Baby Surprise Jacket Wednesday, May 7 2008

Okay, my husband’s friend and his wife are having a baby, so my husband asked me if I would make them something. I kind of kicked the idea around for a while because I didn’t want it to take up a whole lot of my time. I mean, I have this delusion that I am going to be able to knit sweaters for my entire extended family for Christmas, so I really don’t have time to even THINK about other stuff. I was in my LYS one day a couple of weeks ago and saw a baby surprise jacket that the owner had made. Well, I fell in LOVE with it, so I got the yarn that I would need for it, and I got the pattern. Then the yarn and the pattern hung around my knitting area for a while because I really didn’t have time to take on a new project. Well, last Friday evening while I was sitting in my area knitting, I was thinking about the fact that I would be going to my LYS the next day. Then I started thinking that I had made such a big deal about how gorgeous the BSJ was and buying the things I needed right away, then I hadn’t even started on it yet. So I started it Friday night. Then I brought it with me Saturday to my LYS and worked on it there. I have been working on it almost exclusively since then – with the exception of the socks that I was trying to finish. Well, I finished the socks Monday and finished the BSJ last night. I am so happy with this project. I mean, it knits up really quickly, it is beautiful, it is easy, and the yarn I used was absolutely a pleasure to work with. (Ornaghi filati 100% cotton)

Here are the funky looking socks (I call them Christmas socks because they are green and red) that I made for my daughter’s roommate.

And here is the Baby Surprise Jacket for my husband’s friends:

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Current Projects Monday, Apr 28 2008

I posted about my current projects the other day, but was unable to post pictures with it because the batteries were dead in my camera. I have since taken those pictures and am now able to post them. First is the puff-sleeved cardigan that I am making for my niece for Christmas.

The color is closer to the true color in the second picture.

Next is the cable trim sweater I am working on for my sister-in-law. It has a beautiful cable rib on the bottom which I have just finished (on the back):

I did more rows of the rib than the pattern called for (some dummy misread the pattern), but it will work out okay because the final measurement will still be the same, and I’ll make sure I do the same amount of cable rib for the front so that it will look as though it was supposed to be that way.

I am also making some socks for my daughter’s roommate. She bought the yarn and sent it to me, so I stopped working on the sweaters and am moving right along on the socks.

I am actually farther along than this now. I have turned the heel and am now working on the foot part. I will update the picture in my next post.

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Socks Saturday, Jan 26 2008

I wish I could knit socks. I want to. I’ve been wanting to. I just can’t seem to understand how to use dpns. And now, everywhere I go (online) there are people knitting socks. Every blog I visit or surf, someone is knitting socks or has knitted socks, or just finished knitting socks. I taught myself how to knit using a book, so I was thinking that the same would apply for knitting socks. I tried, I really did. I used several different books (with pictures) but still could not get the hang of using dpns. I even tried using videos from internet on how to, but nope. Of course, this also means that any hat pattern that requires dpns, I also can’t do.  Sometimes I adjust hat patterns to accommodate my straight or circ needles, then just put a seam, but hats look so much better if they are knitted completely in the round with no seam.  One day I will ask the lovely ladies at my LYS if they would show me/teach me how to knit socks. They are all very friendly and a little impressed with some of the sweaters and scarves I’ve made, so maybe they’ll do that for me. We’ll see …

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