Wedding Throw

It's done! The happy couple has only been married for a year and one month (who, me late?!). I was worried about how it would turn out when I was knitting it but I am really happy with the end result. The yarn is Knitpicks Suri Dream Hand Dyed in Falling Leaves , the pattern is Lace 1-2-3 also from Knitpicks.

The colours pooled differently at the beginning of the throw even thought all the yarn was from the same dye lot. I'm going to say that is due to the hand dyed nature of the yarn. I love it.

Other Projects

I have been working on one knitting project which I still can't share. However I've done a few other things. Mom and I belong to a Christmas Ornament of the month club. The first month was painting.

Oh wait, those were some leftover ornaments from an older kit. We did them first. We still have 3 to do from this years club but they look quite challenging and the instructions are pretty scarce. We'll get to them later...

The 2nd kit involves ornament balls that you stick sequins and glittery bits into with pins. Mom may tackle those this weekend. The 3rd kit is a set of 5 cross stitch on plastic canvas oranaments. I did the first one and just need to trim the felt on the back and it will be done. It was quite fun.

Mom and I are eagerly the 4th kit which should be here any day. We're quite enjoying our craft time!

Mom's February Lady's Sweater

It's done! And I can finally blog about it. I still haven't seen it on my Mom as she picked it up while I was out. But I'm pleased with how it turned out. I knit it in Cascades 220 Heathers. My hands are shot to hell now but the end result is quite good. On to projects that aren't knit with wool!

Babies!

Little people in knit wear! (and a mommy with no knit wear...which now that I think about it is just wrong...)

This past November the world welcomed miss Allison. Miss Emily got a baby sister. Aren't they cute?! When Miss Emily was born I had just started knitting and so Granny Tan knit her baby sweater. Now I'm a more experienced knitter but I have never done a sweater so I thought tackling the heartbreakingly cute baby kimono from Mason Dixon Knitting would be a safe bet. It's a great knit. I'm thinking this would be cute in an adult size...

I don't know why the pic is on its side. It's not like that on my computer. I didn't take it sideways. This is a blogger issue. I could spend hours trying to fix it but just turn your head. It'll be way easier. I've let it go, you should too.

This is Miss Emily's hat. The yarn is soooo cute. It's Sirdar baby tiny tots bubbles. And like the sweater, I made them both big enough that they'll be able to wear them for a while.


See I've been knitting, really I have. I have one other secret project on the go and another wedding gift. I'll share later

Hand Spun Wrap

I wasn't feeling well a couple of weekends ago so I thought it was the perfect time to start my wrap out of the hand spun i've worked on during the last 2 annual spinning retreats.... As I was knitting it I realized how really bad I was at spinning. Some of the yarn was so tightly spun and then there were bits that were barely spun. And I think I should have used bigger needles.

It ended up more of a shoulder cape than a wrap but it is warm.

And the "not feeling well" that inspired me to start this wrap ended up being a full blown flu that lasted for about a week and a half. Next year - Flu Shot!!

A scarf and a purse

I hit a great sale after Christmas of Patons SWS yarn. It inspired me to attempt the stripped scarf spoken of so highly by the yarn harlot. It really is fun to watch the colours come together. Two different balls of stripped yarn, 2 rows each, 1X1 rib.... who would have thought! See, you don't have to use the very expensive Noro yarn, you have options!

I'm heading to Quebec next weekend for Carnival so I thought I'd knit something for the occasion. Granny Tan had given me this yarn that she had dyed and spun with some silver. It was probably enough for hat and mitts but since it's wool and I'm allgeric, I opted for a felted bag.
I'm thrilled with how it turned out. Perfect for strolling around inside the old city walls in Quebec City! I can't wait. See the silver flecks, that was the silver thread Granny Tan had plied with the wool. Very cool.

Post Christmas Summary

I hope everyone had a good holiday season. Mine seemed too short. And since I now sit in front of a computer every day for work, I didn't feel like looking at one over the holidays. I did knit but I didn't even get pics of everything I did. I was in a a "get 'er out" kind of mood. I did get a few pics.

I did a fingerless glove, snood and leg warmer set for my niece.

I knit another snood and fingerless gloves for my sister-in-law. Thing about the fingerless gloves.. they can be used on really cold days over you gloves or mittens to give you an extra layer of warmth. It's -22 Celsius here today with the wind chill. I wore my fingerless gloves over my mittens and I was toasty!

I also knit my great aunt another pair of cable booties because rumor has it the last pair I knit for her are almost worn out. It's a light colour for a slipper type sock but it was all I had on hand, the colour is pretty and I know they are nice and warm with this yarn (knitpicks wool of the Andes)

I also knit my mom a wrap, my step brother felted slipper socks and his wife a snood. I think that's it. It was a pretty short list this year. Next year I'm trying to convince everyone to take the money you spend on gifts for others and buy things for yourself that you really want. I am also starting to try and stock pile some FO items so I can be ready but we'll see how that works out.

I was determined I would knit something for myself over the holidays. I had this baby llama wool that was soooo soft. I don't think I'm allergic to llama so I knit myself a hat. I had a bit leftover so I made a headband too.

The pattern is out of a new book I got for Christmas, One Skein Wonders. I love books like this because how often to you pick up a skein or two of some yarn you really love without a project in mind? I do it all the time.

I have some great things on the go so hopefully I'll get a little more diligent about taking pics and sharing. So stay tuned!