Brr! Who left the freezer door open?

I finished one sleeve last night. Well, I finished knitting it at least. Now I have to pull out about an inch, because it's too long, and then I can sew up the bottom seam. Part of the sleeve is actually part of the body, and the rest is, well, sleeve.

I wonder if I should have done the red and white sleeve accents at the wrist instead of the shoulder.

Now, Where was I?

Oh, right...Bubby!
Bubby is a little bear from Knitty.com.

I knit him this past summer for my 2.5 year old nephew.
I remember having a little problem making Bubby--the pattern calls for knitting the head and body in one piece on dpns, but since I knit my circular stuff with the right side inward, at one point I had to turn him right side out again. It was hard because the neck is quite small. Fortunately, yarn is stretchy!

The yarn used? Leftover Jo Sharp DK Wool. Eventually I'll find the photos of the original projects in that color!

I think I stuffed him with some acrylic yarn.

For Instance...

Super Fast!

Look how far I am! Yeah, right,
like I really did that all in one day.

I started this jacket on November 8th
and was sewing in the ends on the 14th.
Tonight I picked up stitches for a sleeve
and finished about 5 ridges.

I don't think I did any knitting for a whole week.
It's a good thing I have a large pile of photos
of past projects to post!

It's a start...

This is the 2nd Elizabeth Zimmermann Modular Tomten jacket I've started; the first is finished, hanging in a little boy's closet, waiting to be grown into. Even with his measurements, I made it about a year too big.
Oops!

This one is for a niece, and I hope to get the size a little closer, so she can wear it this winter. At first it was going to be blue and white, but it just looked so sad and washed out. The red really brightens it up. I hope to add a few girly flourishes later, if it looks too boyish.

Clean Dishes

Do you have a project that always exists--no matter what else is on the needles?
For me that project is dishcloths. Plain cotton dishcloths, knit in garter stitch, over and over again. I like having a mindless knitting project always available, and they make nice gifts.

A Good Way to Start

A swatch is always a good way to start off a project, and since I have quite a bit of Jo Sharp DK Wool, I'm working on a pretty big swatch of it. I began with size 4 needles and will probably work my way up to 9s. It'll be nice to have a reference to look at as I work through my Jo Sharp stash.



A while ago I made one from Jo Sharp Cotton, but only used needles 4, 5 and 6.
Aren't the eyelets pretty?

Welcome and Hello!

Eventually, I'll actually extract my knitting photos from my camera and pop them up.