Had to rip back my mom's sweater the other day. Cynthia and I were knitting in the conf room at work during lunch... and I realized I started the yoke detailing 8 rows too early! crap! Instead of tinking back 3 rows, I just pulled out the needle and ripped... i went one more row back, which re-separated the sleeves and body. BUT: the upside to this is I decided to rip back the upper sleeve where I had totally messed up a spot that would have been RIGHT on my mom's SHOULDER. Meaning I would have hated that shoulder and been embarrassed when I saw my mom wearing it.
Sooo it's probably for the better. Although, as Cynthia said, I could have put an American flag iron-on patch over it. LOL.
Happy thursday!!!! New Office tonight, right? Woot!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
FO timeeee
Babylegs: Done.
Autumn leaves baby sweater: Done, but needs some buttons! (I need to buy some!)
It turned out really cute. I did less increases for the body so it's less flared than the original pattern. I like it!
In other news, I finally sat down and joined my mom's sweater pieces into the yoke and feel like I will be able to get it done soon! Unfortunately there is a lot of rolling, so I am devising various ways to combat it. (It is cotton/acrylic yarn, so I am not holding my breath that a block will do anything). Many people who have knit the sweater sew ribbon on the back of the edge to help keep it flat... I am planning on doing this on the front edges for sure!
Also... today it was rainy, then sunny, then all of a sudden rain poured down and then with crazy HAIL... then back to sunny, then dark? Indiana keeps you on your toes!
(photo of the hail on our deck courtesy my hubby and his nice camera)
Autumn leaves baby sweater: Done, but needs some buttons! (I need to buy some!)
It turned out really cute. I did less increases for the body so it's less flared than the original pattern. I like it!
In other news, I finally sat down and joined my mom's sweater pieces into the yoke and feel like I will be able to get it done soon! Unfortunately there is a lot of rolling, so I am devising various ways to combat it. (It is cotton/acrylic yarn, so I am not holding my breath that a block will do anything). Many people who have knit the sweater sew ribbon on the back of the edge to help keep it flat... I am planning on doing this on the front edges for sure!
Also... today it was rainy, then sunny, then all of a sudden rain poured down and then with crazy HAIL... then back to sunny, then dark? Indiana keeps you on your toes!
(photo of the hail on our deck courtesy my hubby and his nice camera)
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Bunnies and babylegs
I whipped up these cute little bunnies over the weekend to gift to my nephews on Easter Sunday!
They turned out pretty cute. The blue one is for Cash and the brown one is for Holden. It was a good Easter!!!! The sun was shining, fairly warm out, and I helped hide hundreds of eggs for all of greg's little cousins and family members to find!
Also last night I cast on for some knitted babylegs (baby legwarmers):
(using leftover balls of Cascade 220)
Have a good wednesday... halfway to the weekend! Woot!
They turned out pretty cute. The blue one is for Cash and the brown one is for Holden. It was a good Easter!!!! The sun was shining, fairly warm out, and I helped hide hundreds of eggs for all of greg's little cousins and family members to find!
Also last night I cast on for some knitted babylegs (baby legwarmers):
(using leftover balls of Cascade 220)
Have a good wednesday... halfway to the weekend! Woot!
The hat that I forgot
Ooops I forgot to blog about this cute little "football helmet" I finished the other week!
It is a gift to my hubby's coworker's son... he is a little cutie, and his mom (who I taught to knit) saw this pattern in one of my knitting books (Itty Bitty hats) and loved it!
The embroidery on my little football is a little rough, but from farther away it looks like a football.... I think....
I am gifting it to her/them tonight, so I hope it's well recieved :)
(Knit in Bernat CottonTots for the blue,... the brown is some random brown cotton I found at hobby lobby, and the white is leftover dishcloth cotton!)
It is a gift to my hubby's coworker's son... he is a little cutie, and his mom (who I taught to knit) saw this pattern in one of my knitting books (Itty Bitty hats) and loved it!
The embroidery on my little football is a little rough, but from farther away it looks like a football.... I think....
I am gifting it to her/them tonight, so I hope it's well recieved :)
(Knit in Bernat CottonTots for the blue,... the brown is some random brown cotton I found at hobby lobby, and the white is leftover dishcloth cotton!)
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Finally.... not a hat!
Yes folks, I did not knit any hats lately, I have decided to move on :) I cast on for an adorable baby sweater called Autumn Leaves!
I love the purple and I think this will turn out great. Yarn is Patons classic merino... one of my favs!
Don't know who I am giving it to, but my friend Andrea just had a baby girl, and my friend Larissa is currently pregnant with a girl, so i think I will be OK!
I love the purple and I think this will turn out great. Yarn is Patons classic merino... one of my favs!
Don't know who I am giving it to, but my friend Andrea just had a baby girl, and my friend Larissa is currently pregnant with a girl, so i think I will be OK!
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