Lace Trimmed Bonnet

    I've spent the last 3 days designing an itty bitty bonnet for Pocca.

The process for designing takes a lot more time than just knitting something. It started with the idea and some researching of lace patterns that I felt could work at this tiny gauge. The pattern had to be visible, yet not too complex to work since it can be difficult to manipulate the tiny stitches. 

Once the idea was fully formed I had to work out how many stitches it would take to fit her little marble sized head, when to begin decreasing for the back of the head shaping, and where to put the openings so that the big ears would have room.

Then there were multiple knittings of the bonnet. It's the only way to test that the pattern works in more than just theory. The very first time through for anything is usually scrapped as I find stitch counts I need to correct, or adjustments to size.

And just incase you haven't fully comprehended just how VERY TINY Pocca is.....

Her "friend" here is a standard sized Lego people.

Off On Another Tangent

Never a dull moment around here. I have strong interest in SO many different fibre arts that even if I only occasionally touch on some of my many hobbies I am kept very, very busy. The Crafting Muse has been pushing me in the direction of knitting lately. Haven't done that in a while, especially not at "human scale" as apposed to doll scale.

I've been trying out different needle sizes and stitch patterns in preparation for knitting my youngest granddaughter a cardigan type sweater. I'll knit it big so that it will fit for back-to-school in September. I have to start early since the older granddaughter will want one too.