What I'm working on

Well I've spent a good chunk of the day getting myself up to speed on Flickr, Blog styles, Picassa, Picnik (and not the good kind with food, the photo editing kind Picnik, which is quite good but you can't eat it).  The ultimate goal today was to get some of my project photos up.  I finished the Teddy Suit from Lois Daykin's book Baby Knits about a month ago.

GRIZZLY ADAMS BABY SUIT

I made a few modifications to the pattern that I'll list here for anyone who would like their suit to have the same 'look' that I have given it.


I found that the hood portion of the pattern a bit odd and after Row 6 when you change to 5mm needles I omitted the shaping "Starting with patt row 2, work in patt as given for Left Leg" and just worked in St St to the required length.


I also created my own mitts and paws pattern.  


Paws:
With 3mm needles cast on 33 sts.
K1, P1 rib for 10 rows, inc 2 sts evenly on last row (35 sts)
Change to 3.5 mm needles
Row 1: Knit
Row 2: Purl
Row 3: K8 in MC, join CC and follow mitten graph below

Work 1 row even in MC
Last row: K1, K3tog across, cut yarn leaving about 12" for sewing up.  Thread through stitches on needle and pull tight to gather top of mitten.  Sew side of mitten and attach to arm of suit.

It might be a good idea to attach a bit of velcro to the mitten and the arm of the sleeve so that it doesn't flop around.





















Booties:
Using 3.5 mm needles and MC, cast on 6 sts.
Row 1: knit
Row 2: Purl, inc 1 st each end of row (8 sts)
Row 3: Knit, inc 1 st each end of row (10 sts)
Row 4: Purl inc 1 st each end of row (12 sts)
Row 5: Knit, inc 1 st each end of row (14 sts)
Row 6: Purl
Rows 7 - 20: follow foot pattern on graph

When chart is complete start dec 1st each end of row until you have 6 sts.  Purl 1 row then work as follows:
Row 1: Inc 3 sts across (9sts)
Row 2: Purl
Row 3: Inc 1, K2, Inc 1, K2, Inc 1, K1, Inc 1
Row 4: Purl
Row 5: Inc 1, K3, Inc 1, K3, Inc 1, K3, Inc 1 (17 sts)
Row 6: Purl
Row 7: Inc 1, K4, Inc 1, K4, Inc 1, K4, Inc 1 (21 sts)
Row 8: Purl
Row 9: Inc 1, K6, Inc 1, K6, Inc 1, K5, Inc 1 (25 sts)
Rows 10 - 20: work in St St
Row 21: K 10 sts (work only these 10 sts)
Row 22: Purl
Row 23: K7, K2tog, K1 (9 sts)
Row 24: Purl
Row 25: K6, K2tog, K1 (8 sts)
Row 26: Purl
Row 27: K5, K2tog, K1 (7 sts)
Work in St St for 10 more rows and cast off.
Rejoin yarn to remaining 15 sts.  Cast off 5 sts.  Working on 10 sts follow the same pattern, reversing shaping to match.
Stitch bootie sides together and sew bootie opening to ribbing on leg bottom.