Sweater happy.
Dell came to Houston this weekend for a time of excitement and touristy type things … and we basically sat around and knit all weekend. Yay!
More and more pictures, so click to follow along …
On hold again.
Both of my projects are on hold until I can make another trip to Hobby Lobby. I need more yarn for the Darci blanket and I need stitch holders for the pink sweater.
Aren’t they cute?
The sweater is right-side up in this picture, obviously. The pattern said to cast on loosely for the neck, but I’m not thinking they meant quite SO loose. Hmmm.
Another update on the pink sweater:
It’s too soft and cute. I’m interesting in how the raglan seaming is a different type from what Dell is using … so many different options!
Wee Knits
I belong to a very large, very high volume mailing list about knitting. Half the time I end up deleting all of the messages because they just don’t apply to the type of knitting I do (or it’s nothing but a flame war disguised by wool and circular needles). Most of the knitting things I do are pretty basic or are centered around the baby-related knitting I do: hats, blankets, sweaters, etc.
So I set up a new knitting discussion group/mailing list at Yahoo! Groups: Wee Knits. This is the description:
An informal discussion list for talking about knitting for babies, toddlers, and children. These small pieces have tips and tricks all their own, so let’s share what we know and what we wonder about. The list is mostly on-topic with occasional chatter. Share your tips and hints, free patterns, and sources for patterns to purchase.
Come join if you’re interested!
Faith, Hope, blahblah and Love
I have been SLAVING over a blanket for my cousin.
See what you think…see more.
It’s finished!
Looks like we’ve all been busy this weekend. I (and Clive) present the finished green baby blanket!
And So It Goes
I was so motivated by posting my pages from yesterday, that I started Lili’s second book.
Now, I need to buy a book to put this into. But, notice I have converted to the top loading. Had I not, I wouldn’t have been able to make my page. Ah! Life is GOOD!
California . . . the “Home” Stretch
Whew, her 1st year book is finally done (minus the Thanksgiving photos that got misplaced at the developers and the Bjorn one I want to copy from Erin).
Here is a page from the “I-don’t-have-any-more-strap-pages–here-is-set-of-top-loading-strap-pages-I-bought-on-accident”–desperation-to-finish-this-book camp of pages. After working with the top-loading, though, I think I am going to defect . . .I like being able to make the page outside of the book. It makes it a lot easier to work!
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Santa’s Village
Okay, these photos of the pages look like crap compared to the ones Erin took, but here is goes . . .
Here is the 2-page spread for Santa’s Village. This was one of those inspirational 6 AM pages when I really, really wanted candy cane paper or stickers or SOMETHING like that (or gingerbread . . . I was torn between the two), so I wound up making my own candy canes. True commitment, I tells ya!
And now, for the California series . . .
Lili and the bears
This was a fun layout to do. It’s from the trip to Sweden but could work for any sort of zoo/child spread. (HA! The zoo and the child seem to go together so often. ;-) Maybe if I do a layout with pictures from the nursery I work in I’ll use this again.)
Anyway, details in the “more” section.
