Knit every row until the piece measures 5 inches.
Next row cast off 9 stitches, knit to end.
Next row cast off 9 stitches, knit to end.
Next row cast off 3 stitches, knit to end.
Next row cast off 3 stitches, knit to end.
Next row knit every row until measures 4 inches from the last 3 cast off stitches.
Next row knit 2 together to end of row.
Knit one row.
Next row knit 2 together to end of row.
7 stitches remaining.
Cut wool, thread through remaining stitches and sew slipper.

By Christine Neary.
Pattern from Betty McCreadie.

Fancy Feet

Also for our Oban holiday one of my sisters knitted all of us a pair of slippers. One for each personality, they looked great. Christine (the yellow slipper)