7 Teva Tanks In 7 Days! Plus More FOs

Have we told you how much we love Loop-d-Loop by Teva Durham? Not only did Lucy make her first sweater from this book, but Kiki knitted 7 tanks in 7 days! And she never uses patterns!

That's right, 7, count 'em! You may remember some from a previous post when it was only day 4, but we'll show you all of them again in case you missed it.

1. Ballet Tee in Ete by Phildar

2. A mini version in the same yarn

3. Steek Vest in R2 Paper

4. Ballet Tee In Malindi by Filatura di Crosa (Hey, don't panic!!! I added a couple of inches to the bottom via crochet to hide that belly! kiki)

5. Another Ballet Tee, this time in Online Line 95, "Summer Mistral"

6. One more Ballet Tee in "Mikado" ribbon/tape by Crystal Palace

7. Had to modify! This is the Ballet Tee in Muench "String of Pearls" with straps and hem from some random scraps of black ribbony stuff instead of the usual top. It's easy!!! Just make, try on, place straps, sew and go. Yeah, and slipcovers are easy too, if you know how!!!

Kiki then took a break to finish this shawl for a relative going through a very difficult time. The rest of the family helped a little. It is made from two strands of laceweight Soy Silk from SW Trading Co. It's just a traditional round shawl (you can find a pattern in just about any Elizabeth Zimmerman book, or just do like K does and increase evenly 16 stitches every 4th round....in this case she used yarn-overs on each side of 8 evenly spaced markers to create "spokes"). It's just pi, people.

Unable to resist the Teva addiction & bummed that Illanna got to meet her in person & we didn't, Kiki took a couple days to make this modified design.

The Ballet Tee turned into a dress! It is made form this beautiful yarn with a beautiful label.

Notice what the label is missing? Look closely....that's right, no yardage. Hmmm. And it was pretty darn thin, so instead of doubling it, she tripled it on 15's for the shoulders, 17's for the body, and then double strand on 19's for most of the skirt. Kiki just kept increasing after row 60 to make the skirt, only she increased 4 times (8 stitches) every 3 rows (add increases on sides as well as on center front and back), instead of 2 times (4 stitches) every 4 rows until she had 128 stitches total. Then she just knitted even, and cast off when she ran out of yarn. Simple. She thinks she looks a bit like she wrapped herself in a hammock. Very summery. (Look, Mom, I did it!!! I am actually wearing that antique yarn. Did you mean for me to keep it in that pretty tin, or use it up? Ooops - Katiejo)

The rest of us sure feel like losers with no FOs to show, so here is what we are working on.

Lucy is making her second sweater with Cascade 220, same favorite Ballet Tee pattern.

Lily is working on a Pyramid Bag - Felted from this pink stuff. (Lamb's Pride) The pattern was designed by good ol' Dad. Eat your heart out Teva!

Dad is making a new version of the Pyramid Bag out of this lovely blue & red. Lopi and something something by someone else.

O.K. I know you are saying "All this knitting is keen, but what about that contest!" We are getting closer. Dad is almost over the illness, the art is in the mail, so we decided to go ahead and pick the two winners' ................................................................................... prizes. We haven't drawn the winners, but at least now you'll know what you are hoping to win! (Kiki wanted to draw winners and then assign prizes based on how much we liked that person, but she was outvoted).

Prize number one for the original drawing is Pigment 2. Is that o.k. Alison?

Prize number two will be Sunset Lace.

Now all we need are winners. I promise it will be soon!

Steve

p.s. we now should have one of them thar RSS feeds for all you techies.

psjr. Hey, It's katiejo....Melanie, my sister Muffy, thanks for commenting!!! Haven't had any email at the old account since Feb. Email Steve with your email address, or leave it in the comments!! Miss you, love you, thanks for being a good sister and so super cool. Love, Your Favorite Sister, Katie