Rose Knitted Glasses

Just thought I'd pop my head in and let show you some FO's By a Hare’s Breath. So the Bodacious Bunny Set for my SIL's new baby is done. Here’s a picture of the sweater blocking. Here it is post blocking and pre-assembly. And here the final pic. Pattern: Bodacious Bunny Set Source: The Natural Knitter by Barbara Albright Size: 9 Mos. Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Angel, 8 skeins Mint, 1 skein Natural Needles: US 5, US 7, US 7 Circular, US 4 DPN’s (for bunny) Pattern Notes: This was a very easy and quick pattern (it helps that little people wear little clothes). It was really well written, I can’t think of anything that was particularly unclear. Again, I’m a newbie so I’m not yet confident enough to alter a pattern but had I felt a bit bolder, I would’ve changed this to be knit in the round, there’s no real reason not to. The other thing I would’ve done differently is instead of casting off the shoulders and sewing the seams, I would’ve incorporated the 3-needle bind-off. Cuts the s...

Phew! What a busy week. Work is crazy and I haven't had a moment to breathe. But it hasn't been all stress. I have gotten in some QT with my camera phone. (So I apologize ahead of time for the quality of some of these pics). Visit to the Motherland Well...At least my motherland. DH and I took his aunt and uncle to visit my family. We visited old Montreal, got to go to the Jazz Fest (if you haven't been, you should!) and were fed to within an inch of our lives. Good times, good times. I love the drive to Montreal. If you've driven up you know what I mean when I say corn...corn...corn...UNUSUALLY LARGE COKE DUDE! corn...corn...corn...STRIP CLUB! Interesting. GO RED SOX! First DH and I went here on Monday and watched the Red Sox win. Unfortunately, it's been their only win so far this week. We didn't actually sit in these particular seats, that picture I took on a tour of Fenway that I was lucky enough to take recently. I believe the seat in the pic is one of the ...

Hope everyone's week is going well. I'm still working on Mom's FPS. There's been frogging. Let's not get into it. I wanted say thanks for all of the lovely comments about about the Flying Geese Blanket and of course about Otis. I'm sure I'll be boring you with more pics of our little red head in the future. I also wanted to share a pic of my most recent Etsy binges. (Sigh) . I know, I know. But it's good stuff! Look for yourself. ROVING!!! Oh. I just love the coloways here. The top braid of roving is from The Fiber Denn and the colorway is "Harvest", I believe. The fiber is Wensleydale. The bottom two are from Yummy Yarns . "Electric Lady" is the purple colorway, a merino/silk blend while the second is called "Gummy Worms" and is BFL. Yummy, indeed. I wanted to mention what a wonderful experience I've had with these two VERY talented vendors. The shipping was super fast which this particular fiber addict...I mean enthu...

Now how firmly I am affixed onto said face has yet to be determined. Sincere apologies all around for the lack of posts. Life has been nuts for me as it is for most people so I won’t even bore you with excuses that will only sound hollow to everyone else who works hard and has unexpected circumstances popping out. Suffice it to say crazy work hours, wacky personal stuff, yadda, yadda, yadda. Ok. That being said, I have missed this little community. I’ve missed blogging and reading blogs and my spinning and knitting groups. I hope to get back to a little bit of normal (well, my normal) soon. In the meantime, however...OH the things I have to share with you. And ACTUAL FO . Flying Geese (bloody) Blanket I fell in love with this pattern from the moment I saw it. I mean, it’s a great book , right? I took a break from working on my mom’s FPS to “whip this up”. Man this always happens to me. And I suppose that until I learn to have reasonable deadlines, I’ll still be considered a newbie. I w...