I wanted to show you how close I was to the end of the Oh lala Vest. But, the baby scares me. Clearly, she doesn’t like it when I spend time knitting. And, when she saw the vest, she claimed it as her own. And then she abused it a little bit… Once the baby [...]
Archive for April, 2009
The Baby Hates It
Posted in Monkey, project photos, sweater on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Red In Repose
Posted in project photos, sweater on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am nearing completion on the day-glo red vest. I believe that the exact color of the Malabrigo that I am using is Bergamot. However, I tend to think of it more as oh la la or come hither red. And, as if the color weren’t enough, check out the textured stitch along the bust. [...]
DayGlo Red
Posted in new projects, new yarn, project photos, Socks, sweater on April 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
An new vest cast it’s way into my heart the other day. This is going to be the U-Neck Vest from Fitted Knits when it’s done. Right now, it’s just a bunch of circular ribbing. And, at the guild meeting last week, I scored a skein of Wollmeise 80/20 Fluffy Wildthing in Indischrot from blogless [...]
Attention Aunty Tink
Posted in lace, Musings, rant, Uncategorized on April 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Casting Off; Casting On
Posted in baby stuff, Bunny, FO's, Monkey, new projects, project photos, Socks on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I finished a Sock Monkey. Don’t you just love the bows on her ears? While I love the finished product, I did not love the process as much. I don’t know why, but the whole thing seemed fiddly, tedious, and n0t at all portable like a good pair of socks usually turns out to [...]
Ick…
Posted in baby stuff, Life, Monkey, Musings on April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Monkey appears to like my favorite silk scarf almost as much as I do. However, she found a new, and strangely icky way in which to love it. She did this over and over for about an hour until I tried to take it away. Anyone know how to get boogers out of a silk [...]
Finished
Posted in FO's, project photos, Socks, Socks that Rock on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The uber girly socks were finished yesterday. They are truly all that and a bag of chips. Pattern: Rogue Roses Yarn: Socks that Rock Medium Weight, Gertrude Skein colorway Needles: US 1.5 (2.5mm) harmony dpn’s Mods: Only one. I choose to sew down the cuff after the socks were completed, for previously mentioned reasons. Verdict: [...]
