here's where I begin...
I'm so obsessed with knitting, I decided I needed a spot where I could track my finished projects, muse about future projects, and generally go on about it all without being a drag on my regular journal, where I get to be boring about my life as a mama instead!
I thought I'd just post pictures of my projects thus far, starting with my first scarf last November, which I made along with armwamers, with no pattern for a little family friend; however my son, Silas, is modeling them. They were made with some cheapy Lion Brand chenille, since I was deathly afraid of ruining good yarn, and I had yet to discover the many amazing yarn stores Seattle has to offer!
Next I made a couple facecloths for my sisters for Christmas:
I can't recall what order I made all of these, but I made them in December 03 and January 04. The kids' scarves have no pattern, nor does Vivienne's hat, but Silas' hat is "Hot Head" from Stitch 'n Bitch, as is my kerchief:
Next came my Booga Bag, my first attempt at felting. I used Noro Kureyon #126:
Around the same time, I started a sweater for Silas. I only JUST finished it, so I'll post pictures as chronologically as I can manage. I also started the "Little Black Top" from Stitch 'n Bitch for my sister, and a felted hat for my other sister. The hat is made with Cascade 220 (black) and a Dalegarn wool (purple), held together with a sparkly bit of something I bought off a cone at my LYS.
Next I decided to make a little spring top for Vivienne. I used Paton's Fresco, and loooved working with a ribbon yarn. It was a nice break from the Little Black Top.
Somewhere in there I made a spring shawl out of Plymouth Eros for our co-op preschool's annual auction, but I can't find any pictures.
I did finally finish the "Little Black (olive!) Top", and it fit my sister perfectly. It was my biggest success to that point. I had a huge sense of accomplishment.
Here is Susan showing it off:
I needed a major break from garments after that, but my addiction forced me to goof around with some spare yarns I had.
So, yeah, a beer cozy:
That was pretty dorky, but it did inspire a little thing I consider to be pure genius:
(don't pretend you don't eat it out of the pint!)
Then WEBS had a huge sale and I got a steal on some closeout Cascade Lana D'Oro. I started the "Under the Hoodie", again from Stitch 'n Bitch. I'm still working on it, currently working on the first sleeve, but here's a view of the back:
After frogging the sleeve once, I got sick of it and put it away for a few days. Well, of course, I couldn't NOT knit, so I seamed up Silas' sweater at long last:
And that, my friends, brings us up to today! Still plugging away at Under the Hoodie, having made numerous stupid mistakes on the sleeve and having had to frog it twice. Next up is Knitty's Cleo for my other sister, Helen. I'm also planning on a cardigan by Kristin Sperklund from the Interweave free subscriber patterns for Viv, but I have yet to buy yarn or anything. I need to start thinking holidays, too!
Okay. That's it for my first foray into blogging!
C
I thought I'd just post pictures of my projects thus far, starting with my first scarf last November, which I made along with armwamers, with no pattern for a little family friend; however my son, Silas, is modeling them. They were made with some cheapy Lion Brand chenille, since I was deathly afraid of ruining good yarn, and I had yet to discover the many amazing yarn stores Seattle has to offer!
Next I made a couple facecloths for my sisters for Christmas:
I can't recall what order I made all of these, but I made them in December 03 and January 04. The kids' scarves have no pattern, nor does Vivienne's hat, but Silas' hat is "Hot Head" from Stitch 'n Bitch, as is my kerchief:
Next came my Booga Bag, my first attempt at felting. I used Noro Kureyon #126:
Around the same time, I started a sweater for Silas. I only JUST finished it, so I'll post pictures as chronologically as I can manage. I also started the "Little Black Top" from Stitch 'n Bitch for my sister, and a felted hat for my other sister. The hat is made with Cascade 220 (black) and a Dalegarn wool (purple), held together with a sparkly bit of something I bought off a cone at my LYS.
Next I decided to make a little spring top for Vivienne. I used Paton's Fresco, and loooved working with a ribbon yarn. It was a nice break from the Little Black Top.
Somewhere in there I made a spring shawl out of Plymouth Eros for our co-op preschool's annual auction, but I can't find any pictures.
I did finally finish the "Little Black (olive!) Top", and it fit my sister perfectly. It was my biggest success to that point. I had a huge sense of accomplishment.
Here is Susan showing it off:
I needed a major break from garments after that, but my addiction forced me to goof around with some spare yarns I had.
So, yeah, a beer cozy:
That was pretty dorky, but it did inspire a little thing I consider to be pure genius:
(don't pretend you don't eat it out of the pint!)
Then WEBS had a huge sale and I got a steal on some closeout Cascade Lana D'Oro. I started the "Under the Hoodie", again from Stitch 'n Bitch. I'm still working on it, currently working on the first sleeve, but here's a view of the back:
After frogging the sleeve once, I got sick of it and put it away for a few days. Well, of course, I couldn't NOT knit, so I seamed up Silas' sweater at long last:
And that, my friends, brings us up to today! Still plugging away at Under the Hoodie, having made numerous stupid mistakes on the sleeve and having had to frog it twice. Next up is Knitty's Cleo for my other sister, Helen. I'm also planning on a cardigan by Kristin Sperklund from the Interweave free subscriber patterns for Viv, but I have yet to buy yarn or anything. I need to start thinking holidays, too!
Okay. That's it for my first foray into blogging!
C
