Ooo Baby Knits

Where to Stash the Stash

We have a fairly small house (but it’s paid for so I’m not complaining)- 6 rooms, all smallish, but lots of closet space. Probably plenty and some to spare for the non-knitter, non-seamstress, non-bookaholic. There’s a large, cedar lined walk-in closet in the master bedroom; two linen closets- one upstairs, one down; a coat closet in the hall; a large closet in the office; lots of storage space in the utility room; and a huge walk-in closet behind DD#2’s bedroom (she has two small closets in her room, so she doesn’t get it.) Oodles of space you’d think, but for us- well, me- it’s not enough. I’ve run out of stash space. It’s piling up in the upstairs hallway, in a corner of our bedroom, and on my filing cabinet and treadmill.

My solution: start knitting everything at once. So here’s some of what I’ve got going.

This is my New York yarn. The scarf I finished and have worn. I love the colors, but not the way the fringe wants to clump. It's a simple pattern: R1-3 knit, R4 knit, wrapping yarn twice then dropping the extras wraps on the next row, R5-7 knit, R8 wrap yarn 3 times. I did do a fancier lace stitch on the ends, but it was using too much yarn and it doesn't really show up anywho. I'm going to love the sweater, but I don't remember what mag the pattern is in. I cleaned up too well.

This is the Baby Surprise Sweater- an EZ pattern that I love. It's for friends having their first baby in March. I have enough yarn to knit a blanket, too, so thought I'd get started. If you have the pattern, check this site for step by step instructions and lovely pictures. The sweater is on the beach bag I got for my birthday that somehow never made it to the beach. :)

The Merangue is finished except for the buttons. It's cozy and cuddly as long as I don't actually touch it. You can really see the difference in the color on the neck and front facings, but it's it's not as obvious in person. I don't think. Maybe I'll go check.

I've started simple stockinette cardigans with washable yarn for my sister and I (hi Shannon). Her's is the purple, which is actually purtier and purplier in person, using a pattern in Knitter's Stash. Mine is the other one, of course, using the My First Cardigan in the March 2002 Knit It! My old navy throw-on-anytime-cardi that I knit when I was pg with our 16-year old has had it. Time for a new one.

These are my Fluted Banister Socks for the Six Socks Knitalong.

Here's the lace edge I've started on Shannon's ponch and as usual ran out of yarn (because I used some to knit a hat and scarf thinking there was another skein which there wasn't). So off to Wal-Mart today, and back in the WIP pile.

And finally, the Bob the Builder Sweater. No, I know you can't see him. Not yet. His face will be on a pocket on the front, and one of the bulldozer things will be knit in the back. The hat's another for the homeless shelter. I know I don't have 50 yet, but I'm getting there. The bag is getting so heavy it broke the plastic hook it was hanging from.

That's it for today! I won't show you pictures of the purse I started, the hat to go with the Wal-mart scarf, or the swatching I've been doing with the other yarn I can't find a place for. It's past my bedtime and CSI is coming on in a few minutes. Knit on! And Happy Thanksgiving.

Baby It’s Cold Outside!

And I can’t wear a sweater for more than ten minutes before I’m flashing and have to whip it off again. Normally, I’m very cold natured. DH and I have thermostat battles every winter, and I wrap up in a blankie to watch movies at night all year round. But due to my early arrival (and I’ve never been on time for anything!) to this blessed stage of life, I’m bound to save on heating bills this year.

I was lying in bed yesterday afternoon cause I felt like poop, and a commercial came on just to let me know that along with the mood swings and hot flashes, I’m going to get fat. So I drug my fluffy self out of bed and went for a walk. What an incredible sunset! But of course, one of the DDs has the camera, so you’re stuck looking at pictures of what I’ve been knitting.

Christmas present finished! This is in Bernat Boa and for my sister. She liked the Boa hat I wore last winter and wanted something fru-fru. So that's what she gets.

Next up is a bunch of hats which are presently in the trunk of the car waiting for someone to have time to go to the PO to ship them off to an LDS charity. The top one is knit with Bernat Softee Chunky using the helmet pattern in Knitter's Stash. The others are Kool-Aid dyed wool.

I snuck in a Boogie vest for myself which I've worn and love. Only took 3 days, and used a little over 3 skeins of Lion Brand Jiffy. I did make a couple of changes to the pattern. I knit it in the round to save myself the extreme trauma of sewing the side seams, and I made decreases on the outside of the cables to form a V-neck rather than a slit neck line. If I do another, I'll let the V start with the armholes.

And lastly, I finished the Haiku and a matcing hat for the little girl we sponsor.

I'd love to show you what I'm working on now- a Bob the Builder sweater for my nephew for his birthday, a Homespun sweater for my sister with the yarn she gave me, her poncho edging, more hats and scarves, socks, and by the time I blog again, I'm sure there will be even more. As a matter of fact, I really feel like starting a sweater for me. I need more cardigans so I can whip them off when the temperature starts rising. Time to go stash digging! Knit on!

It's the Little Things

An early morning motorcycle ride, taking the long way home, making extra loops around the cloverleaf just because it’s fun; DD#1 carving a pumpkin two days after Halloween;

DD#2 saying on her day off school, “What else can we do, Mom? I like hanging out with you.”; watching Vs of geese fly overhead, honking noisily; gathering seeds from the garden; getting yarn and a magazine in the mail on the same day;

thinking about Christmas; voting; eating candy for breakfast; listening to DD#1 play the piano; sleeping on clean sheets; and having a lunch date with friends.

“You have filled my heart…” (Psalm 4:7)