Message from the Past........

I bet we won't see messages like this in today's knitting books. Times do change big time in this global warming planet.

Pictures from the Past........

Here are some of the patterns. I don't know how old some of my books are but one of the books is dated 1941 and some look even older. Unfortunatly the covers are gone from some so I cannot find a date.

These ones are started at the neck and the increases are worked just like we do now. There is both cardigans and pullovers.

The one on the Right is worked from the bottom up and the one on the left is top down. Same book, same page. Until we meet again, Keep on Knitting.

Waiting in Anticipation

While waiting for Deb's new V neck basic baby sweater I have been working on my Baby "K" pattern and looking through old old baby books, and believe me, I have a real stash of them. Some are mine from when I was a new mom, some from my mother when she was a mom and then a grandmom, and some were saved from the recycle bin at local garage sales by my Garage Sale Junkie; Sister-in-Law Diane. What amazes me the most is that I am finding top down garments that are similar to what we are doing today. I guess the old saying "Everything Old is New Again" even applies to knitting. But----- they all have underarm and sleeve seams, yuk. I know that when I was a young mom I would knit the original just once and then would work out a way to avoid the seams. Then I met Deb and Lynda and the rest is history. No sew knitting, is the best!!!!! I guess circular needles also have helped, they are wonderful. I will post some old old pattern pictures when I am finished looking. Keep in touch, the pictures are coming.

In the meantime, MommaBear is not knitting, just dreaming about the upcoming project and looking at history as it appears in the world of knitters.

Going Off in Another Direction

Deb and I have had several conversations about making the top down neckline and shoulders of a garment sit a little better on the shoulder. Sooooooo we are playing around with the number of increases at the end of the neck band. This is a test that increases more than half of the total cast on stitches. I will keep you posted on the outcome. Of course, Butterscotch jumped in with both feet and proudly tried on my first attempt.

I am just playing around so what started out as a cardigan, I made into a pullover so that I can knit every round to speed up the process. I am just making a plain round neck with no shaping, Deb on the other hand will see how the increased number of stitches work with a V neck.

In the meantime I will keep on writing Baby "K".

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More of the same!

Just Pictures of the project Baby "K"

Baby "K"

My Name is Vanilla. I am proud of MommaBear, she has finished Baby "K". I am wearing a test version of Baby "J" and holding on my lap Baby "K"---- I love it.

Now she will be hunched over the computer writing, rewriting and writing again. Just like she knits, re-knits and knits again before she is happy with the project.

I sit in my basket and enjoy her company.

and as always MommaBearKnits.

Baby "K" is done.

I have finished the sample, size 6-9 months. The picture is my progress to this morning. The finished jacket is now resting on a towel, drying, and tomorrow I will sew on the buttons, and post a picture. The size worked out to be exactly what I wanted, the tension (5.5 sts = 1 inch) works really well using size 3.75 mm needles and the Cabin Fever Cotton Tweed DK. Now I must finish the writing of the pattern. That is not as easy as it may seem. That is another reason why I do so many samples, it may look good in my head but when I knit the different sizes there is alway a glitch of some sort and the numbers just don't jive when you are doing 4 or five sizes. There is always one that needs a little crunching of the numbers. The neckline, yoke depth, body measurement must all come together and finally the twist stitch pattern must be worked into a multiple of three plus 1 in order to work the increases and having both sides of the front match. I think I will work out a hat to match, that would go good with the blanket. Until we meet again ----- MommaBearKnits.

Butterscotch is a Great Model

My Name Is Butterscotch and I Approve this Picture.

Progress Report

Baby "K" is growing. Looking good. Since I am a denim kook I love the colour of the Cabin Fever Cotton Tweed.

MommaBear Knits Too.

The back is as nice as the front.

More pictures and more to follow. I will keep you informed of the progress. I am also now writting the pattern. That is not the favourite part of designing. The knitting is ..............

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Baby "K" (working title) Is Approaching the Finish Line

Just to show that I really did make 5 baby jackets to get it just the way I want it.

Now I am moving on the the real thing. The submission sample is in progress using the great Cabin Fever Cotton Tweed DK.

Cabin Fever Pattern in Progress

My name is Chocolate and I approve this photo!!!!!

MommaBear is working on a baby pattern, that she hopes will be accepted and published by Deb and Linda under the category of "Friends of Cabin Fever". I sure hope they like it. Come back a little later there will be more pictures of the testing that she did to get to the final design. Can you believe it, she completed 5 others before she settled on the final style. Oh well, some little baby will benefit by the testing garments. I am wearing a poncho that was made for me by MommaBear. I love it still, even after all the time that I have been wearing it. Maybe she will make me a little Baby "K" when she is done.