I MADE SOCKS!!!

I'm pretty excited - I knitted some socks! Granted, they are tiny ones - newborn size in fact. They were quick and not too hard at all. now I'm ready to try a grown-up pair. This little pair went to my new niece Robyn.

Progress on One Sweater

Here is my Amazing sweater body all pinned out. This is the most recent picture of my progress, even though I now have also blocked the sleeves and sewn the shoulders together. I gotta get another skein of the yarn to put the collar in, then I can finish sewing it up! This was my first experience with blocking...

Sock Monkey

Here are a couple little hats I made for Neo Pechey. I think they turned out cute, and little Neo is a cutie too! That's a lot of cute for one place, but I think his parents can handle it.

Amazing Scarf

Here is a scarf I knitted in Lion Brand's "Amazing" yarn. I love the colors!

Current Projects

Actually, I have quite a few more projects than this on the needles, but these are the ones I am actively working on just now...

Project Shrug: I am doing this one along with Maggie. I guess I didn't print out the pattern for this one because it's pretty much a rectangle. You can see what I'm making here. I think it's going to be nice and warm and comfy and I love the colors of this yarn. It's Lion Brand Homespun in Painted Desert.

Project Wisteria: I also decided to do the current Lion Brand knit-a-long, which is this sweater. I've been wanting to do SOMETHING with the Amazing yarn since it came out, so here it is. The colors are beautiful! Thanks to Sarah for picking the color for me by name over the phone...good choice! The color is called Arcadia.

Project Real Sweater: I started this sweater last winter, but have not worked on it during the warm weather.  I have pulled it out again to finish. This will be my first actual sew-it-all-together sweater. With cables even! I chose purple of course :)  So far I have 2 sleeves done and most of the back. Not too far to go!

Little Purses

I crocheted these up for the neices on Tuesday!

Starfish Washcloths

Flounce

Finally found something to be knitting on at the beach. Went to a little book/yarn store yesterday and got this yarn called "Flounce". The lady in the shop showed us how to knit with it and I started my scarf about half an hour ago. It comes out nice and ruffly (sp?). The pic looks kind of bluish, but the yarn is actually purples (of course!) Lovin' it!

Socky Monkey Boy!

Little Bears!

Finished Just in Time!

So, I did the Bernat Crochet-a-long that started back in September I think, and made all my little squares. The deadline for sending in my picture to be considered for the drawing was midnight on the 31st. I sent my pic at 11:55pm!! I spent the last 4 days sewing all these little guys together and getting some border on it. I like the colors and I think it turned out pretty good. I'll not be in a big hurry to do another blanket that requires sewing a bunch of squares together though...whew!

Mermaid

My sister called up and said she needed a mermaid...so here she is. I crocheted her with Lily Sugar & Cream. Her body was one of the scented ones, so she smells like Chamomile! I used some flower beads for her crown. I think she turned out pretty cute :)

Grampa's Lapghan

Made this one for my Grandfather :) It's made with a double strand of Wool-Ease Thick & Quick on size 19 needles!

Homespun Shawl

Here is a shawl I just made using Lionbrand Homespun yarn. I absolutely LOVED working with this yarn...the colors were so beautiful! It was certainly a pleasure to knit. The pattern wasn't bad, and I was able to finish the shawl in 3 days :)

Crochet Puppy

Knitting Needle Bouquet

Sea Critters...

These guys are crocheted. The seahorse was a new pattern posted this week on crochetpatterncentral.com and I got the little jellyfish pattern off there too. Had fun making these :)

Pardon My Pixie Dust!

Dave and I got Delilah a Tinkerbell board game for her birthday. Being one who has a small obsession with all things dice, I was really put off by the one little cruddy looking die that came with the game. To rectify the situation, I ordered some prettier dice...one to match each fairy...and knitted up this little pouch for her to keep them in. I think she'll really like it!