Dish Towels

So I've been working on a knitted soaker for weeks. The first time I knit it, it was so big it could have fit an 8 year old. So I frogged and started over. Then I wanted ruffles on it. I knit and reknit the ruffles around the legs a few times until I gave up. Then when I was knitting ruffles for the butt, I finally figured out how to get the ruffles to look good, so I'm going to redo the leg ruffles.

Yes, that means I'm going to be undoing a lot.

And it means I'm putting too much work into a diaper cover.

So I took some time off and knit something else. The pattern is Mitered Dishcloth from the second Mason Dixon Book. I got it from the library. I love free books!


I chose the green to look good with our totally awesome olive green oven. I love the pooling- the colors were great for that. The buttons are little flowers. I don't think you can see them here, though. They are pretty vintagey. I think I'm going to have to make some non-hanging washcloths to match!

Summer time

Knitting I've worked on: Hearts


Lovely, quick pattern, which is good because I plan on making more.

My friend wanted to have a booth at the Farmer's Market on Saturday. I said I'd make stuff and sell them with her. Yeah. Did I ever tell you how much I suck at crafts? Something about straight lines. I did make candles- those are pretty easy. I melted down dollar store candles and bought assorted china from DI. This is what I made:

I also tried to sew a little girl's purse for Saturday- and I thought I got a picture, but now I can't find it, so it'll have to wait for later. Also, I knit a little sweater for Saturday. It needs blocking, so I'll post it later, too.

And here's a sewing project I've been thinking about for the past month. Old jeans. In the triangle in the back, I used denim from other old jeans and some lace. The only problem is the train- I can't really wear it around town. I've been trying various bustles, but denim doesn't drape very well. I think I'm going to give up on that.


I love the skirt, though. It's fun.

WIPs

Here are some of my current works in progress.

Sally the Eco Fairy needs hair and a face, maybe ears, maybe wings on her dress.

This will, believe it or not, become fish net stockings. Yes they're brown, but I have a vision for this and you all will have to trust me.


And this is my poor, sad Baby Surprise Jacket. I'm definitely running out of yarn. I love the colors, though. It's called "Snoopy's Crayons." Once upon a time I used to hate variegated yarn. I coming to love it due to a pooling thread on Ravelry. I wanted to take a picture to prove that I worked hard all of Conference weekend. And now I'm going to frog it and try it on smaller needles. If that doesn't succeed I'm going to have to find a new pattern for this yarn. I no longer have the card for the dye lot and this yarn is like $35/skein, so buying more is a little much for me.

FO: Postmodern

I finished these sometime last month. They sat around mostly completed for a long time. Finally added the ribbon.

I used the rest of the Marble Chunky in color MC14 that was left over from the shrug. I really do love the color changes.
Pattern: Postmodern in Knitty



There's a little too much flair- I think a little blocking will fix that. Also, the one on the right looks shorter- it's not I just didn't notice that before I took the picture.


Also, they were knit flat. I think I would have preferred the round. If I make some again, I'll do them in the round for sure.

FO: Foliage

Here's another FO for my cousin-in-law, Beth. I probably need a better pic of this one, too.

I used the pattern Foliage from the Fall 2007 Knitty and used Lamb's Pride in color M280 Orange Creamsicle.

Beth, if it's not what you wanted, I can find a different yarn and do it again- it only took me an evening and I really like the orange. In fact, I have more of the orange. Maybe I'll make myself one...

Oh, and the pictures from the last two posts weren't taken at my house, but at a friend's who lets me do my laundry at hers. :)

FO: Shrug

The pattern is here. I'll get a pic from the front later.

I used Chunky Marble that I bought at Kamille's.

The pattern calls for worsted and I used chunky which affected my gauge: I didn't knit as much as I thought I needed to. This was great because I ran out of yarn and was able to finish it off without that extra.

Ran out of yarn? Doesn't Chunky Marble have like a crazy amount in a ball? Yes. But I used it for another project, which is sitting in "need to add ribbon and take a picture" land. Knitting is completed for that project. Since I spread my yarn over 2 projects, I found I had just enough.

Baby Sweater!

Here's a little hat and scarf and baby sweater that I made for my sister's baby.

First the hat and scarf, which is being sported by a candle.


The hat is just a 2x2 ribbed tube. Near the top, I used a yo/k2tog row to create eyelet holes. I then made an I-cord and threaded it through and tied it in a bow. The scarf is just a 2x2 ribbed scarf.


The sweater is the 5 Hour Baby Boy Sweater pattern.


The yarn I used is re-purposed yarn that I bought from a friend, so I don't know what it is exactly. I'm pretty sure it's Caron Simply Soft, though (worked at Michael's for a year in high school- I am well-rehearsed in big box yarn).