Wow. It's been too long!!

I haven't knit on a regular basis in sooo long! :(

Here's an update.

The fairy went for $65. The doll went for $25. The hats went for - actually, I don't know. I do know that a few people were bidding back and forth, but I don't think I found out the last numbers. The knitting basket went for $100, and the HP basket I made with knit bookscarves went for over $100. Yay!

I am currently working on another fairy, and my first pair of little socks for my 2 year old daughter. :)

After that, I'm going to make some more dolls, and maybe try to design a few hats for a Boutique coming up in the Fall. This, of course, takes some actual knitting on my part, so we'll see.

A Tisket a Tasket

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

Pics:





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.

Ron Weasley

He's done!! Lookie!!

He has no clothes, but he has a scarf, so he doesn't have to be nakey! (Well, not completely.) Notice his bellybutton is unravelling. lol!




I'm on the head part of Gracie's "Dorothy" and have just started an unnamed babe for the auction. Woohoo!!

Holy sheep!

So, I don't know how it happened, but my house is just littered with yarn. Seriously. It's in at least 5 rooms in the house. Problem is, I take it out, intending to knit with it, and then get distracted and never put it away. Nevermind that the closet where 1/2 of it is stashed is VERY hard to get in and out of. Oh well. The husband hasn't complained about it yet, so I'm not going to sweat it.

So, without further adoo, here it is:

In the closet


My "fun" yarn - sparkly, fuzzy, knobby:


Yarn for Harry Potter projects (Gryffindor and Slytherin colors)


Yarn for hats & dolls (babes). Notice the fuzzy pink yarn on the left. It'll be fairy hair. The beautiful oranges on the right will be mermaid hair.


Christmas-y yarns:


Basket full o' yarn and unfinished objects. Greenish yarn on the bottle is for mermaid tail.


And, my knitting "bag" - it's sturdy, stands on it's own, and I can take it anywhere. Take note of the babe in progress.


Another knitting bag I use, made by my friend, Jen:


And finally, some nostalgia... my first knitting bag, circa 1981. I was 12. :)

Yet more hats!

Okay, here is the latest I'm working on...



It's the same pattern as the other Pastel Marley, but in a different combo of colors. I'm about 1/2 way done.

And the smaller petal hat (with only one petal sewn on):


I got permission from the author of the patterns to use them for the auction, so I'm excited!

Next up is the scarf/bookmarks, and then I'm going to start making babes again! I'm inspired! Gracie wants that mermaid I've wanted to make her, and Maddie wants a Ron Weasley doll. LOL!