ANOTHER TRIP AROUND  THE MOON

or is it around the sun?

No really sure

 but what I do know is I just finished another baby sweater from

Alexandra at Two of Wands of Season 8 Knit Stars.

I love this demo pattern she shows and I had some left over yarn 

from another project,

so why not try it again?

The only bummer I encountered

 was that I ran out of yarn when knitting the first sleeve.

Oops!!

So I went thru my stash and found another similar yarn from Malabrigo.

But it was a slightly thinner structure and a slightly different color way.

Nooo!

So what to do?

I ripped out the entire sleeve that I was halfway thru with,

then alternated every other row with the thinner yarn.

If you have never knit with two yarns simultaneously,

I don't recommend it.  

It's constant Yarn Barf (tangles)

I also ran out for the collar and waistband.

So for those I swished to smaller needles and just knit them with the other yarn.

You can totally see the difference in the pix for the collar and waistband,

but I kind of like it.  

They are slightly darker in value which I think is a nice subtle contrast,

 and pleasing to the eye.

So now I need another baby to gift this to.

Whose going to be next?

Got my fingers crossed for my son and his wife.

ANOTHER SWEATER FOR MOLLY

KNIT STAR ALEXANDRA TAVEL

of  Two of Wands 

created this sweater pattern for her Knit Stars Debut in Season 8.

Her course is called the Duality of Knits and Crochet.

So she demos her pattern in both styles of handwork.

It has become one of my very favorite patterns to knit up.

It looks a bit difficult in it's textural Andalusian Pattern Stitch,

but it's super easy!

I like it so much that I'm almost done with another one.

Will I ever do an adult size of this pattern?

Probably not because I'd be scared I wouldn't finish it.

Baby/child size are more doable for me.

In Season 8 of Knit Stars,

 Alexander demos on a baby sweater so I just followed her demo.

and changed up the neck a bit.

It's supposed to be a full turtleneck

 but I thought it would be a bit uncomfortable for a baby,

so I altered it to a half turtleneck with a stockinette roll over finish.

This baby demo will probably fit up to 12 months.

I also learned a new bind-off called a Tubular Bind Off

 which is super stretchy and so much fun to do.

This photo is a truer example of the colors 

even though I took both pix at same time in same light.

Weird??

Can't remember where I got the yarn but it's a worsted weight 

in a super soft Merino wool.

And it washes up in the sink (wool wash) and dries beautifully.

And I felt the colors could be worn by either a girl or a boy,

although I'm not even sure if that's a thing anymore??

Ha ha