SomerKnits

It was brought up yesterday at brunch that I started my blog after the dress I made in the spring was done and therefore never really posted about it. And I was asked where all the pictures of it went, there was concern that they were left out of the slideshow. So, I sat down and watched the entire slideshow, start to finish. I had no idea it had gotten that long! It took 12 minutes to get to the point in the slideshow where the blue dress is and it took over 15 minutes to get all the way through it! Wow. I seriously had no idea. Its all those washcloths, I'm sure. They are so quick to make and I add pictures every couple weeks and eventually the slide show will take half an hour! (ok, that might be an exaggeration) Anyway, thank you Shelley's Mom for taking the pictures of the blue dress when I wore it for the first time. :-) This dress was super quick to make and I love wearing it. Oh, and since I brought up brunch at the beginning of this post, have I ever mentio...

I was gonna wait to post it until after I had a picture of me in it, but I've gotten impatient, so here you go: The Venezia Dress!!! Except I didn't use Venezia, I used Collinette. Isn't it purdy? The pattern is free on the Tahki Stacey Charles website. I just love the drop stitch hem and neckline. see? Its kind of hard to see what it really looks like on a hanger, but I think the drop stitch neck is very flattering. And purdy. And I love the hippie tie dyed effect of the beautiful handpainted ribbon. Here's a close-up of the place where the stockinette skirt changes to the garter stitch bodice. See all the pretty colors on the lovely wine background? Ok, instead of typing about knitting, I think I'll go off and knit for a bit. :-) I'm going to work on the Kat's Pretty Pink Dress I'm making in blue. Its out the Greetings From Knit Cafe, which is a wonderful book, despite the insane number of corrections. The photographer for that book is ...

This entry is a bit over due, but a I was waiting to have the pictures on the computer. A couple weeks ago I worked a couple club gigs as the merch girl for some old friends. I was actually hoping toget to go out on the road with them, but it didn't pan out. But while I was sitting in those dark night clubs waiting to sell people t-shirts and CDs, I got to finish a lovely cloth in the new Bernat Organic cotton, pictures below. And then I finally got to try the new self-striping sugar and cream yarns!!!!!! This one is obviously just a Grandmother's Favorite in the Sugar and Cream natural stripes. I think its really pretty, but when I finished that one I wanted to do something a little different with the other half of the ball, so..... I jotted down a quick eyelet pattern, just before they opened doors at the Viper Room. Just a k2, k2tog, YO kind of thing with some knit rowns and some purl rows. And a seed stitch border. But then while my mom was in town this last week...

I finished the cloth I was making for my exchange partner in the knitdishcloths group last night and I am mailing the package out today! I had EXACTLY enough yarn. There was about 1 1/2 feet left over after I finished. I was seriously sweating it there at the end because I didn't have anymore of that color and I was soooo afraid I was going to run out. But it came out perfect and I think the cloth is really pretty. :-) So I hope she likes all her goodies. I'll post pictures after she tells me she got the pacakage.

Things have been hectic between work and packing, but don't worry, it doesn't mean I'm not knitting! I have been managing to keep up with my knit-alongs and, although I haven't posted them yet, I have been taking pictures. I've made a number of gifts recently, as well, and I don't want to post about them or pictures of them until after they have been gifted, so you will just have to be patient. I almost have my knitdishcloths exchange package for my partner Michele all ready to mail out. I am hoping to mail it monday on the way to my really not fun dentist apointment. The dentist thinks its funny that I knit while I wait for him. I even asked him for scissors when I was there last week for a cleaning because I finished the cloth I was working on and wanted to start another. :-) I think it would be funny to make him a cloth with a tooth on it. I saw a pattern for one somewhere. I am loving the MonthlyDishcloths mid-month KAL. Its a pretty cable pattern a...

Here's the Vogue Knitting skirt all laid out for blocking. It takes up my whole dining room table! Ain't it purdy? I wore my skirt to knitting group last friday to show it off. I'm so happy its done. I worked on it for almost a year and a half! Buts its so beautiful, its all worth it! The crocheted edging took me forever, and I stayed up until almost one a.m. that night finishing tucking in all the little ends. And looks at how it twirls! The first picture we took it actually twirled so high my slip was showing, so this is a very modest twirl. :-) I know, its terrible it took me over a week to post the pictures, but I know you'll all forgive me. Oh, and I changed out the elastic, so it no longer slides down. The knew elastic is much stronger and I can spin without haveing to hold it up!