Sheldon is a PIRATE!

Sheldon as a pirate is done!!

Alisha and I are trying to figure out if we should name him Blarfintourtise (after Blarfingaar from the SNL skit that Betty White did, which is spelled phonetically here) or Green Beard.

Here he is!





I got some more sock yarn to makes some Holiday presents. I hope everyone likes it.

I spin me right round...

Whee! I got to go the the Flock and Fiber Festival in Canby, OR. I had wanted to take a class of Fair Isle knitting and one on drop spinning, but, through chance, ended up not doing either. I did end up getting a start up spinning kit with a drop spindle and some free lessons from the local guild! They also provided me with a bunch of resources too! I'm a quick learner when it comes to hand crafts, so I am thinking that I might have ended up bored out of my mind partway into 3 hour class. :) I also then got to use the class money (less than actually) to get some lovely wool to learn on, and another, gorgeous spindle. I'm looking forward to playing!

Here is the new spindle. It is lovely.



Here is the "starter" kit. :) Simple, but lovely.


This wool caught my eye and I just had to grab it. There is a lot of it, so it may end up making a bunch of things. :)


This one I wanted for Alisha. The pictures don't do it any justice, it is so rich and beautiful. The first shows some of the depth of the other colors, and the second shows how dark it really is.




I'll be sure to post pictures of the yarn I make, unless it is really really awful, then maybe I'll wait a bit. :)

Ok, cute cute cute picture of the Buzzy Bee was posted. I do have permission from Mama to post it here. :)



A bit small, but you can see his gorgeous face all wrapped up in the bee goodness I created for him. :)

The buzzy bee was born on August 11th. Where he lives was really hot, so no good cuddly blanket/hat pictures. I am FBed with his momma though so maybe she'll post one I can nab. :) The blanket works perfectly with his nursery though!!

I finished the other baby blanket too. That little one is due any day now. It turned out so well, don't you think?



I also made a belt for Alisha's sweater, it is a bit big...I'll get the hang of sweaters someday. It is half double crochet, 6 across in Gingerbread Dude by Blue Moon Fiber Arts.



I made some lovely socks from JaWoll (gonna have to wait to find out details), but no picture yet. I also made a skullcap of the same yarn (with a bunch left over) for Alisha.



Here is just a cool picture I took while knitting in the dark in our car by the red light of my girl's headlamp. :) I thought it was kinda cool.



More stuff to come soon. I'm working on some socks for myself and have another pair for myself in the queue. Go me!!

Bee babies!

Bee hat done! It is by Nona Davenport and I got it on Knitpicks. I used their Shine worsted cotton yarn, which is soft and a delight to work with. :)



It will probably be a bit big for him as a newborn, unless he has a big head, but he will be able to wear it for a bit. :)

On to the Yggdrasil blanket. I found some really nice yarn. I'm looking forward to making it. :)

I finished the Impressionist blanket too, but still have to block it, so pictures later.

Babies!!!

Ok, so, school is finally out (well until shifts start again next week, but I'll enjoy the weekend) and I just finished the first baby blanket of the summer. I've got one more to go. This has been a baby blanket heavy year!!

This one is for Baby Norton, due in August. He'll look so cute! I'm also planning a bee hat for him.



It only took me 10 days and a few of those were spent studying, so not bad. :) My next blanket project is a beautiful, fancy blanket based on the Nordic tree of life, Yggdrasil. It is going to be a challenge I'm certain, but it is so beautiful!! Also, it is for the Sapp baby and his dad is a big Nortic/Germanic type fan. I should figure out something to do as well along the Mexican lines to represent Mama. :) Hmmm.

The big Impressionist blanket is coming along, over half done. It will be my first blocking experience so it should be interesting.

So much fun and I have a whole summer to knit...in the sun!!!

I was going through my pictures trying to organize them while I was learning about delivering breech babies and I realized I have some sock pictures and a couple of WIPs to load!

Here are the Crabby McCrabbypants socks reborn as flip-flop socks. :) I put a garter stitch heel on them, found at Knitpurl Hunter. It is lovely and cushy and Alisha likes it. It is also really simple to do, which I like. :)




Here is that lovely Mochi yarn being knit into more flip-flop socks. I finished them as well, but have been waiting for the right time to get pictures of them in the sun!! May has been sucking for sun so far. I used the garter stitch heel on these too.

This is the beginning of the Impressionist Afghan from Knit Picks. It is so simple, but insanely fun to knit, even when it gets big and you feel like you are knitting forever in the middle. I'm on the fourth color and nearly to the center of the blanket. Loving it so far.

That's all for today. Gotta get back to the drudgery of school. :)

PS. This wee baby hat found a head to go on at the birth I attended Wednesday night. :) Maybe the mama will let me take a picture of it on the baby at the one week visit and post it. I'll ask.