Monthly Archives: April 2011

So I finally finished my OBEY Scarf. It seems like I’ve been working on this foreveeeer. In reality it’s only been since January, but it was the most complex pattern I’ve ever tackled. So I finished the really hard part January 10th… and in the meantime I’ve just been working on the 5 1/2 feet of stockinette stitch on itsy bitsy tiny needles with very thin yarn. Seriously, it took forever to get that part done. And then last night I finally decided to work on the “Obey” part of it.

It all kind of turns into a tangled mess and you can’t really tell if it will turn out ok until the very end. Kind of frustrating, but I think it turned out alright.

And in this light I know it looks pink, but it’s really dark red. For some reason the lighting outside (on my front porch) made it look really pinkish…

I am just so glad that this project is finally DONE.

Whew. It will probably be a long time before I try intarsia knitting again!

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Ok, so here’s the thing. I got this super awesome deal on this Cascade SuperWash Quattro Yarn that was really cute and I thought I’d make something fun for my baby boy. So I cast on some stitches without any real idea of what I was making and it turned into this:

Which Paul immediately declared “Too girly.”

Darn.

I didn’t think it was too girly, but I can understand how he’d think so… the sleeves kind of flare out a bit, so I can see how it might seem a bit feminine. Here’s where I need your vote: Too girly or is it ok for a boy? It’s not like I don’t know any baby girlies who wouldn’t mind a little shirt.

So go cast your vote!

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I love knitting baby sweaters. This bodes well for my little Togglebuttons, as I am sure he’ll get a whole host of knitted sweaters and outfits. At he’ll be born at the end of the hot season, so just in time to get to wear a lot of knitted hoodies, sweater vests, etc, etc. Anyway, I’ve got a few things in the works for little ToggleButtons, but there’s been a whole bunch of baby showers so I had to put those aside to make some cute things for other little babies who need knitted goodies.

This sweater is for our friends Chris and Abby’s brand new baby, Owen. He sure is a cutie. And since I don’t have a baby to model it for you, you get to see it laying on a chair in my kitchen!

I stole the buttons off an old pair of Paul’s pants.

And actually, Paul picked out the colors for the sweater, too! He’s a handy guy to have around.

So, on a whim I decided to pull out my trusty ol’ canister to see if it made the hood any more appealing to look at… I can’t ever get the hood to look right when I am trying to show you my knitted things… but it ended up just looking like a Jawa from Star Wars, but I’ll show it to you anyway because it makes me laugh.

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I made another Hammerhead shark. I like this guy.

He’s a bit chubbier than the last hammerhead I made, which I think works for this guy since I couldn’t get his eyes quite right.

I actually ended up having to remake this guy 3 times just to figure out how to get his head on right. I couldn’t remember how I did it the first time I made him and of course I wasn’t smart enough to write down the pattern, naturally.

But all is well. He is with his new cute little owner now, who I hope will love him as much as I did.

In other knitting news, I am thinking of making some kind of a knitted mobile for the baby, and wanted your input. What sort of things should I knit for it? A sea-creature mobile? An animal mobile? Geometric-shape mobile? Birdie-mobile? Slugs, snails and puppy dog tails? Let me know in the comments what you think I should make! I like it when other people are creative for me!

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