Sunday, March 30, 2014

Does This Pom Make My Butt Look Fat?

Garter square bunnies from here to fill the eggs that fill the egg covers. Sort of like those Russian Nesting Toys.

I never realized how fond I am of them until I counted how many (several) we have.

So, now I am making them.

Sort of.

Knitting this week has been confined to 1) small fiddly things (the only things I've been able to finish) and  2) the never-ending Scrapghans  (actually just one of those and I am on the home stretch --or I had better be, I am running out of room on the 60" circular needle!

There are several UFOs on the needles. Perhaps there will be more FOs to report next Sunday. . .
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Disappointment Colored All My Dreams



Well, not all of them, but certainly this one!

Old pattern for an egg cover. Fiddly pain in the @$$ to construct. It's meant to fit a Cadbury egg, but I sincerely doubt it.

Back to bunnies!! Need several more.

Younger Son wants to give a couple to small friends and the Baby Grands will be getting some.

Bunnies. Not chicks.

The Eagle (Twist) has landed.

Speaking of fiddly!




The plan is to enter this one in the fair (maybe) then to donate it to an on-air auction for Rotoplast (charity that provides surgical repair for cleft lip/palate patients in Third World (mostly) countries.

I'm not sure this is up to my usual expectations, so I will be casting on something lacy later and allow the coordinator to select.

I do like the colors.

Various Kool-Aid dyed shades on the same base yarn as the main color. Coned stuff from Spinrite Mills in Canada (anyone remember them?) that I have had stashed far too long.

This is a wait and see for me. Plenty of time to redo.


The drop at the cabled center section is a little more than 12" and the span is about 6'.


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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Bunny Butts




I've continued making the rabbit-shaped egg covers for the Baby Grands' Easter surprises.

These are an assortment of wool/acrylic blend yarn, leftovers from other projects.

But something was missing! So a trip to the local Big Box (I think I wound up at Michael's) was in order.

There! Isn't that better?

Last Sunday after I posted, we made our way to the Allentown Fairgrounds Agri-Plex for the annual Garden Show.

It's small. It's doable in an hour or so (about all I was willing to handle) and it costs 8 bucks. Not Philly. Not Chicago. But close to home and affordable.


And with ducklings.



And trains.

A bit of spring right in our back yard.

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Sunday, March 09, 2014

Just Off; Going On the Needles

latest car seat blankie

up close and personal-can you see them?
I am hoping that the intended recipient is not one of the three of you reading this blog!

and the next project


A dear friend and fellow Rotarian assists with a project called Rotoplast. Every year in December, our local district holds an on-air auction to raise funds for the project. This will be my 3rd donation of a handmade shawl. It's a small thing, but one child will have a happy smile (and be able to eat) as a result of my donation.

The yarn is wool, from The Great Cone Sale at Webs that I over-dyed years ago in the Great Kool-Aid Experiment. It was time to put it to good use! The cone top right is the original "amber;" the cakes to the left are just some of the variations on a theme.

I am really looking forward to finally putting this yarn (that I originally bought for charity knitting) to good use.

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Saturday, March 08, 2014

Hippity Hoppity

Egg covers


Easter's on its way. . .

There will be more!

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Sunday, March 02, 2014

Car Seat Blankies, Again


Working my way through the car seat blanket booklet has been (pick one) challenging, mind-numbing, an exercise in stupidity, a good way to replenish the baby gift stash.

Number 4 is shown at left. Lace Stitch. This is one of those patterns that I love to hate. It's unbalanced and biases, and even a good soak and dress helps only temporarily. I know that it will revert to parallelogram soon.

Close up of the pattern stitch (4 row pattern, stockinette on 3 rows, YO, K 2 tog on the 4th. I followed the pattern as written. If I do this one again, I will change up every other eyelet row so that the biasing is less severe.

In the meantime, this one is in the gift box along with booties to match.

Next up, Variation On the Theme. The beginning of another car seat blanket, this time in true cables that will be embellished.

I tried (really, I did) a tried and true spelled out version of this cable. After several trips to the virtual and real Frog Pond, I googled and found the cable charted.

Smooth sailing (as long as I don't run out of yarn)!

And now, in the category of I Stand Corrected: The Cascade Greenland behaved beautifully after it's soak and block! It's still sproingy, but is considerably more drapey and grew quite a lot. I am pleased. (But I still think it was the wrong yarn for the project.)

Yarn review: Valley Yarns' Valley Superwash (100% extra fine merino) which is Webs' (www.yarn.com) house brand is super soft and a real pleasure to work with. I bought it specifically to make baby garments in pink, ice blue, and spring leaf. It is perfect for that task.

And a bit on my back. Yes, I saw a doctor. No, it isn't my back. It's sciatica. It's painful. I have drugs. And exercises. And a sock full of hot rice. If it isn't better in 4 more days (or starting to get better), I will also have steroids.

And there is more snow in the forecast. I. Cannot. Take. Any. More. Winter. DONE!

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