KNITTING WITH JACKIE

Hiya! Well, I am on to the next dress.  I have to admit that all this knitting for Elena has reduced my stash - which is a wonderful thing.  Since moving to Florida, I have lost a basement as well as my knitting room.  Therefore, I have stashed yarn everywhere I can find. Back to the dress.  The pattern is called "Madison May" by Taiga Hilliard Designs and it is knitted in sizes several sizes (newborn through 3 years of age).  With Elena growing nicely and is now 5 months, I choose the 6-12 months.   I stared the dress using Klaus Koch Kollection, CLIP. It is a lovely Egypt 100 cotton yarn.  I only had two 100 grams; therefore, I needed to add more.  The pattern calls for 400 grams.  So, I returned to my stash and found Fil D'Ecosse #3, Pingouin, in color 45.  It was a little darker; but, I thinks it looks great. Just binding off.  Will be ready to shipped to my daughter later next week. Enjoy Knitting Each Day! Jackie

Hiya! As I finished the latest sweater for Elena, my daughter placed a request for a dress.  So, I went on Raverly and found several lovely patterns for our little one. The first is a pattern called "Sweet Baby Dress" by Nancy Pietraszek .  This little dress is knitted from the top down.  It begins with knitting the yoke flat, then joined in the round with the sleeves placed on waste yarn.  The body is worked in the round in stockinette stitch with eyelet borders with garter stitch at the hem. I decided to make this dress in a "machine washable" yarn so that my daughter could easily take care of it.  In checking my stash, I realized that I have very little "machine washable" yarn.  So, I purchased "Cotton Fair" by Premier in Bright Peach (27-07).  This yarn is a smooth cotton blend containing 52% cotton and 48% acrylic.  I have started the dress and thus far,  completed the yoke and tops of the sleeves.  I just started on the b

Hiya!! Guess What?  I started something new for me.... This is an pattern, Hapi Wrap , that I received from my local yarn shop in Pennsylvania, Yarnings.  A group of us was excited to see the finished garment.  We tried it on and several of us purchased the yarn. By the time I purchased the yarn, the color that I wanted was not available; therefore, the owner of the shop ordered it for me.  When it arrived, it had more gray in it than black.  I returned it to Interlacements , yarn called: Rick Rack.  Unfortunately, when I received it, it still did not looked more gray than black.  I decided to keep it anyway and started making the garment.  The pattern has quite simple and contains instructions for three different sizes.  I decided to make the middle size; however, I still will not make it as long as outlined.  I am assuming that this garment will grow the more you wear it. I have finished the back and started on the left and right fronts.  The pattern calls for work