Finished this sweater on Monday wrapped it up and gave it to my 3 year old granddaughter Christmas Eve. She hugged it and let me try it on her. It fit perfectly and I was very happy to finally finish that one.
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Finished this sweater on Monday wrapped it up and gave it to my 3 year old granddaughter Christmas Eve. She hugged it and let me try it on her. It fit perfectly and I was very happy to finally finish that one.
spoula
Hi Spoula!
Your granddaughter will be snuggly warm in that beautiful sweater. It is a nice pattern! I hope your Christmas was wonderful.
~~ Hugs, Jo ♥
Hello Dancingbaehr, Thank you so much, it turned out to be a heavy sweater because I had to go down 4 hook sizes to get the desired chest measurements. I have a 00 hook from England and it is a small hook. The Internet says it is a 13 US hook but that cannot be right. I used one of those Susan Bates metal thing you can test your hooks or knitting needles and it showed it was an F but it is smaller than an F and larger than E hook. I made my gauge with that hook after trying so many others and that was the only one I could get the gauge of the pattern.
I have not seen you on the forum for awhile. I hope all is well with you and yours and that you had a good Holiday.
Did you make any more beautiful things for your Granddaughters this year? I like your work very much and like that you share with us.
Spoula
Nice job on the sweater Spoula! It looks like it took a while to make.
Thank you Jean Marie, Yes it did take some time as I was not able to work on it often.
Spoula - your sweater is beautiful! Your granddaughter sure is lucky.
Hello Nova55, Thanks for the compliment. I was very lucky this time as I mostly make her items a little bigger as she is growing so fast and this sweater fit her perfectly so she should get the next few months wear out of it while it is still cold or chilly.
I just started a knit Ballet cardigan.
Spoula
The sweater is beautiful. You have one lucky granddaughter. You do such nice work on everything that you make.
Hello Sweet Sue, Thank you so much for the compliment. Have you made any quilts lately? When my daughter was born I purchased some material to make a quilt for her crib. I don't know anything about making a quilt but I knew how to sew. I never got around to making it. In my neighborhood there is a lady that makes quilts and they are beautiful. She made one for each of her 3 grandsons. She organized a group of ladies that live in our neighborhood to help her make quilts for Veterans and they gave them to nursing homes in our area. What a lovely thought and gift.
Spoula
I made a number of pieced table runners and several sets of quilted placemats for Christmas gifts this year, but my major quilt project is on hold until I can catch up with some of my smaller projects. I also have two afghans that I need to finish, but they are good "car" projects when we travel or when I have to sit with my feet up for a day or so. I never work as fast or complete as many things as many of you here do. I guess I'm just a slow crocheter. That's ok. They say that you can't die until all of your projects are finished, so I guess I'll be around for a long, long time!
Wow! you have been busy. Quilted placemats are a nice gift, I am sure they were appreciated. I would be able to complete more if I didn't tear every item out at least 10 times.
I am happy to hear you will be around for a long time. I would love to see your finished afghans. I don't have the patience to do large projects. As I am working on one I am trying to hurry so I can do something else. That is why I like baby and toddlers clothes they don't take too much time to make.
I have 2 older granddaughters that I made bikini's and beach sandals for them but that was all so far. I have saved some of the patterns that Choiyuk (On this forum) that she posted and I need to work on some of those. My oldest granddaughter likes vintage clothing.
Spoula
Thank you for your kind words. When I can get at the basket with my crochet (It's hiding until after the holidays. haha), I'll take a photo for you. One of the afghans is made with a pattern that looks like crochet bobbles, but is very, very soft and makes a wonderful baby blanket or throw that is very easy and works up quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by spoula
walkwsmile is/was looking for soft yarn. I don't know if she got some yarn yet or not but I thought you might want to let her know what type of yarn you used. Caron latte cakes(name of post on crochet talk) My husband says it's safer to copy and paste a link into your browser if you want to see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sweet Sue
Actually it is just regular Red Heart, but the nature of the pattern makes it feel soft. Normally I don't care for a real soft yarn as I think that it makes the patterns that I use most often too limp when they are done. Now that is just my opinion, and everyone has their favorite patterns and yarns, as well as stitching tighter or looser than I do, so it all depends on the application and the person. Sorry I can't help walkwsmile. I will check to see if I can find the name of the really soft yarn that I bought and couldn't use, maybe it will be helpful to her.
I just love that beautiful little sweater. I hope the child wears it til it's full of holes - and still decides to keep it.
Happy New Year MeToo, Thank you for your compliment. I don't know if she will wear it too much as the other day it was 70 degrees here. They are at Disney in Florida this week for the holidays. I think there is more cold weather to come so maybe she will get some more wear out of it. Since I used a smaller hook it is a really heavy and warm sweater maybe to hot for this climate.
Thanks for your post,
Spoula
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you and all the nice folks on this forum.
Thank you Spoula!
OMG, that is soooooo awesome. It should go on a doll when she outgrows it. When I was working, I mentioned to my boss that if a had such an outfit I would keep it forever. On retiring he gave me a stuffed bunny for my bed and for over thirty years I have made my bed--it meant that much to me. That sweater is a keeper!!!!!
Thank you Lucie,