MommaBear is Back on Track

Over the past few days I have been knitting.  What else is new.  I finished a 6 month size cardigan/hat/socks and a toddler pullover.  Nothing really different, just knitting.  I am also knitting socks.  But, now that I am finished with the Teen Hoodie Pattern it is time to get back to "BABY COMPASS".  Below is a picture of one of many that I knit and sold at the Nov 2009 Oro Medonte Christmas Tour.  It was a very popular sweater.  Now it is well on its way.  Mostly I am editing my written notes as I knit another sweater.

Baby Compass is a multidirectional pattern that needs schematics to help understand the written part.  Following is the schemantic for section 1 - 3.  That is as far as I am knitting my latest sample.

I am halfway down section 3.  Keep in touch, I will regularly post a progress report and will include schematics for each section as I go.  Hopefully it will soon be checked by my pattern checker and then will be photographed and submitted to http://www.patternfish.com/ .

I also made a logo for Baby Compass:

It will appear as part of the heading. 

As in the past, and in the future, MommaBear will knit knit knit.

Good Bye MommaBear:

Hello Deb:  A-Line Test Knit done.

TA DA!!

HOME STRETCH!

Coming along, it will be done by suppertime, then I can start another.   I already have new ideas to work out.  OH!, I forgot; I have to go back to "Baby Compass" or perhaps "Samorell"  Or both.

MommaBearKnits on and on --------

PROGRESS REPORT

Pictures can say a lot of words.

Back of Yoke.

Front of Yoke almost done

Starting the colour pattern.

Making good progress ------

Keep in touch, I am almost done the body and will start the sleeves before going to bed tonight. 

"OH CANADA"

-MommaBearKnits.

Finished one project - starting another!

I love Multidirectional Knitting and Garter Stitch.  Soooooo I am going to knit a toddler pullover using my favourite things.  First of all I like to work a neckband that has very flexible give.  So I use a Provisional Cast On using the Crochet Chain Method.  That means that there is no tight cast-on edge to make dressing your little one uncomfortable and it is possible to work a smaller neckband as it is much more stretchy.  I am not sure just what the final sweater will look like but I do intend it to be Canadian in colour and design. 
Today I started and each day I will post my progress.  The first step is the neckband, and then I  fold it over and knit one stitch from each needle together to create a double neckband

Next I worked the back neck section.

Next step is the side of the neck and the shoulder section.

I will be working on this project tonight and for the next few days.  I will post my progress every day and hopefully It will be an interesting journey. 
Come back often, and check it out. 
-MommaBear

Done!!!! Finished!!!!!

I have finished the test knit.  Deb has it all on her plate now.

I am looking forward to starting something else. 

I think it is time for me to get back to "Baby Compass".

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This was the first day of the test knit:

Cup of Tea, Pattern, Lamp, Lazy Boy Chair, Needles, and String

This is the end of the Test Knit

A beautiful sun drenched day in March, In Canada, Spring is on the way. 

A-Line is hanging out in the fresh air on my clothes line and I went out in my sock feet to photo it. 

Awesome, Spring is coming.

MommaBearKnits on and on!!!!!

MAKING PROGRESS

The A-Line Cardigan test knit is coming along.  The pattern is great, it is easy and I love the yarn. 

I have reached the bottom border.  This one will be a shorter version with 3/4 length sleeves.

The pattern will have instructions for a cap sleeve, long sleeve, and I assume 3/4 sleeves. 

At our local guild meeting on Wednesday we were given a lesson in lining a knitted garment.  Check Deb's blog for more pictures http://cabinfeverknittingdesigns.blogspot.com/ .  Deb was happy to model a perfect fitting jacket that Ann showed us as a finished sample of her beautiful mohair jackets.  With the cardigan lined so beautifully it is warm enough for any kind of Winter in Canada.

  Gorgeous and a perfect fit. 

Next I have to show my current child project, just to increase my stock and to experiment with ideas.  This one will be size 3-4. 

Until next time ---- keep on knitting.  MommaBear will.

ONE STEP CLOSER

My Hoodie is going with me to the local Guild Meeting tonight and then she will stay with the Cabin Fever Sisters.  I love her, I will miss her, but I am proud to be part of the project.

She loves to be photgraphed.

Buttons look good. 

Now she is ready to go into the bag and get on with her life.  MommaBear cannot resist giving her projects a personality as well as a design.

- keep on knitting-

PROGRESS CONTINUES!

A-Line Cardigan:  Test Knit is going well.   This is one of Deb's patterns for the Cabin Fever Teen Book.  Visit Deb's blog and see what she is working on now ----- http://cabinfeverknittingdesigns.blogspot.com/

I am down past the three buttonholes and have worked the first A-Line increase row.  I am enjoying this project. 

I have also finished my baby pullover.  Now I have started another pullover and of course I am still working on socks.  Keep in Touch, MommaBearKnits on into the night; in the car; when she gets up in the morning and in the afternoon sitting in her lazy boy.   The only time she does not have her sticks and string within reach is when she is out in the cold walking with her grandpet Ruster Cruster. 
-MommaBearKnits

TEST KNITTING UPDATE

Deb's A-Line Cardigan is growing as we speak.

I have reached the underarm and worked a few rows of the body.  It is going great and I enjoy testing other patterns almost as much as I like creating my own.  Test Knitting is a learning experience that will dwell in my brain and it will help me in the future for sure. 

Of course I cannot resist working my own designs too.  This is the pullover that I started while on the trip the Huntsville on Tuesday with Deb.  It is a size 9-12 months and I am happy with the look so far.  It my never be a written pattern but I enjoy knitting out of my head anyway. 

 ------   MommaBearKnits

TEST KNITTING MODE!

We are in the next phase.

---- Test Knitting ----

I am working on Deb's A-Line Cardigan.

So far the collar is finished and I am to the first buttonhole. 

The yarn is Shelridge Farm yarn and it feels great when it slides through my fingers.

-- MommaBearKnits