Last Minute Booties

I tried something a little different to get some substance to the ties... I wove the thread through the top of the booties and then crocheted a chain... made the pom poms and tied to the chain. Hope my friend likes them!

Last Minute Baby Booties

Nothing like waiting until the night before the shower to complete Baby Booties! I love the lavender!

My first ever baby blanket

Hi all: Here's my new baby niece and her mother, Crystal. This was my first ever baby blanket (which you have seen) but it always takes on more meaning when it's ON the child! HA!

Just for future reference

I found this and didn't want to lose it. I'm embedding it here so I won't have to look for it again.

Laziness, thy name is Lisa.

Well, how about that?

Susan, I absolutely love what you're doing! The blanket looks fantastic and I'm very proud of you for learning to purl. It's really not that hard and it opens up whole new worlds to you.

Have you read any of Debbie Macomber's "Good Yarn" books? I've finished the four that are published already and another one is coming out soon. It's inspired me to keep learning and stretching to do more. I even bought the yarn to do a triangular prayer shawl. I'm going to use Lion Brand Homespun in a beautiful, deep purple color called "Gothic." I saw a pattern in one of the Prayer Shawl books that I'm going to use, but I'm trying to find a free one online instead of paying for the book. Is that bad? I hope not.

I'm excited about your new niece. How did they wind up living in Peru?

Ooh, ooh, ooh! I am also now the proud owner of patterns for pink ribbon hats for breast cancer awareness! I'll have to learn how to use a cable needle and actually take stitches off the needle for a bit. The thought scares me to death, but I really want to make the hat.

Thanks so much for sharing the pictures. I love seeing what you're doing. I really, really like that blanket. What kind of yarn did you use?

This is my first blanket weave baby hat that I completed to match the baby blanket for my little baby niece to be born in the next week or two.... The model is my sister and my baby doll. She is about 60 years old. She named her Betty, I named her Connie... so she has become Connie Betty! The dress she is wearing is mine! ;-) Now who said she couldn't pull it off as a model at her age! LOL!

This is the Blanket weave baby hat to match the blanket I just made for my soon to be born great baby niece. Connie Betty is a little bigger than the hat is intended but she makes a great model! LOL!

First Baby Blanket More

My little new baby great niece is set to be born next week in Peru. Her name will be Karis. I was excited about how it turned out! It really turned out well despite my hesitancy to learn to PURL! LOL!

My first Baby Blanket

 
 
 
 

So here's what I've been up to

First the hat:


Here's a close-up of the yarn and stitch pattern. It's a basic stockinette, but I learned the hard way that with circular needles, that's a constant knit stitch. Yep, I did one round of knit followed by a round of purl and then realized that it did not look like it was supposed to so I had to rip it out and start over.


I loved this yarn. It is so, so soft! I have another ball of it so I'm considering doing a matching scarf. I liked the pattern so much that I've started another one. Here's hat number two in process, posing next to her brother who has already been born. Ha!


And -- of course -- a close up of the work in progress. Once upon a time I swore I would never do anything with stitches this small, but they look so sweet and pretty and this works up so quickly that it's hard to resist it.

Here are the other things on my needles. I found some amazingly soft yarn on sale at Hobby Lobby for $1.99 a skein and bought several. Here's a close up.


And here's the work in progress:


And last but not least, here's my current out-of-my-own-mind creation. I found some cotton yarn in spring colors and I'm knitting a big, round piece. I'm going to line it, seam up the bottom, and add straps to make a tote bag. I hope it turns out well. I usually do OK with homespun ideas, but this one is making me a little nervous.


So that's what's on my needles! Think I have an overcommitment problem?

This makes me laugh

You should all go look at it.

http://www.masondixonknitting.com/

Susan has shamed me!

I've been trying very had to live my "real life" -- you know that one that's actually in front of me every day instead of the one that comes to me via the web. :-) That means that my poor little blogs have been neglected. It's not just this one either. Trust me. Go check out my other one and you'll have proof.

However, knitting-wise I have been quite the over-achiever lately. I had a crazy impulse last fall and signed up to teach a beginner's knitting class at our university. Just four weeks that would cover the basics, but give people enough to get a good start with beginner's projects. Well, imagine my surprise when six people actually signed up! It was great and I'll definitely do it again in the fall. For our last class meeting, we took a "field trip" to Hobby Lobby about 45 minutes away and followed it with a trip to Chili's for supper. Women really know how to make anything fun, don't we?

Anyway, in addition to spreading the knitting love, I've also tackled my first hat! I don't have a camera handy but will post a picture of it on my sweet Emily's head soon. I felt kind of accomplished, especially when a 14-year-old clothing-and-wardrobe-aware girl actually WANTED it because she thought it looked cool.

Right now I'm working on a baby blanket (AWESOME YARN!) and a cotton knit-in-the-round tote bag. Can I say how much I LOVE knitting in the round? This is so fantastic! Addictive! Amazing!

So look for pictures soon and let the knitting continue!!

My FIRST Baby Booties

I am reborn as a knitter! ;-) No more just knitting..... NOW I can make GARMENTS! LOL! Not just things that are square and rectangular! I credit this to the fact that a bunch of us knitters have been getting together at work once a week. The expert knitters there have been teaching me things which has helped tremendously! These booties are for my new baby niece that is set to be born in just a couple of weeks. They don't like pink but I HAD to put a little pink in the pompons just for her! ;-p

My FIRST Hat

This is my first NON-scarf/NON-prayer shawl project... a project that isn't square or rectangle... I'm pumped. I'm working on Baby Booties, hat and blankie... I'll post pics when they are all done! YAY me! ;-)