Moderne Days Gone By.

I really wanted to show off some things I've done, but must admit they were finished long ago.

I made my first Mason Dixon Moderne Log Cabin baby blanket way back in 2007 for Loki before he was born.

I used 2 strands of Koigu KPPPM held together for the body of the blanket and a single strand of Louet Gems lt. worsted weight.

 

With the leftover yarn I made matching booties

Oh, little Loki when he was a week old! Doing this post was so fun. I got to look back at picture of my Loki when he was a tiny babe. Ohhh, time passes so quickly.

Let me tell you I wanted to use every scrap of yarn I had. It took 10 skeins of Koigu and 2 of the Gems to make this blanket happen. It was not cheap, it was worth it, but not cheap. I did use the rest to make the booties and was only left with about a yard of each color.

The Proof Is In The Knitting.

Hey, look I'm knitting! Wonder of wonders! Wonder what I'm knitting?

Can you tell yet? 

I'm sure you may recognize the yarn. Why yes, it's Swish Worsted, again ( I bought way, way to much for the moderne log cabin baby blanket). The colors are Lawn and Marine Heather. 

What about now!

I'm making a pair of wee pants for Astas. I'm using the Cargo pattern from Knitty Summer 05 issue. I'm knitting 2 legs at a time on one needle using magic loop. I'm super lazy and any way to get stuff done that even seems faster and easier, I'll take it!  Someday soon I'm going to do a blog tutorial on the old 2 at a time magic loop I just got to get all the info together in an easy to understand way. Anyway......

My plan for these pants is to, 

A: not put pockets on ( refer to aforementioned laziness) 

B: make them into a jumper of sorts (you'll see when I'm finished what I'm talking about)

I'm using the jogless stripes technique from TECHknitting™

A sort of terribly lit close up of the color change

It's working great although I think I could be pulling a bit tighter to have less of a seam due the magic loop and it kinda bulges because of the floats of yarn from the stripe changes.

One thing about working two pant legs (sleeve's, socks, ect..) at a time and in stripes is that you have kind of a yarn nightmare you really have to stay on top of or you will spend precious knitting time untangling the mess.

Note the mess on the right! 

(It's really not that bad, as I am keeping it under control)

I hope to finish them before Astas is too big to wear um!

Now I'm back, somebody new.

Ok, Ok It's been another long while since I've been here. I'm going to try and make up for it by posting every other day in August!!! So check in often (even if it's to see if I can do it).

WIP: which I have so, so very many of that I need to stop casting on anything new, but it's hard to resist making stuff for the kids. 1st up, hat for the new babe. I'm going to post the pattern once I'm done making it.

(Sorry for the washed out photo)

You may recognize the yarn and colors from the Modern Log  Baby Blanket. I always use Magic Loop for knitting in the round, it makes it tricky to take photos, that and trying to take a picture one handed while holding a baby.

More soon, really!

Been away, but now I'm back! (it's been for a very good reason)

Baby has arrived! I got that moderne log cabin blanket done just in the nick of time! Woo! He (we had another boy) arrived on June 25th. Everyone is healthy and doing fine.

Next up now that baby has arrived: Finish that darn quilt. Stay tuned!

C'est Fini! Moderne log cabin baby blanket!

Finally done! Yeah!! Not blocked as you may be able to tell. I also took some liberties with the actually pattern and did it my own way. Not sure about the way I did the border but kinda felt like I had no choice unless I wanted to buy another color to use on the border. So I am officially ready for baby.

 Some blanket details:

Needles            US 7 / 4.5 mm

Yarn

Knit Picks Swish Worsted

How much

= 600 grams / 1320 yards

Purchased at

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