Camera in the shop

Well the bitty baby socks and hat are off to their new home, but unfortunately I lost the picture to my camera that broke. We got the camera fixed but the pics that were on it are gone :(

Maybe their new mommy will send me a pic...

Meanwhile I'm making soaker progress. I LOVE these:



And the back: They were fun to make! The yarn is Paternayn that I've had around.


And then there's these:

The green pair are by request, the blue pair is just stock. They are both Peace Fleece, colors Baikal/Superior Green and Shaba. I think they look great together.

Once they're completely dry the blue one is getting some embellishment, but I'm keeping that to myself (cause I might end up changing it lol)



Progress

I thought I'd post an update.

The headscarf is done and in the mail :)


I started Caitie's wrap, I *think* it's going to look cool. Right now it looks like green, fuzzy, cooked noodles LOL!

I think it's an ingenious design though, simple and elegant. I have 2 wedges done, 16 to go. I called it 10% because I always forget about finishing...

And I'm working on Max's shorties, they're going well, although I realized I didn't end up writing down the pattern I used for Victoria's longies so I'm having to figure it out again. Not too bright.

Wishes

So, here are some more things I want to make "someday"

THIS is the cutest little cabled baby/toddler sweater I've ever seen and Sean needs to have it.

There is a tank in my closet that is my absolutely favorite top except that it's red velvet which means I get to wear it what, twice? a year, maybe? So I have plans to deconstruct it and design a sweater.

I like this little tie on sweater, too

And I want to try this 2 at once sock pattern, since I have SSS (Second Sock Syndrome) But I am forcing myself to finish the cable socks first.

Our dog needs a dog sweater before it gets cold again, he has a very short coat and no tolerance to cold weather. Haven't figured out just what, yet.

Speaking of fall, I owe my DH a fair isle scarf because he saw the josephine's knotwork I put on the longies and he has to have it.

And I really want a corkscrew scarf, too....

This is of course not including all the patterns I have printed out here in my binder lol

And I have a million ideas for soaker variations. But I think I'm keeping those to myself!

meanwhile...

here's Max's shorties so far

Looking pretty cute, I think :)

I have nothing to knit!

I actually said that last week.

I'd finished several projects. I'd finished the lemon hat and shipped it off to person it was for.












I'd finished the soaker I was working on, and I was waiting on yarn or measurements for a few more.

So I wove in the ends of several more projects... a couple wash cloths









The Round Blanket....

(isn't it *beau*-ti-ful?)







(Spike likes the blanket)


I didn't feel like finishing a scarf or a sweater when it was 75 degrees. I have second sock syndrome and don't WANT to finish the cable socks.

My DH reminded me *again* about the fair isle celtic knot scarf I owe him... but I STILL don't want to knit a scarf in April.

Oh and check out what fairies did to my dishcloth... *sigh*

So I brought out the green chenille my daughter picked out ages ago and figured out what to make with it. We chose this pattern from Knitty called Bloom (modified to fit her size).

And while I was on Knitty I remembered that I wanted to make myself this Cozy because it's freezing cold at my work.

And I did dig out the striped tank to finish working on the ribbing so I can wear it this summer. Didn't actually WORK on it, but I dug it out... and I put the stitches back on the needle that fell off.

Then I remembered I need to pay back my dear friend for making me these awesome graphics for Caitie's birthday party, so I dug into the stash yarn for a head scarf. And I fiddled around for a whole day trying to figure out how to get the eyelet pattern to work with the triangle increases. It was half done when I went to bed last night. Late this morning I found the needles to it in 1 place and the scarf in another, and ended up taking out 6 rows trying to get it back on the needles properly (I HATE frogging lace! )

And while I was working on that, I got 2 more soaker orders (although, I am *still* waiting on measurements for one of them)

Here's the yarn:

It's purewool, the colorway is called Blauer Reiter. Sooo beautiful!














So, I've decided I needed to keep a log of my future projects for times when I *THINK* I have nothing to knit



Check out my new trackers over there ------------------>

Aren't they cool? They are from indigirl though I made up a few of my own too :)

Soakers!

Well I haven't updated my blog in ages. I got distracted by things, I guess

I have been working on my original soaker and longies patterns. So far I only have a few pictures.


This is a toddler sized soaker in 100purewool from Uruguay (the SOFTEST wool I've ever felt). The colorway is Ontono Fantasia.

It is knit in the round with a pleated waistband (sort of a modified Curly Purly waistband), short rows in the back, and I grafted the seam at the crotch.


This is another soaker, a little bigger, from the same yarn, in the colorway Fiesta. I gave this one rolled cuffs. The ends aren't woven in because the intended recipient hasn't tried them on yet.





Here's a picture of the back, you can see the short rows if you look *really* close
And here's Victoria's Longies, in the colorway Antonella.


Detail: