Noro bag - before felting

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Felted Noro Bag

Felted Noro Bag
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Stripe Stripe Baby - Finished!

Stripe Stripe Baby
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Stroller blanket I designed, for a friend's baby.

Stripe Stripe in action

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As modelled by Ellie.

Zaedy's Treasure

Zaedy's Treasure
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I made this little purse out of sari silk for a friend's two-year old. The bottom is a larger garter stitch rectangle, folded over on itself to make a double thickness of fabric. I then picked up stitches around the edge and knitted in the round. The I-cord handlel ends sewn together to make a single loop, is a strand of silk held together with black cotton for added flexibility and strength.

Doggy Pi - Prefelting

Dooggy Pi - Prefelting
Originally uploaded by ShelbyD.

This is the pet bed I knitted up for Maggie. I probably won't get a chance to felt it for a while.

Blanket & Bag

I finished the knitting on the striped baby blanket earlier this week. I want to weave in the ends before I post a photo, because wanting to post a photo is the only way I'll feel motivated to weave in the ends. Know what I mean?

About ten seconds after I finished the last stitch of the blanket, I cast on for a felted bag with the Noro Kureyon I bought off of eBay. I'm not using a pattern, but have been inspired by several of the Black Sheep bags. I've already finished the body of the bag and am working on the strap. I am deeply in love with the Noro - springy and bright and such gorgeous colors. I'll have to keep searching for deals on it.

Ack - Bad Blogger

Work has been nuts, our company picnic was this weekend, and I haven't been knitting much over the past week due to my snippets of leisure time being taken up with reading Harry Potter 4, 5, and 6. I promise content this week, and maybe even a finished object.

Must. Not. Start. New. Thing.

I am trying really hard not to cast on for a new project. I've got the yarn and needles to make a doggie bed for Maggie, and I've balled up some of my Kureyon to start on a felted bag. My two needle options for the bag are currently in use for my NBaT and baby blanket, one of which I should finish before starting something new. I really should. Really really really should.

I think I just want some quick gratification. I'm almost 2/3 of the way through the blanket, but there's still lots of repetitive knitting to go. I'm maybe 2/5 done with the front piece of my T-shirt, so sleeves and seaming are yet to come. Childhood, dusty in the nether regions of the basket, is less than half done. I tore out Branching Out and won't be restarting it. The doggie bed is on big needles and would let me try Magic Loop. Maybe if I tell myself it's educational.....

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled to walk through its streets perpetually. One feels them passing like a whiff of air.
- William Butler Yeats

Midwest Knit Bloggers

I've just submitted the site for inclusion in the Midwest Knit Bloggers ring. Former residents are eligible, and I'm a native Iowa girl. Here I am last month, back in my hometown with dad, brother, and daughter:

Not Knitting, But..

Greg got into grad school!!!!!! He'll be starting his master's in Biotechnology at CSU Channel Islands this fall. We should get the official communication sometime within the next week. Yay for my smart husband!!

Guy Knits

Knitty's just put out their summer issue, knits for boys and men. What do you think? Discuss your thoughts at Knitter's Forum.

Hope everyone had a happy fourth! Today was the last day of our extended weekend, and we took Ellie to the LA Natural History Museum to check out the dinosaurs. Tomorrow it's back to work, but I think I can handle a three-day work week.

WIP NBaT back

WIP NBaT back
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I'm ready to start shaping the neck!

July 4 knitting purchases

July 4 knitting purchases
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Supplies for a doggie bed for Maggie and dishcloths for Mom.

WIP Stripe Stripe 7-4-05

WIP Stripe Stripe 7-4-05
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I've just started the second blue stripe. I'm planning three repeats of the color pattern, so I'm more than halfway done. Blankets get boring. Really boring.

Stash Shelf

Stash Shelf
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Remember how I can't buy more yarn than will fit in my stashket? Let's all laugh together. Between the wrapping supplies and the extra sheets, I now have a shelf in the guest room closet for extra yarn.