Woolie Sweater Dress

 We're all really happy with how this dress turned out. With no seams, knit entirely in the round, from top to bottom using circulars from the turtle-neck collar, down in a yolk sweater method, and finally the sleeves were completed using double points, leaving only three yarn tails to tuck.

So I just cast another turtle neck collar onto the small circulars and will try again for the pre-teen version of this dress up next.

All that's left now is the sleeves

Casting off the hemline last night, I hope to finish the sleeves by the end of this week.

New listing Item #00001

This hat can be found in my Etsy shop.

Since there are literally thousands of other baby hats on Etsy, I'm guessing it's still legal to hand knit a hat and offer it for sale? So I'm going to institute a record keeping strategy, assign a number to each item I knit. If I have a rare moment and complete something that isn't destine for our own closet, than I will try and list it.

I've made plenty of hats for my own kids this winter, so this is a spare we don't need. While it fits my youngest (who is presently 22 months old) he already has two hats, and favors one in particular, so he doesn't want nor need another.

Knitting compulsion

This is more of a compulsive creation stemming from my desire for winter time sweater dresses for my girls. My rough guestimate on my gage was off, so instead of being a dress for my oldest, in all likelihood, this will be for my middle daughter. Sleeves will be last, and thus far I'm about waist deep, the intent to knit all the way down to below knee length.

I'm making it up as I go along... as usual, top to bottom, no seams, knitting in the round with circulars. The yarn is fisherman's wool worsted weight, natural.