Here's another view. Since it has a square top I told him he could wear it sideways to look like he has ears. I informed Aaron I thought he looked cute in this picture (he thinks he looks dopey). Anyway, I like it.
Here it is (finally). the bright color of the varigated yarn really shows. I decided to do it in garder, I didn't much like the way it looked in stocknit. Plus garder seemed to make for a thicker fabric.
Well this is my first mosaic knit. I made it into a little coat for Archie. Doesn't he make a fine little model? He doesn't like looking into the camera much though. I think I might next try loom knitting some of the slipper socks that Kristi suggested. My last loom project (a baby blanket) got turned into a bathmat, but it's a very nice bathmat and was far too thick as a baby blanket so no complaints.
Here's Amber in her hat. I must admit I do enjoy working with fun fur. So far I haven't had to pay for it... wonder what will happen when I run out.
Doesn't she look adorable in it? I love the way the fun fur frames her face. I've also started a bit of loom knitting with the knifty knitter looms. I loomed a banana berry hat for Amber with a bit of fun fur in the rolled cuff (I hope to get a picture of her in it later). I'm currently looming a baby blanket in blue. I may be adding a sage green crochet edge to it afterward as the ends tend to curl a bit. Hmmm... tends to curl. We truely are knitting models of the universe. Reminds me of Kristi's mobius straps. Anyway, I was thinking. If you can do ribbing on a loom, and you can switch between two colours, then there's no reason you shouldn't be able to illusion knit on a loom, though the design would have to be quite large. Pretty cool, an optical illusion in a loom knit garment... worth a thought.
Well, I gave up on the Alphabet baby blanket, bit too complicated really, and decided to make a honey comb hat for Savanna. The bees were solid glass so I sewed on little yellow buttons and superglued the bees to them. I added a a little off white yarn to the very end (I was running out of yellow and I wanted more of a cuff) along with some white fun fur. I used the same combination to put a line of crochet along the bottom of the cuff. I think it turned out rather well.
And here are my little green booties. I showed them to the mother-to-be and she seemed pleased. I've started work on an alphabet baby blanket. Hopefully I'll have a pic of it in progress soon.
I love Amber's scarf so far, though you can see some of the texture here the picture doesn't do it justice.
Here's Kristi's project. A quiver to be felted and worn across the back. It's looking great so far. She's really inspired me to try felting something, not sure what yet...
...and I forgot my camera. I had alot of fun though, thanks guys. A big thanks to Kristi who let us have it at her house, I do hope Christopher gets to feeling better. I've been fiddleing with the edging idea for my hat... I'll put up a photo when I finaly pick one and finish it. I'm going to go ahead and try an I cord again on my own (from memory unless I scanned something in on the computer, better check that), but if I can't manage it I may be calling on Kristi for help. Oh and thanks again Amber for the yarn, you didn't have to do that, it was so sweet. :)
Well I've finished mom's scarf, short and sweet. I think she's going to like it. I decided to skip the hood. I'll still get practice in on that someday, but I have to admit that the hood was probably more me than her. Here I am, still trying to push the things I like on other people. Well at least I'm aware of the problem, that's got to count for something right? Anyway, this is my first post in awhile that hasn't involved something doll related ('bout time too).
Well I made another one for Archie, and look it even has a little R for Riverdale (yeah, I know, I'm a little strange). Savanna's Betty and Veronica dolls came with school outfits in white and blue with yellow trim so I thought, why not? I put up an offer on Ebay to custom knit them to buyers color specifications and with the letter of their choice (they only take about 6 and 1/2 hours to complete so no biggie, and I get faster with each one). I think it could be fun if they catch on, but even if they don't I'm still having a pretty good time with these. Oh, nearly done with my mom's scarf. Should have a pic up soon.
I'm always amazed by the things that inspire us. The magazine photo was very 1950s, but I instantly felt that this was something I wanted to knit. It was only after repeating the cable pattern about three times that I realized I was knitting it for my mother. It seemed to flow quite naturaly after that. I'm not quite sure how I'll manage the hood, I've never done one before and in the picture it looks a bit... elfin. Still, I believe it's something she'd like so I'll try to keep as close to style as possible. I've toyed with the idea of making the scarf longer than in the picture, and I might, at least a little. But if there's one thing I've learned it's that you should give gifts that suit the person who's actually recieving them, not the person you imagine them to be.
