So, I’ve managed to take photos of some of the things I’ve been working on lately. And here they are!

The cozy v-neck pullover from Fitted Knits. If it weren’t for the yarn, it’d be much cozier. That llama in the Pastaza, it just pokes through all the layers! But I do love the sweater and I’m thinking I’d like to knit it out of the Blue Sky Alpaca’s worsted handdyes. It would be $$$ but wow, would it be nice.

Fingerless mittens for the kids. I didn’t use a pattern, but just figured my own based on the gauge. Honor’s are made out of some leftover louet gems worsted that I had (but we want to carry it at Tangle next fall) and Eden’s are made out of our new PJ’s yarn. It’s a poly fleece ribbon that is SUPER soft!

Pics of the playroom turned office. It’s usually not quite as cluttered, but Jim had all his music equip and snowboard out from recent use. The floor is painted the same color as the dining room because we had A LOT of extra paint. (And I love the color.)

A baby hat and sweater that I made for our new nephew. I need to get it to him as I hear he’s packing on the pounds! Sweater is the Knitting Pure and simple baby pullover pattern #214 and the hat is a free pattern that you can download from tangle’s website.

Curtains that I sewed for the dining room. If you happen to see similar fabric at Urban Outfitters in the bedspread dept, just don’t go making the connection…

And my new neckwarmer. This is handdyed yarn similar to Colinette Point 5. I knitted a lining (Christina’s idea) out of a super soft acrylic yarn – GGH esprit. I LOVE this neckwarmer.

I’m so behind on posting and taking pictures of what I’ve knit it’s ridiculous. It seems like my knitting and the camera are never in the same place at the same time. But I do have a small offering for you.

The Matilda hat: I knit this one out of Eco Wool. Can I just say how great that yarn is? It just seems like the skein is never ending. This hat was knit from the leftovers from my fitted knits cardi.

With this hat I also demonstrated the power of blocking. The brim was all floppy and mooshy and after an agressive steam, it turned out perfect! Christina shared with me her German way of blocking. She lays a damp towel directly on the knitting and then lays the iron directly on the towel and steams away. It’s nice because it drys in no time.

Overall, I love the hat. I just wish I would have made it a tad smaller.

So I decided to add more buttons to my short sleeved cardigan from Fitted Knits and it turned out great.

It’s really comfy and now I’m just waiting for this warm spell to end so I can wear it! (not that I’m complaining, I lurve this weather!)

I used 2 skeins of Eco wool, added in 5 more button holes and knit this in about a week and a half. All it needs is a little blocking! I will say that I wish I wouldn’t have gone down on needles for the ribbing and knit one size smaller because the fit on top is a tad loose.

Here’s the sweater in action with Tucky puppy. (note: Friday I got my hair chopped. I don’t think it’s been this short since the terrible haircut of ’03. But this time I quite like it.)

(all photos by Eden)

I’ve been a knitting maniac lately. I’m currently working on two sweaters from Fitted Knits. I just finished a baby sweater for my new nephew who should be born soon (pics when it’s all polished). hmmm, what else. I’m working on some simple bibs for a friend’s baby who should be born soon too. And I’m one arm warmer down on this pattern.

Oh, I knit this baby blanket for Tangle out of a new amazing acrylic we recently got in, which reminds me, I have to write up the pattern today!

It’s fun to be swamped with knitting!

Can I just say, I HAVE to knit this.

(from the holiday 2007 issue of Vouge Knitting)

It occurs to me that I haven’t had much to say lately about what I’ve been knitting. (Pardon the bad photos.)

While we camped a few weeks back I worked on this sweater for Honor.

It’s just my old stand by Knitting Pure & Simple #214 pullover pattern. But the yarn was what made it so fun. We’ve been using Big Mexiko for socks, but one of my teachers had the idea to use it for a childs sweater. Didn’t it turn out great?

I also just finished a model for the class I’ll be teaching in Nov. This is a pattern I wrote, just a simple ribbon pullover.

I love when I can knit on big needles and come out with something that’s not bulky at all.

There are so many things I want to knit, I can’t decide what to do next. I just finished up a stocking for the store that still needs some tweaking. And next I’m casting on the Blue Sky Alpacas Arm Warmers.

What’s on your knit list?

I keep forgetting to post photos of the pink bolero I made for Eden. It started out as a model for the shop and when I realized that it was going to fit her (even though it was a size 2) I decided that she might as well wear it.

She was rather grumpy about being photographed (as if that comes as a shock).
Here’s the stats:
Pattern: Knitting Pure and Simple #275 suggested to me by Sarah
Yarn: Blue Sky Alpacas Cotton in Lotus.
It knit up in just a couple days.
(more stats at Ravelry)

The wonderful and free! better than booties pattern from Interweaveknits.com.

And this started out as the daisy hat from Itty Bitty Hats, but the daisy’s looked so hokey and totally homemade (not handmade) and I tried to sew it all together the night before the shower so I didn’t have time to mess with the pattern and knit more petals. (And that was the longest sentence EVAR.)

Now all we need is the baby! Sarah, get on that ok?

Finally, I had the camera and Jim together at one time. I’ve got photos for you!

Here is my too big eyelet cardigan. It’s cute, I’ll still wear it, but I feel like it makes me look fat.

Details are going on ravelry, anyone else get an invite yet?

Also, another kids dress, this time to fit Eden (size 4). I did my modifications from before and also added a folded picot edge. This time I used Cascade Sierra. It’s pretty cute and she’ll be able to wear it for YEARS. A friend of mine who is pretty tiny tried it on and it fit her like a cute top! (Doesn’t Eden look like a little string bean?)

And from quite awhile ago, some knee socks. I knit these from the Socks that Rock that I scored at Stitches West a couple years ago. I did them toe up, two at a time in a k3, p1 rib. I incorporated increases up the back as needed.

And I think that’s all that I’ve knit that I haven’t posted photos of… I think… hmmm.

I woke up this morning to big, fat flakes of snow coming down. The weather here has been very bizarre… (that Al Gore, he know what he’s talking about it seems.) But I’m always happy for cold weather because it affords me the opportunity to wear my knitting!

In fact, I forced my children to wear my knitting today too.

So, because of my perfect opportunity to wear my Sweater Workshop sweater, I have photos for you! (Most of the photos are by Eden.)

I need to start off by saying that I’m not in love with the neck. After washing, blocking and wearing a couple times, it gets more and more stretched out. Something needs to be done with it, but I’m just contemplating how much I want to rip out and re-knit.

(Honor took this one.)

As far as the sweater workshop method goes, I’m not convinced that it’s my favorite. My sweater is WAY big on me – but comfy. Part of that is my fault for not calculating in negative ease. Part of it is the stretchy yarn. And part of that is because the book adds no shaping for the waist and has you increase after the ribbing (hello belly balloon). I added in my own waist shaping and just did a folded hem rather than ribbing. But still! I did, however learn a lot about how sweaters are built and how I would like to build them. (And I’m pretty convinced at this point that top down raglans are my fav.)

Stats:
Rowan Felted Tweed – 5 balls I think?
US size 8 addi turbos 32″ for body 40″ for sleeves 2 at a time.
Use: for me!

And a couple silly pics for your enjoyment.