Baby Hat

while procrastinating the finishing of the thumb gusset on the Wine & Roses Mitt, I knit a cute little hat for a brand new baby. Sorry don't know his/her name yet - will update when I do (hopefully with a picture of baby wearing the hat)

Congratulation Ari & Jessica!

The pattern is free from Libby Knit Kins - it's the Garmisch Hat.
I knitted it on 5 size 2 DPN's, and the yarn was Lion Brand Micro Spun - color Lilac.

Good news everyone!

I finally finished the second Wine & Roses mitt. I am really pleased with how they turned out, and the Alpaca yarn is so warm. I can't wait till it's cooler to wear them. Thanks JoLene for your beautiful pattern!

1 down, 1 to go

I finished the first mitt a few days ago, and started the second. I am taking a little time off to wind all of my yarn hanks/skeins into balls.


7/19/2007-----

Update - I finished the main part of the second mitt. I just have to finish the thumb gusset.

Also how excited am I that JoLene found my little website!
(see comments.)

Look people, do you see it?

So I am 12 rows into the 26 row chart - All is going well so far. You can actually start to see the lace pattern. Now as long as I don't have to rip out any more rows, I won't go insane.

Swift in action

Here are a few pictures of my new swift - holding a very beautiful skein of Great Adirondack Sireno - Colorway Serengetti. I love the swift, and the yarn is amazing.

New toy

My yarn swift came today from Joann.com (50% off coupon) woohoo! It took less than 10 minutes to wind a ball - this task used to take at least an hour (sad.) I will post some pictures of it in action after kids are in bed.

Also still working on mitt #1 of the wine & roses mitts - by the time I make #2, I will be an expert. Ha!

Wine & Roses progress

Well the pattern is easy enough to read, but for some reason I am having trouble knitting it. I guess I will have to make more than 2 - I really want to see the pattern on these, it is a beautiful pattern.


------Update 12:18pm-------

I frogged the entire thing. Starting again. Argh!

Where is my dog's belly button?

I have always wondered where Winston's belly button is, after all he is a mammal, he should have one. Well after reading a bit online I found other people, just like me, looking for this very same answer. Here is what I found.

I know - I'm strange.

Thank you other knitters!

I love reading, browsing, admiring other peoples knitting blogs. I have found so many wonderful projects, and have been inspired to create things that I could never imagine.

I was looking for glove patterns, when I found Strikker - Obsessive knitting. There is an incredible vintage lace glove pattern (found here.) The pictures of the completed project are amazing! Look here and here.

There are so many other amazing knitters out there - just wanted to say thank you for your beautiful work!

I hope I don't sound too crazy.

Wine and Roses Mitts

I started working on a project for me - woohoo! It's the Wine and Roses Mitts from Interweave Knits Winter 2006 issue. I am using 2 strands of Misti Alpaca lace weight color 9311 - It's a really dark plum purple, very pretty.



Here is a picture of what the mitts look like finished - from JoLene Treace's website - she is the author of this pattern.

Back from vacation - finished projects

I finished the blanket for my nephew Jacob. I did 13 pattern repeats instead of 14, as the blanket was a pretty good size already. I used Denise Interchangeable circular needles (did not knit in the round) size 8, and 6 balls (I think) of Reynolds Saucy in color 71 Seafoam


The nautilus was made for Granny & Granpop - I used Berroco Ultra Alpaca for the face, and MCY wool silk yarn for the body, color Peaceful. The button eyes were a donation from Granny's button collection.

The blanket pattern was really easy, but I needed the break I took from it. Glad it is done now!