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Well it took some time but here it is……the winter outfit for little Monkie !
It was knitted with sock yarn.
The coat was white, but after finishing, dyed under supervision of Lucas
(with the voice of ‘MonTie’ :-))
The hood is knitted as the heel of a sock and it fits perfectly.
Socks and mittens are knitted as hands and feet of the original ‘Jacob’ pattern,
but 1 needle size bigger.
I wanted to knit ‘something’ for Lucas and Simon.
Lucas his favorite colour is green… so he told.
Well we did find some nice yarn for him. Cinque from Lana Grossa
The pattern is a design from ‘Katia’ and I use needles number 6.
Lucas is 3 years old and a slender boy. This width will do.
For Simon we didn’t succeed yet. Next week we will visit another shop and hopefully we will find his favorite colour there. Fingers Crossed!
I sewed nice pants for my ‘holiday project’….. Monkie.
The pattern was the same as the first two cuddle apes I knitted,
only this time I used a different yarn.
Please take a look at the designer’s website, Annita Wilschut
Using this hairy yarn was a real challenge. When I lost a stitch I hardly could find it.
Picking up the stitches to knit the ears???…. well I don’t know how, but I managed!
My daughter immediately recognized the favorite book of her youth and wanted him!
I made Monkie for her birthday.
Today he left my house. His place on my loom is empty….. 🙁
I started to knit a bolero from the dyed leftover Jacob Humbug / Alpaca yarn.
The pattern is from ‘Drops Design’ Fingers crossed!
After finishing we really thought the sweater looked rather dull. We decided to add turquoise to brighten it up and the dye-pot was heated….
It was hard to catch the right colour with the camera. In reality it shows much, much nicer….
and the combination with the dark colour is beautiful.
Maybe the close-up will give a better impression!