Ottobre Soakers

Pattern: Ottobre Soakers (10-24mos), pdf here.

Yarn: Araucania Nature Wool Chunky in #123.

A beautiful golden ochre with a hint of green.

Needles: Japanese Size 15 (6.6mm) for the body
and 6.0mm for the leg cuffs.

Gauge: 3.5sts per inch

Please see my blog post here for a little yarn review.

Apple Tree Shorties

Pattern: I started with the Curly Purly Soaker pattern (again) in the largest size, and just knitted on without decreasing until about 9" and incorporated a crotch before spliting up the legs.

Yarn: I hank of Cascade 220, plus scrap yarns for the cuffs and the apple tree motif

Needles/Gauge: 4.5mm/4sts per inch

Finished Size : Waist 14"unstretched, Hip 19", Rise 23"

Start to finish: 22 ~ 26 April 2007

See more photos on my blog post.

Notes: My Swiss darning was just too horribly wonky, so I ended up knitting the apple tree separately and sewn it on instead. It's so much easier this way and I love the results but somehow it does feels like cheating... ;op

Curly Purly Soakers

Pattern: Curly Purly Soaker pattern

Yarn: Handspun Wool Slub from China. The Size LG took about 90g and the XL took 120g Needles/Gauge: 5mm/4sts per inch

Cross posted here on my knitting blog

Notes: This first one up there got felted by accident and shrunk by 20% lengthwise and 10% in width before I had a chance to do my FO shot. It still fits her though but a bit too snugly for night-time. So I went on to knit another one in the largest size and about 20% longer, just in case ;op