Posted in Knitting, Pets on Feb 23rd, 2009 5 Comments »
Warning: gratuitous puppy pictures to follow
I work in a pediatricians’ office. I know what having a baby can do to ones relationships, home, and sleep. I’ve had babies myself, and despite the fact that the most recent was born in 1993, I still remember the overwhelming exhaustion as if it were yesterday. Maybe because [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting on Feb 20th, 2009 3 Comments »
There was a black felted bucket hat. It’s felted to be slightly smaller than the blue one and I think it is the hat I will actually wear on a daily basis. My family is starting to ask, “what are you going to do with all the hats?” I don’t know…send them to people who [...]
Posted in Knitting on Feb 13th, 2009 1 Comment »
I knit another hat pattern. I know you’re shocked. This one is called A Better Bucket and it’s by Amy Swenson. I really do love this one. I knit the under side of the brim in lipstick pink alpaca and knit the rest of the hat in red. Gmoma on Ravelry knit one in a [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting on Feb 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
After the Amy Beret spree,
I wanted to try out some other felted hat patterns.
Rolled Brim Hat by Bev Galeskas
This one was a disaster. It has an irregularly shaped brim due to short rows (yes, the irregularity is on purpose?!). I felted it and thought it looked weird because maybe it was under-felted. No, it’s just [...]
Posted in Caffeine, Knitting, Mittens on Feb 6th, 2009 4 Comments »
I went on a mitten spree…
February and January mittens with ends woven in and everything!
Which led to this
One October mitten, sans thumb, ends still loose.
It’s the October mitten from the same book by Katie Nagourney and Ann Swanson. I wanted to knit the mittens in the same Berroco Alpaca Light only using non-traditional [...]
