Itty Bitty Toys

Updated photos of Ribbit and Rabbit! Mom showed me how to embroider the faces. It can be tricky to get the faces right at first, but it adds so much personality to the toys! I can't wait to make more! I so enjoyed making Rabbit and his friend, Ribbit! These are both free patterns by Susan B. Anderson. They can be found on her Spud & Chloe blog. I used Sugar n' Cream yarn that I bought at Michael's for only $1 a skein! $1 yarn and a free pattern? You can't beat that!

Aren't they sweet? I was never a stuffed animal lover as a kid, but I just adore these little toys!

Each of Ribbit's 12 toes was a bobble that I made separately and sewed onto the foot. He looks playful!

Now I just have to embroider the faces...I will post another pic once I do that.

Bag ladies

Incogknito

Despite my lack of posts, I have been knitting lately, but I've been working on some Christmas presents! I won't be posting pics of those gifts until after Christmas, so you'll all have to wait in suspense...
Here are some pics of the latest sweater I made for my friend Judy's Yorkie, Guapo (pictured with his sister Bonita).She requested a Superman sweater, so I did a search for a logo online and was able to follow the color chart for the "S" within the same sweater pattern I've used for the other sweaters I've knit for him. Woohoo--intarsia! I'm surprisingly happy with the way it turned out, although it may be a "Monet," as they say in the movie Clueless. It is easier to make out what the symbol is from a bit of a distance.

When did I turn into a lady that makes dog sweaters??

Special Day Hat

I made this hat for my friend, Nathalia, who just had a baby last week. She named her Sofia.

I got the pattern from my "Baby Beanies" book by Amanda Keeys. It was an easy pattern to follow, although making a ruffle brim does require you to cast on many more stitches (192 I think for this one) so it takes a little longer. This yarn has a nice sheen to it. It's a cashmere merino silk blend.

¿Mañana es Halloween?

This is a question that I start getting from students around the second week of September. "Tomorrow is Halloween?" This is when I really start teaching the concept of day, week, month so students understand that we have to get through all the days in September and then nearly all the days in October before it is Halloween.

Well, since it is nearly October (and I clearly am reminded by that fact everyday at work), here is my little pumpkin hat (on my nephew, Ryder)!! I love this pattern--it's another one by Susan B. Anderson.

Happy fall!

My hat model and a new knitter

We were in Minnesota visiting family this weekend, so I brought along a few of my hats to try on our nephew, Ryder. I've been making all these baby hats with no idea if they will really fit a 0-6 month old or a 6-12 month old. Ryder is about 5 and a half months, so he was a perfect baby hat model. :)

Love this star hat on him.

The sweet pea hat looked adorable, too!

Amber picked up how to knit really quickly and was ready to bind off her neckwarmer! Look how cute it turned out! Good job, Amber! We had fun knitting while the boys watched football.

P.S. I forgot to write about this--I visited a yarn outlet store in Edina!!! Who knew such a thing existed? Jim and Idona took me to this yarn shop in Edina called Needlework Unlimited. It was a huge store, and the staff was so friendly. As I was checking out, the cashier told me that they had an outlet store just a mile away where all the yarn was half off!! Jim took me there the next day and I got a few skeins. There was a ton to choose from--good brands, too! Next time I come in town I will have to bring a "shopping list!"

"Misti" sky

This scarf was a quick project to keep me entertained as I continue to work on Jim's cable scarf. His scarf is almost done, but because it's knit with skinny yarn on smaller needles, I get tired of it easily and need an instant gratification project like this one! The pattern is free--here it is! This Misti Baby Alpaca yarn does shed like crazy, but it is soft and pretty.

Yes, that is a winter coat over my pajamas. Who said it wasn't knitting season??