Land of the UFOs

That's what my house is. Sorry, I can't seem to get anything finished anymore, much less photographed and properly blogged....

Oh, UFOs = unfinished objects.

So, here is about all I have to show off....some shorts for Evelyn.


A skirty for a friend's darling 2-year-old girl. Wonderfully soft bulky BFL, this was actually a very quick knit!! Even with the giant ruffle, lol.






Hopefully blogging little tiny baby knits soon....although my yarn stash is severely lacking in colors other than pink. So, I'm waiting on some new pretty yarn, or the energy to dye some of my own (that may be a while).

I have been knitting....

Just not doing much blogging. Here is Evelyn's latest wooly outfit - a skirt knit out of 100PureWool dyed by Lamar at ...a time to dye. The colorway is called Anne Carson, named after her youngest daughter. I loved the pink and purple colors!! Perfect with the bit of gray added in. Lamar did a fabulous job dyeing as she always does.



Enough with the photos...time for the swing!!


Shorts underneath


Color is brighter than this IRL.


The pattern (minus the shorts underneath) is a new one I was able to test for a wonderful online friend Heather. The giant fluffy ruffle sure ate up the yarn! Not fond of the big holes left by the yarnovers, but you can just pretend you don't see those. The skirt is sooo soft and fits nicely. Great for wearing to church this summer.

Coming soon (well, maybe not so soon...) - I have shorts finished for Olivia (no pictures, haven't even blocked them yet) and yarn I dyed myself - don't get excited, it's rather ugly. ;)

Mother's Day Socks

Wow, I am a really bad blogger! No posts since April 2nd? Well, I have finished a few things since then, but nothing has been terribly exciting. Life gets in the way of knitting sometimes. That's usually a good thing, though.

Here are my mom's socks - a Mother's Day gift that was, unfortunately, only 75% complete on Sunday morning! Oops. Work got in the way. Plus I am painfully slow at socks. I did finish them at about 1pm, so Mom was able to take home a complete set. I'm glad they fit!








Yarn: Parvana Merino Sock from Selah, dyed by Julie in her Cherry Blossom colorway. Pattern is from Creative Knitting mag May 2008 - Ribbed Anklets. I used size 1/2.25 mm needles - my first time with Harmony DPNs from Knit Picks. They are great!

First socks, finally finished!!

Zen String Serendipity Sport in the Patchouli colorway. I was thisclose to running out of yarn, and actually made 1 sock two rows shorter. I don't think you can really tell though. ;) I am quite happy with how they turned out! Now I know that in the future, I don't need as long of a heel flap - that is about the only place they don't fit well. The pattern is from Ann Budd's The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns - it gives basic patterns in a number of different sizes and gauges.

I have been bitten by the sock bug and can't wait to cast on pair number 2!

A close of the heel flap, in progress (the color is truer to the top pictures).


It's actually quite annoying to take a picture of your own feet. Apparently, doing that for me is something my husband won't do. He thinks I am weird, for a multitude of reasons. ;)

"Yarn."

Is what Evelyn got from me for her birthday. According to her, that is. I finished this sweater the day before her 2nd birthday, and decided to wrap it up as a gift to her. She enjoyed trying it on, and in general she seems to enjoy wearing her hand-knits. I thought she might like it as a birthday gift. Turns out, it's pretty dull to get a sweater instead of a toy! ;)

So when she opened the sweater, I asked her "what did you get Evelyn?" She plainly stated: "YARN." And tossed the sweater aside. I asked her again later, and got the same response. Well, she is right, anyway!

The sweater is a Knitting Pure & Simple pattern, Baby Pullover. The yarn is a superwash wool from Granby, Colorado - a birthday present from my grandparents. It has a bit of variation in the blue color and it's very pretty on her. Fits well, too. I need to get a picture taken, but she moves too fast much of the time. ;)

Here comes the Easter Bunny....

I bet you didn't know the Easter Bunny could knit, did you? ;)







The egg pattern is from Curly Purly and the carrots are from MagKnits. Carrot yarn is Cascade 220 for the orange (thanks Mom!) and the green is Wool of the Andes. Eggs are Paton's Merino, leftover acrylic, Zen String Serendipity and 100 Pure Wool "Hardly." All leftovers from other projects. All very easy and quick to knit! The acrylic yarn was not terribly fun to knit with, the egg looks a little bit wonky too. I just have a pair of slippers to finish (1 slipper is nearly done) and instead of making slippers for Evelyn I decided I would just try and finish her sweater for a birthday/Easter gift. It seems their baskets will have plenty in them as it is!

Indoctrinated from birth to smile for the camera, Evelyn politely requested "Mommy picture puppy pwease." Who could resist?

Long time no blog

Here's a quick in progress picture:




Zen String Serendipity Sport in Patchouli colorway. The pattern is from Ann Budd's Basic Pattern book. I've turned the heel, finished the heel gusset and now I'm just knitting 'round and 'round until I get it long enough for my size 9 feet, then decrease and finish! Oh yeah, and sock #2.

Also on the needles: many eggs and carrots (thanks for the orange yarn, Mom!). Back to the knitting now!