Posted in Crochet on December 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Thanks to Sarabeth for sending me this photo! She made my Be-Ribboned Lavender Hat (in a stunning red) for her friend, shown in the photo. It turned out really lovely, and I love the color choice.
Posted in Crochet, tagged baby, BICO, cardigan, sweater on December 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Sylvia&Atti, originally uploaded by Rina7.
Here’s my friend Sylvia with her son Atticus wearing the BICO cardi I crocheted for him. Isn’t he darling?
Posted in Crochet on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Being a perfectionist, I’m not so happy with this one, a gift for my BIL. But he’s into handmade things, so I think it’s good enough. “Good enough” is my mantra these days.
Allow me to digress for a moment. If you’ve been following my entries about my dissertation (thankfully filed! yay!), my [...]
Posted in Crochet, Knitting, hats, tagged baby_hat, hats on December 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Ambicrafty Baby Hat
Materials: Knit Picks Swish Superwash DK, one skein each eggplant and turquoise. 5 mm hook, 4mm circular needles (extra long for magic loop technique).
size: made to fit 18.5″ circumference
This was a really fun hat to improvise. I first started out with base chain sc for the brim, and then [...]
Posted in Knitting, scarves, tagged knit_scarves, neckwarmers on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Three posts in one day? Call it pent up demand. Here they are, my Malabrigo babies. Ooh, they’re so soft and cuddly and classy to boot!
I knit the bottom two first, using Malabrigo worsted merino double-stranded, and it came out beautifully. The pattern from Yarn Abuse is especially quick continental style, which makes the “slip [...]
Posted in Crochet, Knitting, tagged Ravelry on December 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been trying not to spend too much time on Ravelry, but I’ve been quite impressed with the project organization and sharing features. It’s cool to find out that 73 other people are working on the same neckwarmer pattern, for instance, and to see what they all look like in different yarns. So if you’re [...]
Posted in Crochet, Knitting, scarves, sweaters, tagged cardigan, Knitting, Malabrigo cardi, neckwarmer, sweater on December 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Been knitting like a fiend to finish my cardigan and to make Xmas gifts. I tell myself that it’s because I carpet-bombed my extended family with crocheted gifts last year, and amateurish products at that. I blush to think of the gray and purple bobble headed cap I gave my MIL.
Because I knit rather [...]
Posted in Crochet, Knitting, sweaters, tagged BICO, Malabrigo cardi on December 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Finally! That is, I finally got to post and finally finished this:
My albatross, er, Malabrigo cardi. It has many, many wonky mistakes in it but after nearly 6 months it was time to wrap it up and pray to the blocking gods to fix the problems. I just hope it looks [...]
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