The scarf: Mike bought me the yarn (100% mohair) for my birthday last year. I just now got to making it. He also bought me a pattern but I didn't have the needles for it so I found this pattern online. It turned out ok, I would have liked it to be longer and I had the yarn but I thought it would be a lot longer once I blocked it. I think I might make a knitted flower with the left over to close it so I don't have to wrap it and lose the lace pattern.
before I blocked it
after, not a lot longer but much smoother
I made mike help me get a close up of the pattern.
This was my first lace knitting and all in all it turned out ok, I'm definitely going to try more lace.
The poncho:
Mike found this on Etsy and wanted to buy it for Lilly for Christmas. He sent me the link and I looked and figured I could make it. I started my hunt for the pattern and yarn and well it wasn't much of a hunt. You can find the pattern here, and it's FREE! I also ordered the yarn from them, great quality and pretty cheap! The pattern was a bit tricky as I think English is the third translation but it worked out well I think. Lillian isn't super thrilled with it yet, she wears it for a few minutes and then is pretty pleased with herself when she pulls it off.
It's supposed to have a tie at the top but I'm afraid that due to the weight of the hood it will just choke her so for now I'm leaving it off.
It's kind of challenging to get a 1 year old to pose.
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