Well it was pretty cold out side for meeting this time, luckily Amber planned ahead and had slippers with loom socks for us to wear (dig that fancy fur at the top -- yo). And I finally got a picture of one of her lovely cravat scarves. Very clever and very handy with all this wind we seem to be having. No way mother nature is blowing that one away. I'm thinking of making one myself.
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.
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.
My first sideways knit, and my first time working with raw silk. It's not quite finished yet but I think it's coming along well. Amber is working on a lovely little ascot type scarf as well, though I forgot to take pics last meeting (slaps self on head). Ah well, I'll be sure to get a pic of it soon. ;)
Well, it only came to me after everyone had left that I'd only gotten pictures of my coat. Ah, well. 'spose it makes up for last time when none of my stuff was up there. I think it turned out well, I love the cableing. I just need to add the buttons with icord fasteners and the pink flower and it's good to go. Much thanks to Amber for her refresher tutorial on the knifty knitter slipper socks, that was most helpful. And thanks to Kristi for sharing a look at her new yarn finds. May our yarn stashes grow ever more abundant!
These are now only $32 on amazon, you can even get free shipping if you don't mind a bit of a wait. It's a much better deal than the $80 to $100 I'd been seeing lately. And, yes I finally bought one :) Should give us some good ideas for mosaic knits.
Well I have to admit it. I really have become a fair weather non-knitter. The sun comes out and I find things to do other than knit. Oh the humanity! Oh well, I'm still working on my projects for my nieces (you can just see the heart poking out a bit on the illusion knit sweater can't you?). I've also included a pic of Amber's adorable forest colored scarf. I've really got to sit down and make me a loom scarf... it seems such an obvious thing to do with a loom doesn't it, but here I am adrift in a sea of past loom hats... Ah well, what was I saying. Oh yes, and here is Kristi's lovely wrap in shades of ocean blue (correct me if I'm wrong on the name Kristi, I know it's hand dyed and it deserves it's proper moniker.) I really like the beads on this wrap, very much like bubbles on the ocean waves. Well, we had a lot of fun. We even watched You, Me and Dupree... Amber's right, you never do look at butter the same way again, or at Audrey Hepburn for that matter. Ah well, that's why I found you don't play around with the funky cold medina.... Peace out.
Well, I discovered something I could felt with the wool yarn Kristi gave me. I thought about redying it, but then I thought - why fight it and tryed to go for a 70s look. It's not bad, and it gave me a chance to practice the leaf edging again.
I almost forgot, I've started knitting for dolls again. This is a fingerless glove and scarf set I made recently. It's made with angora yarn which was so nice to work with. You gotta love yarn that's made from bunnies (their fur that is).
No knitting night tonight... oh well, but I thought I'd post my latest project. I finished it a couple of days ago and brought it to Leroy yesterday. It's a bit big but that's good because its double knit and it will be awhile before it's cold enough that he'll need it. It's very... green, as you can see. :)
Well now they've figured out how to make the stuff...
