A long awaited cast on

Alright, I did it, I finally fell into the clappie whirlpool. I've only had the pattern printed off since it came out on Knitty. I think that's almost 5 years ago now. My first official clapotis has finally been cast on. I'm using Kona fingering yarn & a 6 needle hoping for a nice, light fallish finish. It's very fall colored, a little too bright on the orange, but I'm hopeful that it will chill out as I knit on.

Have lots of little finished objects to share when I get around to uploading them all.

Look at what I made!

Yes, yes I did! For my friend Kellie. Her shower is tomorrow. I'm squeaking under the wire tonight. My first try at fondant. I could try & put a bunch of doo-dads on it, but I'm too scared to screw it up. It's fine the way it is as far as I'm concerned. No one else would have tried to make this. She makes kick ass cup-cakes for the kids at school every single month for their birthdays. She deserves something special.

And for the Children

The kids needed a couple of caps , so the last 2 days I cranked out these two LTK Braided Caps. They have lots of hats, but we're headed out on a little family adventure in a warmer climate, but may be windy, so they needed something snug, but if it cooled off, would warm them right up. Made with Lamb's Pride worsted. Easy peasy & fast, fast, fast. I added the nubs on the top per request from my kids. They always have funny do-das on their hats. Easy to spot them in a crowd too!

And that may be the last of my updates for the year unless what's on the needles now is finished despite my festivities. :-P

Happy New Year!

The Ultimate Socks

The Toirneach Kilt Hose are FINISHED!!! And yes, my dh has little tiny ankles. I started them with no problems, really, but got very, very scared. I made modifications suggested in the pattern to customize the hose & they worked. I can't hardly believe it! Fit Dh to a "T". Now if I could only get to work on his kilt, he'd think life was pretty good. LOL I made the decreases down the calf harder than they really were. Once I figured out I was doing it all right, it was no problem & they worked up very quickly. The first sock took months & months, the second took 3 days I think. Perhaps less. I am so pleased!

Socks for Christmas

I decided to tackle my fear of socks in a big way this winter & make socks not only for my own children, but for a friend who does so much for me here, always has a smile & a helping hand, and always has a moment. Her son's are the variegated pair. A friend of hers hand spun & dyed the yarn, and I provided the socks. My kids' are made with peace fleece. All were made from the Children in Common Socks pattern. Dd's were modified to be knee socks...very tricky yardage to get it all finished correctly & without knots in the toes. Yikes!!!

For my childhood penpal

It's been something like 26 years since we first corresponded, and finally, we will meet for the first time. I wanted to make her something she could use and would remind her of the warmth her friendship has given me all these years. The colors aren't quite right because the sun is nowhere to be seen today, but you get the gist of the richness of the yarn. It's the Berry Hill fingerless mitten in space dyed BFL superwash (wonderful stuff). I hope she loves them!

Did you hear all the creaking & squeaking?

Lookie here! I sewed something that wasn't a curtain or a repair for the first time in what seems like a million years. I've dewebbed and dusted the machines & I'm off & running. My first Ottobre attempt. I've been gettting the magazine for several years now, but hadn't gotten past tracing patterns (which the kids have outgrown now & I'll have to retrace again). It was all too daunting. This is from 3/2007, number 16, the recycled dress size 80 cm. Well, none of the material here is recycled, but it is well marinated in my stash. It's for a dear friend's daughter who is turning 1 today. I felt guilty for not getting dresses made for both my neices who also recently turned one, so someone had to get something. It's freshly pressed & ready to be delivered to it's recipient.

One more WIP done!

One more finished project.

I present...Zaftig!I started this two years ago, even did the single crochet edging...all it needed was the elastic & to be blocked decently. I knew I didn't want the ribbon. Why I took so long, well, all the other fellow ravelympians can attest to that answer.
Is this elastic not so perfect? I think so! v :-P

Knit, of course, with Cascade Fixation. Not nearly as difficult as I expected to knit with.

I do so love this pattern. Now that I have finally finished one, I will make more. Perhaps lengthen the band and make it a cami.

My WIP medal!

And now please rise and hold up your newly-freed needles for the Ravelry International Anthem.

(dramatic silent pause)

Woo-Hoo! For my finished Splash!

Just realized Norberta has no wings yet so she may not get done but I do think there's another wip I can get done before the end of the olympics.

Ravelympics Day 15

Splash & all it's idiosyncrasies is done.

The stripe is not quite as visible in real life, but with that flash, holy crap Batman! If dd cared, I would change it, but she doesn't. She just can't wait to put it on. She was so excited to see I had cast off that she offered to help with the I-cord. Don't know if that's considered cheating. :-P Her help didn't last long when her brother got on the computer & she decided he needed help playing his game.

I'm not entirely happy with this yarn. It pills and sheds really easily. It was stash yarn & out of the clearance bin so I don't feel too terribly bad, but I am about done with chenille yarns. I'm a sucker for their softness, but man, the end result doesn't last nearly long enough to make me happy enough to use it again and again. I'll use what I have, but no more.

It's great to have this done. I might be able to pull one or 2 more wip's out for the final day tomorrow. We'll see.