#cottonknitting

This little cardigan left today, hopefully keeping a new baby warm soon. . . #knittersofinstagram #babyknits #babycardigan #cottonknitting #handmade (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcNehZzMpis/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It still is way too cold for May where I live, but at least it has stopped raining. 🌂 I can't wait for warmer temperatures, but I take every progress I can get. 😂 Meanwhile I wear my #jantjetee (only inside though) and wait for warmer days. 🥶 My Jantje Tee is my favorite FO of this week. #favoriteFoFriday What is yours? Happy weekend! 🧶 #cottonknit #cottonknitting #linenknit #linenknitting #summerknit #summerknits #springknits #sizeinclusivity #sizeinclusiveknitting #sandnesgarn #sandnesgarntynnline #tynnlinesandnesgarn #tynnline #summeryarn #summerknitting #summertop #summertee #knitsummertop #knitsforsummer #egostrikk #egostrik #stricklove #knitlove #strikk #strik #strikke #breienisleuk #breieniscool https://www.instagram.com/p/CPap67XptBK/?utm_medium=tumblr

I make these fan-shaped face cloths to wash my makeup off. They are wonderful for mindless knitting--and the soft cotton is a pleasure to knit. @universal_yarn Cotton Supreme. The pattern is downloadable on my website--search face cloth. Use link in profile. #freeknittingpattern #knittingpatterns #knittingproject #cottonknitting #knittersofinstagram #knittinginspiration #alwaysknitting #simpleknits https://www.instagram.com/p/CFYeJSZpFwE/?igshid=18sskb4i93sgr

Making more masks, this time for my aunts, by request. @moomoo2you Original notes and original pattern (Old Shale Face Covering) can be seen at https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CarlaYarn/old-shale-face-warmer For these, I cast on 76 instead of 88. Now to make the inner filter panels—notes for making that at the link as well. Yarn for both of these is cotton, @knit_picks Dishie. #knitting #cottonknit #cottonknitting #knittersofinstagram #knittinginspiration #alonetogether #facemasks #knittersofravelry #ravelry #knitting_inspiration #knittingismytherapy #knitpicks #covidcrafting #knit #knittinginspiration #covid #covid19 #quarantinelife #quarantineknitting #acolorstory #acolorystorycozy #acolorstorytexture #sdcraftclub #sociallydistantcraftclub https://www.instagram.com/p/CBJ34OGj0EQ/?igshid=1x3h4p8w3whb

The family masks completed from my engineered #facemask pattern from Jonathan Beall’s Old Shale Face Warmer pattern. Pictures: 1) Mom wearing hers to her doctor’s appointment—she received compliments from every health professional, so my work here is done 💁🏻‍♀️ 2) Mom’s laid out, with my mother-in-law’s in grey underneath 3) my mother-in-law’s inside-out, so you can see the pocket, and 4) me wearing my Dad’s. I have decided that the best extra barrier, should one be desired, would be disposable gauze bandages, the kind you tape on a cut. Fold them up, slide them into the pocket, then throw them away when you’re home. If you don’t want to do so, there’s still two layers of thick, worsted-weight cotton there. As written, (link below) it fits my big Scottish head, and so fit my Dad. I reduced it to CO 76, removing 3 repeats of the K2P2 rib of the neck band, for my mother and my mother-in-law. First one with notes: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CarlaYarn/old-shale-face-warmer #knitting #cottonknit #cottonknitting #knittersofinstagram #knittinginspiration #alonetogether #facemasks #knittersofravelry #ravelry #knitting_inspiration #knittingismytherapy #knitpicks #covidcrafting #knit #knittinginspiration #covid #covid19 #quarantinelife #quarantineknitting #acolorstory #acolorystorycozy #acolorstorytexture #sdcraftclub #sociallydistantcraftclub #family #alonetogether #quarantineselfie #acolorstory https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nPJQXDtFl/?igshid=1m6fe867dmttq

First mask by request done: Dad’s in grey. (Why does my grey hair photograph so dark sometimes?) Now that the big Scottish heads are covered 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 😀, I have to either tighten the gauge or lessen the stitch count, or both, for Mom and my mother-in-law. This one can be found at https://ravel.me/CarlaYarn/osfw2, though it’s the same as mine. I think I will take out two rib repeats for Mom’s and Margaret’s; I’ll keep taking copious notes, in case y’all want to make these yourselves. Dad’s has the same pick-up-and-knit inner filter and pocket of fifteen stitches with no. 5 needle. I bound off the mask with the K2tog bind off, and that seems to be stretchy enough. A healthy person should be able to crank these out quickly; I am having to stop often due to hand pain, to stretch and rest. But they are still moving along nicely. #knitting #cottonknit #cottonknitting #knittersofinstagram #knittinginspiration #alonetogether #facemasks #knittersofravelry #ravelry #knitting_inspiration #knittingismytherapy #knitpicks #covidcrafting #knit #knittinginspiration #covid #covid19 #quarantinelife #quarantineknitting https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Gmv_PjDkD/?igshid=e812qp8lorpl

Full views of my engineered #facemask pattern from Jonathan Beall’s Old Shale Face Warmer pattern. You can see the nice nose pooch that Jonathan designers, and how it goes all the way around instead of pulling on your ears. I have decided that the best extra barrier, should on be desired, would be disposable gauze bandages, the kind you tape on a cut. Fold them up, slide them into the pocket, then throw them away when you’re home. If you don’t want to do so, there’s still two layers of thick, worsted-weight cotton there. As written, it fits my big Scottish head, and so will fit my Dad. It’s too big for my mother-in-law and so will be too big for my mom. I think I might keep the same needle and gauge, and just reduce the rib repeats. Whatever I do, I will make those changes public on Ravelry and link them here, in case anyone wants to make it as well. This one is at https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CarlaYarn/old-shale-face-warmer #knitting #cottonknit #cottonknitting #knittersofinstagram #knittinginspiration #alonetogether #facemasks #knittersofravelry #ravelry #knitting_inspiration #knittingismytherapy #knitpicks #covidcrafting #knit #knittinginspiration #covid #covid19 #quarantinelife #quarantineknitting https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Fo-waDrUE/?igshid=jk6jire1v1pc

I took a break from knitting @itswilwheaton’s Muppet hug blanket to make some masks for family from my cotton stash. I found a pattern that wouldn’t pull on ears—a face warmer that goes all the way around the neck and has a nice nose swoop —and then modified it for safety. My notes: “Made in K2 P2 instead of K1P1 rib—CO 88 instead of 90 sts. To create a safety mouth barrier: after completing, I turned inside out, picked up 15 sts with #5 at beg of mouth shale sts, knitted stockinette stitch until reaching other side of mouth shale sts, bound off, seamed to that side and to edge of ribbed sts if bottom. I left the top open in order to not distort the nose swoop and to leave this as a pouch for a filter if wished.” The original pattern is Old Shale Face Warmer by Jonathan Beall. The link to it is on my Ravelry page for this modification: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CarlaYarn/old-shale-face-warmer. A couple more of these and it’s back to Wil and @annewheaton’s blanket—pictures of that to follow because it’s more cuddly and cute and more of a Muppet hug than I could have even hoped. #knitting #cottonknit #cottonknitting #knittersofinstagram #knittinginspiration #alonetogether #facemasks #knittersofravelry #ravelry #knitting_inspiration #knittingismytherapy #knitpicks #covidcrafting https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DrZdXjqdC/?igshid=12pfps10agdud