Brava From KnitPicks

I’ve just about got my Brava project finished (save for blocking and sewing on buttons). This yarn is soooo soft, and I love it for the snuggly soft baby sweater. Machine washable and dryable too, and a DREAM to knit with. Perfect for a baby. Used the sport weight, in the Seashell colorway for the main part of the body. And camel, dove and cream for the patterns. This is a definite must-have yarn for baby projects. Knit Picks Brava Sport HERE, this yarn was so easy to knit with that I didn’t have to concentrate on anything other than increases, decreases and pattern stitches. No splitting, no creeping off the needles, very easy on these arthritic farmer hands!

If you look close enough, yes, I realize there is a mistake in the yoke. But it’s hard to see and I’m not going to fix it, sorry. It’s for a baby (who was born Thursday), a good friend of my daughter. The sweater is knit in a size 12 months though, so I have some time to get it blocked, and with Miss Anna’s coloring, the seashell color will look gorgeous on her 🙂

Since there was a bit of a color chart I aquired a new Magnetic Chart Keeper, also from Knit Picks.

The pattern was a FREE pattern, from Garn Studio HERE, I may yet knit the hat and booties, not sure yet.

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Chicks don’t necessarily have anything to do with Easter, but they are a popular motif this time of year. I’ve shared some chick knitting patterns before, but it seems like time to share some more.

I love this little bitty fuzzy chick from Gray Bear Akswokrat on Etsy. It’s worked flat and the pattern includes photos to help with assembly.

This funny chick has a flower on its head, but you could use a different embellishment or just leave it off if you don’t like it. This pattern is from Midaami292, and it is also worked flat and uses four colors of yarn. The yarn used on the sample is DK weight and makes a chick that’s 26 cm, or a little more than 10 inches tall.

Fluff and Fuzz has another adorable chick pattern, this time adorned with a little hat and scarf, perfect for those places where it’s still chilly at Easter time. This one calls for DK weight yarn in four colors and uses straight knitting needles for working flat. The chick comes out to 20 cm tall including the hat (that’s about 7.8 inches).

Chicks make a great shape to cover a chocolate orange, and you can find three different chick chocolate orange covers in this pattern from Carol Connelly (available on Ravelry). You can knit up a chick that’s still hatching from the egg, a round one with feet and a fuzzy full bodied chick. They use DK weight yarn and are worked flat from the bottom up.

Frugal Knitting Haus has this adorable mama hen washcloth with scrubby chicks that you can buy on Ravelry or their website. It uses regular worsted weight kitchen cotton yarn for the hen and a scrubby yarn for the chicks.

Maybe my favorite of all, though, is Jan the little chick purse, a pattern on Ravelry from Cristina Tonarelli. It’s exactly what it sounds like: a little purse made with a coin purse clasp in the shape of a chick. It uses worsted weight yarn and the instructions are made for working in the round, but it includes instructions for working flat as well.

Check Out This Sweet Easter Chick Basket

Eggs, Cozies and Chicks to Knit for Easter

Fun Easter Knitting Patterns

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