A Tisket a Tasket

I put together a knitting basket. If you didn't knit, but wanted to, would you bid? :)

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What's in it?





“Knitting for Dummies”
“Kids Knitting”
“Fashionable Projects for New Knitters”
A small pattern book on dishcloths
3 cotton skeins for the dishcloths
4 bulky wool blend skeins for projects in either book
3 worsted weight skeins for projects in either book
size 8 bamboo straights
size 10 kid’s needles
a small spool
2 tapestry needles
a retractable measuring tape
a Susan Bates guide
stitch markers
a stitch holder
a blank notebook
a certificate for an hour of “knitting instruction” from me.

Don't try this at home

So, if you read my last post, you know I frogged an item, and tried to knit a hat. Well, knitting a hat on size 7 needles that you frogged from size 6 needles is not a good idea. Plus, it's been 2 years. Talk about TIGHT KNIT. *sigh*... Look. Just look for yourself and see how horrid this hat was turning out. *pout*

Lumpy, bumpy


Holey Moley


Kinkalicious (not)


So, I'm using the remaining yarn from the original hank that was unused, but in case it isn't enough, I spent some time steaming the kinks out. Not perfect, but much better.


Ugh. Well, that was a valuable, time-wasting lesson.

Ribbit!

So, when I was pregnant with Maddie, I started making a little teeny blue cardigan just in case she was a boy. Well, I didn't finish it, and she turned out to be a girl, and I just never got around to finishing it.

Who knows when I'll need to make a sweater for a baby boy (certainly won't be for MY kids), so I frogged the sleeve and back of the sweater and am putting them to use in a "boyish" hat, since my husband doesn't think the pastel hats I've made are for boys. *sigh* So, there will hopefully be 2 "girly" hats and one "boyish" hat at the auction, so I'm not seen as discriminatory. :P

Hopefully I'll have pictures soon.