Friday, April 22, 2011

baby talk

My friends are reproducing like crazy, so I've been doing quite a bit of baby knitting.

I even suppressed my dislike of colorwork for a whole sixteen rows to knit this!

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Pattern: Fly Away Home
Yarn: Vanna's Choice in red and black on US 7 needles

And for the daughter of an old astro friend from college, I felt this was necessary.

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Pattern: Stars, from Susan B. Anderson's Itty Bitty Hats
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease in pink heather, and Vanna's Choice in admiral blue and yellow on US 7 needles

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Tiny hats for tiny heads!

Friday, April 15, 2011

this is the sweater that never ends

Because I am wearing it today, you get a look at what I refer to as the Neverending Cardigan!

(without flash)
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(with flash)
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Pattern: Ashfield Cardigan, from New England Knits
Yarn: Lily Chin Gramercy (11 balls) on US 4 needles

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I call it "neverending" because I began this sweater last November and only finished it on the last day of March. I am never knitting a sweater for myself on size 4 needles again. And, while I had a bag of ten balls of yarn, it wasn't enough to finish, so I had to go a-hunting. Luckily a very nice woman swapped me her remaining 1.5 skeins for a ball of Regia!

Close up of the lace pattern:

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Monday, April 11, 2011

um, hi

Yeah, I disappeared. Life complicated a few things. So here's a knitting catch up post of some stuff I've done over the past few months.

A Turn-a-Square (by Brooklyn Tweed) hat
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and modeled by Torchwood writer James Moran

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A Pom Pom Scarf

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Baby sun hats

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And a yellow chick (from Zoe Mellor's Knitted Toys)

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More soon, I promise, if you're still around and reading me!