Poncho Plans
October 27th, 2004 at 8:22 am (poncho, socks)
I mentioned in one of my last posts a poncho my friend Judy created. You can see a picture of it here. (Yes, Ingrid and I exist just to link to each other’s blogs all the time)
It’s a really cute poncho, in a 6-12 month size. (We tried it on Alex, and it fits Gargantuan baby just fine, so we figure it’s good on non-Gargantuan babies up to a year). We (our knitting group) convinced Judy that it was so cute and such a good combination of yarns that she should publish the pattern and sell kits for it. As part of that, I will create a larger size as a model (conveniently to fit my 3 year old) and put together the pattern.
Design decisions
So yesterday I went over to Judy’s and we got to play in her “stash”. Well, technically it’s her store’s stash, but it was really fun! We pulled out different colors of yarn, trying to find the right balance for a different colorway. In discussing yarns & colors we were pinning down why the poncho she made is so darned cute.
1) It has a variety of yarn textures in it. Specifically a good balance between fluffy eyelashy type yarns and smooth plain yarns, both in matte and mercerized finishes.
2) It has colors that coordinate and are bright and cheery and would look good on an infant/toddler. Kids are fun to knit for because they can wear color combinations that adults shouldn’t.
So we pulled out some different yarns for me to use in the larger size so she can have a sample showing a different colorway. While we were there, we got so into it that we created two more colorways. Here are the yarns I’m going to use:
The other two colorways are a mainly purple one (with deep blue and green accents) & a primary colors using red, blue, yellow and green. I didn’t have my camera with me, so no pictures of those yarns, but trust me they were great looking.
I still need to decide what order to do the yarns in. I know that the eyelashy yarn with the three different colors in it (there are two balls in the pic) will be the last yarn. It’s a really thick, soft & fuzzy yarn and I think makes and excellent edging for the poncho. Then I need to figure out how to write a pattern up for different yarn combos in different sizes.
Pictures
I’ve been really dissappointed with my pictures of Mike’s secret-socks. It looks like I’m knitting a large black sock because the light is always so bad. This morning I braved the outdoors and got some great indirect daylight to take these pictures.
See how pretty the colors are? I’m using Trekking XXL doubled for these.
And the cuff:
jill said,
October 27th, 2004 at 8:20 pm
I thought Mike’s socks were black!
Ingrid said,
October 28th, 2004 at 8:52 am
Looks like you guys did a great job with the poncho colors! I can’t wait to see it done! It should go fast, right? ‘Cause all that other stuff you’re knitting isn’t nearly as appealing as a new project… :)
Mandella said,
October 30th, 2004 at 2:24 am
Hi Nancy, just checking in to say hello as I haven’t read your blog for a while. I’m really impressed by your Hardangervidda, and by your persistence! If you remember I was going to start Isfjorden at the same time? Well, I’ve just started …. I’ve had tension problems too and now I’m up to 4mm needles, (US 6 I think). I can’t believe people get gauge on those tiny needles!
Sorry to post all this in comments, but I can’t find your e-mail addy (now I will probably locate it on this blog somewhere; doh!).