Completed Shell

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Seat of my pants design, in white and teal Wool-Ease.

Pumpkin's PS Shell in progress

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Happy Birthday, Me!

The Itty Bitty Hats book by Susan Anderson has several cute ideas in it. I made my second hat from it for Bea over the last few days. It's the upside-down daisy hat, in dusty rose and white. I used some Lion Cotton that I bought on Saturday afternoon, at the local Hancock Fabrics going out of business sale. That's the second local craft chain store to go under in the last few months. I picked up the cotton, some Magic Stripes sock yarn, a pair of purse handles, many buttons, and some ribbon yarn for trim. It's the first yarn purchase I've made since New Year's Eve - I've been knitting from my stash these past few months.

A few of my work friends and I went out to lunch today to celebrate my birthday, and while we were waiting for our order I finished turning the heel and picked up the gusset on Ellie's rainbow sock. It's turning out pretty cute.

Over the weekend I finished Ellie's sweater. I decided to skip any sleeve worries by making it a shell-style tank. The 90+ weather this weekend was a contributing factor in that decision.

I need to take some photos of all this!

Where did February go?

Since I posted last, the kids have been sick, then well, then one was sick again. We canceled our Valentine's Day lunch due to the sickness v.1, but had a lovely sushi make-up lunch the following week. A Wii was, finally, procured. There was much joy.

There has also been much work, even in the precious post-kidbedtime hours, and not much time for knitting. I did, however, manage to finish the second basketweave sock. I also designed, started, frogged, redesigned, and restarted a sweater for Ellie. It's in the Project Spectrum Feb/March colors of Blue and White, and I hope I can manage the sleeves. I'm feeling pretty comfortable about the body, but the sleeves are making me nervous.

Bye Bye, Blazer

Last night I frogged the back of the Equestrian Blazer, since it probably won't be flattering on me. Now I have nine balls of deep blue Cascade with no project planned for them.

Today I will be knitting afghan blocks during the Super Bowl for Warm Up America as part of the Super Sunday Knit In put forth by Knitty Gritty. In order to tie it in to Project Spectrum, I have chosen white and blue yarn for my blocks.

Lullaby Sweater

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B modeling the "Julie's Itchy Fingers" sweater I made for her while I was pregnant. It's still a little big, but it's a good outer layer on chilly days.