Anything Knitted and Crocheted: Arggg the Babydoll Dress

Anything Knitted and Crocheted

Welcome to my blog. I hope to blog about my knitting and crocheting as well as everyday life. The patterns that I post are original and as such there is copyright on them. When they are based on another pattern there is a link to the pattern.

My husband and I adopted a beautiful dog named Leo. He is a dachshund and absolutely adorable! we adopted him on June 23, 2010 and he has become the love of our lives.

I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

So grab a cup a and sit and enjoy the blog.

Cora

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Arggg the Babydoll Dress

Well almost all finished with the Babydoll Dress by Amy O'Neill Houck, when I went to try it on. I have gained a bit of weight, okay a lot of weight, between now and when I started last December. I had to undue all the work that I did. I have changed hook sizes and I am working in it again to see if that will help. I am adjusting the pattern to the waist fall 5" form my bust line, crocheting with a 5.mm hook, then switching to 5.5 mm and continue with the length.

These are the before pictures:

I am going to have to work my fingers to the bone as I wanted to wear the dress to the wedding in Saturday! We leave on Tuesday to go to Niagara Falls, so I have tonight and tomorrow and on the flight.

Cora

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The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.