And Here It Is... The Raglan, Top Down, Seamless Sweater

Well I finished Leroy's seamless sweater yesterday. I gave it to him today but I totally forgot to bring the camera with me to get a pic of him in it... oh well, John can probably send me one sometime. It worked out pretty nicely I think. No seams (of course) and the only bit of strangeness was that the sleeves were a bit long on him (but then I got the measurements 2nd hand over the phone). It was no biggie, we just rolled them up and he looked quite cute. I hope to make one for Savanna next.

A Phone Case... The Tale of my First Cell Phone

Well, Aaron and I broke down and picked up a cell phone yesterday morning. We're going to be heading off to California next week so we thought it would be handy. It's one of those prepay dealys so no worries about a contract... nicey nice. Anyway I went about creating a case for it, not a cozy as it has exposed buttons and needed to be stiff, thankfully the phone was settled in a plastic shape in the packaging and that worked just fine. A bit more plastic cut from the container by tracing the phone shape worked well for the lid... then I just knit a cozy for the case. I finished it today- went real quick - and I put on the Velcro closer this morning. Ah, if all knitting projects went that fast. Oh, the KIT I ironed on is for Keep In Touch... but you guessed that didn't you you clever little monkey.

I also recently stopped by Value Village where there is an abundance of Threads magazines for about 50 cents each. I found one with instructions for a seamless raglan sweater knit from the top down. It was an article by Jean Dickinson from 1988, found some additional info about it on the net here. I got measurements from my niece and nephew from their mother over the phone and I'm currently working on a raglan sweater for Leroy. Looking good so far, and it goes fast. :)

Enter the Turtle...

Well, this is my second mosaic knit... wait a minute, I know what your thinking. It looks a lot like my first. Well that's because Aaron saw me knitting the coat for Archie and said he liked the pattern, and the colors, and even the thickness, he just thought it should be a hat. Well it's finished now and we've dubbed it the turtle. It's thick, it's warm, and best of all if Aaron wants to walk Archie they can match... though I don't think that was his intention. Insert evil laugh here.