Since I am just working away on that pair of socks I started and don't really have any new projects going on, I thought I would share some more LADYBUG patterns I found lately. Maybe somebody will be inspired for Valentine's Day.
Here is an absolutely adorable ladybug cardigan for a little girl on Petite Purls:
crafty-shanna is kindly sharing her patterns, including this one, on her LiFEJOURNAL Thanks for sharing!
Okay, so the next one is not technically a ladybug pattern. These car seat belt covers just have the cutest ladybug buttons. The "Carseat Shoulder Strap Covers" pattern by Sylvia Schuchardt is available for free on her website hook candy.
I can't believe I have not posted anything since March. I have a lot of different excuses.
Let's see...
Excuse # 1:
Somehow, knitting, in my old German mind, is for cold days, long winters. And since I live in Texas, I have a hard time getting the knitting needles out in the summer.
So, at least I made some summer fare. Technically, not knitting, but at least some form of handy-craft. Flip-flops for all the summer visitors (Alicia modeling a pair):
Or...
Excuse # 2:
I have been working longer hours here and there and had less time for knitting...
But you can always use some shopping bags (and they also make great gifts - one of them was for my lovely friend Jane):
Okay, so technically, those were not knit, either. Maybe crocheting is for summer and knitting for winter?
Or...
Excuse # 3:
First, we had summer house guests, and now we have an exchange student from Germany (a permanent house guest for a year), and I have just been too busy. Here is another one of my lame excuses (the excuse is lame, not Theresa!!!) as we pick her up from the airport:
Which brings us to...
Excuse #4:
What with all the rearranging we had to do to accommodate the extra people in the house...
Or, how about...
Excuse #5:
We have been fostering puppies and dogs...
Here are Inuit, Tammy, and Penelope:
And this is our current foster dog, Woody:
Or...
Excuse #...
Oh well, enough with the excuses.
As you can see, I actually have been working on the occasional project (as you can see me sitting and knitting with my daughter):
I actually have been knitting, or crocheting, or whatever. I just have been really bad about posting. And I have an excuse for that, too:
FACEBOOK!!
But to catch you up, here are the other things I have been working on:
I crocheted a small cell phone holder for around the neck, because I have a wireless blue-tooth (is that redundant?) headset that doesn't reach if I hold the phone in my hand or have it in a pocket or purse. And I listen to music on my cell phone, so I need a good connection.
I finished another little baby blanket (squares are knit, border crochet) with the remainder of the yarn I had for my co-worker's baby blanket. This one will be for Karen:
Of course, with the obligatory lady bug!!!
A little baby/toddler hoodie. I have another one (much smaller) in the works, but am not sure if that one will ever get finished :). You know how that goes... But here is the one that did get done:
With pocket, of course :)
And remember, I had all those different kinds of Sugar'n Cream from all kinds of different projects.
I crocheted a little hat for a very old doll (almost as old as I am):
And I little iPod cozy with lipstick holder:
I tried to use all the remains up with this pillow cover:
It was also a nice chance to try out all kinds of different patterns.
I also made another attempt at felting:
As you can see, lots of little projects. But nothing really earth-shattering. Just lacking the right motivation (and time). But, Austin temperatures are finally below 100 degrees and maybe the slightly cooler and more pleasant ambient climate will help me to take a closer look at my stash...
It's been a while... I have taken a little knitting time-out. Or rather a blogging time-out. But here is another project I just finished:
My coworker is expecting her first baby, and I was trying to think of something to make for the special occasion. I decided on knitting a blanket. Since she is not much of a girly-girl, I tried to find colors that were appropriate for a baby blanket, yet not too cutesy. And I found some really great, bright colors!
The blanket is made of different squares. I came up with the color scheme and tried to either find patterns for designs or make them up myself. I tried to find things that were somewhat meaningful to the baby's parents. Here is my design:
“2008”
“flower”
“ladybug”
“horseshoe”
“star”
“ASL”
“1”
“2”
“3”
“paw”
“sun”
“4”
“5”
“6”
“ABC”
“guitar”
“7”
“8”
“9”
“heart”
“X”
“O”
“X”
“O”
“X”
The patterns for the individual squares are at the end of this post.
I bought some pretty cool looking bright colors and started knitting. I thought I would do the whole blanket all at once...
...but soon found myself all entangled with five different yarns and started over.
We spent three weeks with the in-laws over the summer, and I did a lot of knitting there. I knitted one column at a time. I had brought some graphing paper and had everybody in the family help with the different designs. Some came out better than others, but overall, I was pretty satisfied.
Once I had finished the five columns, I sewed them together. The columns made the piecing together a lot easier than having all the individual squares to sew together.
Individual patterns used for this blanket:
2008:
Cast on 36 sts.
Rows 1-6: knit across
K2, p32, k2.
P2, k32, p2.
K2, p3, k4, p25, k2.
P2, k25, p4, k3, p2.
K2, p2, k2, p2, k2, p24, k2.
P2, k24, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2.
K2, p3, k4, p25, k2.
P2, k25, p4, k3, p2.
K2, p2, k2, p2, k2, p24, k2.
P2, k24, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2.
K2, p3, k4, p25, k2.
P2, k25, p4, k3, p2.
K2, p9, k4, p19, k2.
P2, k19, p4, k9, p2.
K2, p8, k2, p2, k2, p18, k2.
P2, k18, p2, k2, p2, k8, p2.
K2, p7, k2, p4, k2, p17, k2.
P2, k17, p2, k4, p2, k7, p2.
K2, p8, k2, p2, k2, p18, k2.
P2, k18, p2, k2, p2, k8, p2.
K2, p9, k4, p19, k2.
P2, k19, p4, k9, p2.
K2, p17, k4, p11, k2.
P2, k11, p4, k17, p2.
K2, p16, k2, p2, k2, p10, k2.
P2, k10, p2, k2, p2, k16, p2.
K2, p15, k2, p4, k2, p9, k2.
P2, k7, p2, k4, p2, k15, p2.
K2, p16, k2, p2, k2, p10, k2.
P2, k10, p2, k2, p2, k16, p2.
K2, p17, k4, p11, k2.
P2, k11, p4, k17, p2.
K2, p22, k8, p2, k2.
P2, k2, p8, k22, p2.
K2, p27, k2, p3, k2.
P2, k3, p2, k27, p2.
K2, p25, k2, p5, k2.
P2, k5, p2, k25, p2.
K2, p23, k2, p7, k2.
P2, k2, p2, k3, p2, k23, p2.
K2, p24, k6, p2, k2.
P2, k4, p4, k24, p2.
K2, p32, k2.
P2, k32, p2.
Next 6 rows: k across.
Bind off 36.
Heart:
Ladybug:
ABC:
ASL: I Love You:
Horse shoe:
Star:
Sun:
Flower:
Guitar:
Numbers 1-9:
"1"
Cast on 36 stitches
Rows 1-4: knit across
Row 5: k3, p30, k3
Row 6: knit across
Rows 7 & 8: repeat rows 5 & 6
Row 9: k3, p10, k10, p10, k3
Row 10: knit across
Row 11-16: repeat rows 9 & 10
Row 17: k3, p13, k4, p13, k3
Row 18: knit across
Row 19-36: repeat rows 17 & 18
Row 37: k3, p10, k7, p13, k3
Row 38: knit across
Row 39-42: repeat rows 37 & 38
Row 43: k3, p12, k5, p13, k3
Row 44: knit across
Row 45: k3, p14, k3, p13, k3
Row 46: knit across
Row 47-50: repeat rows 5 & 6
Row 51-54: knit across
Bind off and weave in ends
In another color, I picked up all the stitches along one side of the square and knit 4-6 rows in seed stitch. Bind off.
Then I picked up all the stitches along the next side, knit 4-6 rows in seed stitch. Bind off.
I did this to all four sides for a nice border.
One of these days, I will come back and write up all the patterns for all the squares...
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