Friday, September 29, 2006

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This is Michaela's Sweater knit of Caron Simply Soft. I think it's cute (the buttons are tiny flip flops) but if I do it again I will drop down a needle size. I got gauge, but it feels "flimsy" to me.

The Halloween vest will probably go to Alex for next year, after I enter it in the fair. The needles (Addi turbo) are driving me nuts, every time I use Addis' I hate them, so slick, I just wrestle the stitches and when doing color work like this that's double hard! Gonna go online and search for clover or crystal palace in size 3 24" to save my sanity.

BTW there is an error in the Knitpicks pattern...they say ribbing color is white, orange, yellow, but that's wrong..it's white yellow orange. There is no photo of the Halloween vest in the booklet, but is one on the website...I got the ribbing done, started on the chart and thought this is weird looking....started looking for the photo and yep...eratta...I wrote to them, but no response. Also can't tell from chart which is "green" and which is "grass" so I arbitrarily decided that since there were three bands of greeny I'd do the bottom and top in the lighter color (grass) and the middle in the darker (green). I think I'm going to have TONS of yarn left...especially the "green" as there's only 2 rows of it. Might have to do the crayon vest next. I'd make socks but this is not superwash and hubby (aka the obsessive laundry fairy ) would dryer them for sure! and my American girl doll would have felted Halloween socks! I could put big photo's up over the washer with a large stop sign..stop..do not wash or dry this item! ha! He does laundry, I'm not complaining, no... not complaining at all.

The steeking is different that I've ever done, so I'll be pulling my hair out for that I'm sure...Hope no erratta's there! I'm a long way from that point, not nearly at 8 inches yet, time to fret still.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Lots of down time, lots of knitting

These are the "triplett" socks I made for my friend Cindy who is expecting the arrival of her newborn triplett boys from Eithiopia in early November. I wanted her to have something "real" until they got here. Made from leftovers of
Treking, Regia and Regia. All 32 stitchs on size 2 needles. 8 rows ribbing, 12 rows leg, heel flap, gussett decreases, 5 rows foot, toe decreases, graft.

Well, my knee is better every day, but I've overdone it the last 4 days...however, my house is now looking much more like I want it too! Daughters old room is now a guest room, spotlessly clean and fresh! Even found a bargain on new sheets for the oddly sized super single water bed, Target had extra long twin sheet sets on sale for $6.48, so I bought two sets, put the fitted ones into the garage sale box and have 2 sheets that fit and two pillow cases! Yay!

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Trip to Wal-mart!

Whoo hoo! Just came back from Wal-mart! First shopping trip since I got back from Chicago, used one of their motorized carts, what a blessing instead of having to walk. I'm tired out though and I'm going to go lie down for a while.

Bought buttons for Michaela's sweater but they're too big, oh well, I'll try again. It's so plain, it needs "dressing up".




These 12 hats are the one's my mom made for warm up america, and the other photo are the measly 6 I've made!
My mom's a "machine" fast and even tensioned all the time.