SomerKnits

But first, the puppy. Yay for Puppy! His name is Samson, isn't he adorable? He's already substantially bigger than when we brought him home, but this picture was taken the very frist day he was home. Ok, the spa set. I made a basket using the felted basket pattern I bought at Eva's last winter but I used a slip stitch basket weave pattern instead of making it solid. Here is is pre-felting. And here is post felting all filled up with 3 knit wash cloth, 1 coaster, a candle, and 2 yummy soaps. It holds its shape pretty well. It was Heather Arnott's Christmas present this year. I was so late in finishing the basket though that I had to put it in the dryer, on the rack that keeps it from spinning and run warm air through it all day on christmas day. The washcloths are all different shade of light blue, one in the lion brand dishcloth pattern, one in the moss rib that has been so popular with some of the TOChicksWithSticks and one in a self-striping basic grandmoth...

So here it finally is! The Greetings From Knit Cafe skirt done in KnitPicks Cot-Lin Morracan Red. Ta-da! First we have the bound off and ends woven in version, still in need of somekind of a drawsting at the waist and possible decoration through the eyelet row. Then we have the finished version complete with ribbon just waiting to be worn. And I think the rest of the pictures can speak for themselves. We have the Christmas Eve family photo and then some my sister took at home in front of the christmas tree, trying to get every angle of the skirt. **Edit, the published post ended up with the pictures in a different order than I put them in, so reverse that. I may be biased, but I think the skirt looks great! I was really happy with how easily and how well this pattern worked up. The measurements were pretty accurate, so the fit is pretty close to perfect. So if someone asked if I would recommend this project, the answer would be definitely yes. :-) I wish I had more time to write, but...

The red skirt is completely finished. All the ends are tucked in and its ready to go for Christmas Eve. Yay! I promise there will be pictures soon. I just love how it turned out. And it was pretty quick to make. The hardest part was the lace panels at the bottom and those weren't really hard at all, they just took a little time. Ok, off to work!

I finished another Christmas present last night! I was suprised at how quickly that particular present knit up. I may have to make more of those! I know, very vague. There will be a lot of picture posting and a lot more explanation after Christmas. I've been riding into work with my mom because of the ice storm, so thats given me a bit of extra knitting time everyday. When you are doing the big Christmas push, every little bit counts. The fact that it is super cold does not help my knitting though. Its hard to knit with frozen hands. So much to do, so little time. And I'm missing all my Cali friends as I read about their Christmas parties and whatnot. I got a package in the mail from Shelley the other day. Thanks, Shelley! I love it. Yes, I already opened it. Didn't think I'd wait, did you? :-P This hasn't been a particularly informative or interesting update, but thats whats going on here. Oh, and my new boyfriend is distracting, but I'm ok with t...

So, the Greetings From Knit Cafe skirt is done! Well, its bound off, but I haven't tucked in all the little ends yet. I promise a picture as soon as I do. I plan to wear it Christmas Eve, so there will definitely be pictures from that. :-) Its such a pretty skirt and I felt soooo good when I finished it. I was seriously so happy I stood up and tried it on over my pants in the living room of some people I had just met. Luckily, I think the wife understood. In other news, major ice storm last night! I took a bunch of pictures this morning, here are but a select few: The view out from the kitchen, my mother's fish pond. Luckily the fish don't mind the cold as long as the water is moving. The house from the front. The flags are frozen down to the pole. Part of the front yard. It looks so pretty and sparkly from inside where its warm. And next, here are the pictures of the toddler dress I made for Kim Burns' baby shower. Its from the book Speed Knitting and only took me ab...

My main focus recently has been cranking out that skirt from Greetings From Knit Cafe in the red knitpicks cotlin. And I'm 16 rows from being done! YAY! I wanted to work on it last night but I ended up baking about a million cookies for my mom instead. I have also been working on some baby and christmas presents, other wise the skirt might have been done. In facr, I just took a really cute little toddler dress to a baby shower last weekend. The pattern was out of Speed Knitting and it was so wonderfully simple and since it was knit in the round there was no sewing and very few ends to weave in. SUPER YAY. The skirt is going to have about a million and one ends because of all of the lace panels at the bottom. This weekend there is another baby shower so I am working on a quick gift for that one as well. And I've thought of a couple things I'd like to make as Christmas gifts if I have time. Where did the time go? Compared to all the time I used to have to knit, I ...

In California most people who knew me also knew I was an obsessive knitter. They had all grown accustomed to the fact that I usually had some knitting either on my person or very close by and that I would pull it out without hesitation at just any old time. Sometimes they would laugh, or they would shake their heads, but mostly they were used to it. All the guys from work would give me crap for it, but that was mostly for show (yeah, I can see right through you guys). And it also made it easier that I had surrounded myself with a core of knitters almost as completely obsessed as I am. Here in Tulsa I am back to explaining that always having knitting on me is "just what i do." Just because I am knitting doesn't mean I'm not paying attention. When I am out and about with non-knitters I usually work on things I don't even have to look down at. So it doesn't mean I'm bored, doesn't mean I'm not interested, it just means my hands thought that the...