Finish Everything on Your Plate....

Or you won't get dessert!



I am so ready for dessert, but I still have bits and pieces on my plate. It's been tough doing all of the finishing on my knits, but I'm getting there. These gloves have been done for a while but needed weaving in of ends and all that. Finally, my second Breakfast at Cafe du Monde Gloves. Love them. Made them for a friend, um... they were meant to be a Christmas gift, but well, this is how it goes sometimes.


Knit in Elann Peruvian Baby Silk and used less than 2 skeins. It was so difficult finding matching ribbon, I finally settled on a pale salmon organza. The contrast is knit with Knit Picks Palette since they didn't have the cream color in Baby Silk when I bought the yarn.

Also, I redid my Stripey Slouchy Beret in Knit Picks Swish Superwash merino. It's a great yarn actually, at a very reasonable price. This hat was inspired by a picture of a Louisa Harding hat, but I just winged it the first time and finally double checked my pattern. The pattern can be found here. The flowers are from Nicky Epstein's Knitted Flowers knit in Austermann Smaragd Classic.





Since I've been working on a Blythe wardrobe, my ever thoughtful gem of a daughter bought me 2 dress forms for Blythe. How cute is this??


So much has been happening but once again, I've been away for so long. I'll get to everything else later. Let the creative juices flow!

Ravelry!

Dontcha just love it?!

Even though I became a member of Ravelry in September '07, I really just started checking into it this month. WOW! Love it. So much that it's now taking too much of my time. But what the heck.

One of the groups I joined is Armenian Knitting. A whole new, well not new but rediscovered, technique for intarsia knitting. Started my project last night. I know, I should finish what's on the needles first, but you know how that goes.

Here's a sample of my "swatch", which is really a hat from the Vogue Winter 05-06 issue. The technique is really not as complicated as it seems. Check it out if you have that issue of Vogue or the group in Ravelry.








Come on... Join the group!

I'm So Excited I Could Just....

I can't remember the last time I was this excited about a project, so I had to show them off before I finished. Well wait, I can remember, my socks, of course! But back to my second Breakfast At Cafe' du Monde Gloves. Easier to knit than the first ones, but I think the yarn has made a world of difference. This time knit with Elann Peruvian Baby Silk.

Love the yarn, love these gloves. I just started the fingers tonight. Should have them done by tomorrow evening. Not that I'm rushing, but then again maybe I am, since they were promised to Nancy last March. Well, she knew I wasn't going to knit them right away, but I doubt she thought it would take this long either. They were intended to be a Christmas gift, blah, blah, blah... you know how that goes.

So everything else is on hold for the moment until I finish these gloves.



And I wanted to share pictures of my nephews boy wearing his Spongebob hat. How precious is this? He's adorable and a bundle of personality.





Until next time.... back to finger knitting.

Call Me Crazy

It wouldn't be the first time. I started a new Chevron Scarf. Solid red. Lovely. For my daughters girlfriend. I missed the Christmas deadline, but she'll get it in enough time to use while it's still cold. Not only am I zippiing right through, but the yarn is just great. It's Austermann Smaragd Classic, 100% Superwash Wool. Knits up beautifully, looks and feels great. And you can't beat the price. Good ole Elann.com comes through again.


So my nephews youngest LOVES Spongebob Squarepants. Searcing around for a hat pattern I came across this. Pure genius, I thought. It inspired my little hat for Aidan. I knit the hat using my tried and true pattern, used I-cord for the legs and nose, and took the lazy way out and used felt for the face embellishements. I did use Kody Mays pattern for the arms. Needless to say the look on his face when he saw it was priceless.


Besides being crazy, I must have masochistic tendancies. I knit up another pair of wire votive sleeves. This time a little harder on the fingers than I remembered. But they turned out lovely and my nephews wife loved them. Her favorite colors.


Needing some mindless needlecraft, I crocheted this trivet for my niece. She saw one I had made years ago, at my sister's, and wanted one. Lily's crochet cotton works for me. I have the pattern from an online source a few years back, but I can't find it online anymore and don't know if I can reprint the pattern here or not.

And, if you see this in time, there's a contest going on here. Hurry, the deadline to enter is December 31. I just found out about it today. Sadly, it's only open to residents of the U.S., Canada and D of C.

Happy, healthy, safe New Year to everyone. Let's make it a stellar creative year.