This Lady Knits

And here’s the final count. Knitting 1 ME 8. I managed all my knitting goals but one, the Jane Origami Sweater. I still have one more side to go on that so I hope to have it done by the New Year.

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I had a very late night last night finishing this one for an impromptu Baby Shower at work today.  It was originally scheduled for last week, but it was canceled indefinitely, the baby is tiny for as far along as mom is, so mom had to check into the hospital for something to help the [...]

Hey, look and FO. 

Pattern: Baby Tulip Sweater and a free hand hat.
Yarn: Dream in Color, I don’t know the colors, I bought a kit.
Needles: Addy Turbos #5 on the sweater and #6 on the hat ( I think, but not really sure)
Alterations: Just in the color sequence, I felt that there wasn’t enough of the baby [...]

Wow, I’m actually posting this on a Wednesday, with the way the week is going I’m surprised.  With a 3 day weekend and a shortened work week, I’m feeling a bit like I need a do-over week.  It’s reflecting itself on the knitting front too.  While there was an FO, the Kauni sweater got frogged, I [...]

My camera and I found some time together this evening, so finally I’m posting a few pics.
First is this beautiful fiber from Sachi’s Purls.

The colorway is Berry Basket and it’s superwash Merino hand dyed by our own Sachi. She’s posted some pics from our weekend BBQ, so go ahead and check them out.
Really there has [...]

It’s a Bagsket, hot off my sewing machine. Thanks to Foofanagle for the idea, she had help, go check out the tutorial for directions on how to make one yourself and see who all contributed to this idea :). I did make some minor modifications, I used Fusable interfacing which worked great, and [...]

A couple of weeks ago Diana, one of the Eastside Stitchers, found out about Red Sweaters from her SnB Page a Day Calendar, and sent it out to the group.  At some point in time, it was decided that we would get a ball winder, run over to Joann’s and get a skein of Red [...]

Pattern: Eris by The Girl From Auntie
Yarn: Cascade Cloud 9 (50% merino/50% Angora)
Needles: Options #4 and 6
This yarn is  a delight to work with, it’s soft, a little on the fuzzy size, but what do you expect, it’s angora.  Splicing this yarn is great, it spit spices wonderfully without any moisture at all.  Do be [...]

Rogue.
Pattern: Rogue, by the girl from auntieCast on 12/24/06, finished 1/28/07, a little over a month, but there were extenuating circumstances, we moved, I knit a sweater etc, etc, etc…Yarn: Alpaca with a Twist Baby Twist (8.75 oz, 549 yards) I love the way this turned out, I thought the yarn may be a little [...]