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People were cold – we can’t have that (kidding – they were warm but it adds to the mystery). Here’s what I made for Mom. The yarn is Yarn Bee Soft Delight Extremes – the color is EX brown. This is NICE yarn. It is double-stranded with Regia loden sock yarn. Maybe you can’t tell from the picture, but it is a keyhole scarf and a pair of fingerless gloves – very luxurious.
This hat and gaiter set was made for Dad. The hat is double thick and reversible. The camo yarn is Red Heart (ickkkkkkkkk) and the other yarn is I Love This Yarn (and I do) – the color is coffee.
…that wasn’t Dad…this is Dad…he likes getting his picture taken.
For Aunt Betty, I crocheted a scarf with the Yarn Bee Soft Delight Extremes – again EX brown – the second strand was Simply Soft – a pretty dusty rose color – unsure of the technical color name.
Posted January 7, 2010 ago at 12:41 pm.
This is my first knit baby sweater. I’ve done plenty of crocheted ones for charity, but with our first grandbaby on the way, I always knew this would be the push I needed to get past my fear. As I am my own worst critic, I know it’s boxy and not perfect but I feel I need to post it anyway just because it’s my first. The upside is……………this was fun…this was easy. This one has been donated to a charity.
The green yarn is just a ball of something from my stash and the white is Bernat Softee Baby.
Posted ago at 11:29 am.
Somehow I forgot to post this picture when I finished this project. This was the purse I knitted for Danielle for their wedding. She loved it. The yarn is Sinfonia mercerized cotton and the pattern is from Knitting the Easy Way by Terry Kimbrough. I have the book with the blue cover but mostly I only see the book with the red cover – I’m unsure if both books have this pattern. There are two Beaded Wedding Purses in the book. Mine is adapted from the “traditional version”. It was a fun knit.
Inside of the purse, Mark and I put a picture of Corey as a baby. Mark wrote a sweet little poem. I’ll have to attach that to this post later.
Posted December 13, 2009 ago at 7:07 am.
These three pair took forever to make. The red, white and blue pair – oh did I dislike that yarn. Until I told myself ok, they’ll be my 4th of July patriotic socks, I just dreaded working on them. After that, it was smooth sailing. The middle pair are for Mark . They were ok to work on except the solid color got a little boring but that’s because I love working with the self-patterning so much. The other pair – oh my – they were my biggest sock disappointment to date. They are Paton’s Kroy. It worked up beautifully. The pattern is the fluted banister pattern that I’ve always wanted to try and is actually brainless knitting and they turned out beautiful – until I washed and blocked them. They lost some of their brilliant color and felted just a bit. We’ll see how they wear but again, disappointed.
Helpful hint – don’t walk away from a photo shoot with cats in the house who adore and covet wool.
**Teri’s 4th of July socks – Regia 5346
Mark’s maroon socks – Regia Stretch 32
Teri’s fluted banister socks – Paton’s Kroy Stripes 56615 Bronzed Berry Stripes**
Posted June 5, 2009 ago at 5:48 am.
Happy Mother’s Day to Mom! I made her these socks and we bought her a wireless mouse and keyboard. She was pretty happy. I was not fond of this sock yarn – the color looked a little dull to me but Mom loves them and that’s all that matters. Mom – you are loved.
*Paton’s Stretch Sugar 32415**
Posted ago at 5:47 am.
Doesn’t Corey make a lovely foot model? These are Corey’s newest socks, although these are from March 6, so I’m wayyyyyy behind on posting. The socks Corey got for Christmas were not a perfect fit so I made him these to his specifications (mental note – Sock Wizard doesn’t work for everybody).
**Regia Stretch Nordic Oslo 124**
Posted ago at 5:45 am.
Happy 21st Birthday to Danielle! We had a sweet little party for Danielle. We had brownie sundaes and I knitted a scarf and fingerless gloves for her with yarn she picked out from my stash. Clearly, she loved them.
**Regia Crazy Chris 5439**
Posted ago at 5:44 am.
Delicious! But what is it??? This is a ball of all of my scrap sock yarn. I perused lots of books and websites trying to decide what to make with my scraps that I have collected so far (an overflowing basket, which was screaming “DO SOMETHING NOW!!”). I decided to make a blanket for Mark and I. I am double-stranding and making garter stitch squares using a size 8 needle. As for the yarn, it is one strand of the scrap yarn and one strand of Regia Stretch 1, which is sold as blanc or white but is really off-white. Below is the first square.
Posted January 28, 2009 ago at 2:07 pm.
Ahhhhhh – more Regia – this dose of enabling is brought to you by Joan. We all need a Regia enabler in our life.
Posted ago at 1:46 pm.
**Regia Stretch Color 117 with Regia black for heel and toe contrast**
These socks just called out for contrast so I did the heels and toes in black. I LOVE how they turned out. I made them to wear for “Christmas Eve” at my parents’ house, which is actually being held tonight, on New Year’s Eve, since Mom was in the hospital on Christmas Eve (in total, she was in the hospital December 23, 24 and 25). So, I hurried and finished them to wear them for “Christmas Eve”, washed them and blocked them last night so they would be ready for the party tonight.
Posted December 31, 2008 ago at 3:25 pm.
