I need to update this more often. Or, I need to take more pictures of my stuff so I can have content to update with :-p

I have been cheating on my knitting needles with my crochet hook lately, I must confess. Results have been this super cute poncho for my stepdaughter:




I have also made this crocheted baby blanket for a friend of Max and I who's due to give birth to a baby girl any day now:




And remember the slippers I showed on my previous post? Well my coworker liked them so much that she is going to pay me to make some for her nieces! Sweet! I already made the first pairs, kitty slippers this time



Once I am done those, I will finish my pedicure socks so I can finally start my nice pair of socks with the yarn I bought with my friend Caroline.

:-)

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Since my last post here, I made:
-I finished the pink and gren baby longies I was making
-I made a ruffled soaker with leftover yarn from the longies
-A hat for me, but didnt check my gauge, so it ended up being a hat for my stepdaughter A
-A cute poncho for stepdaughter M with girly colors with yarn from my stash
-Approximately 4 more pairs of slippers for the house

See how cute that slipper was:


I started-a cute crocheted baby blanket for a friend who is due in June. I'm almost done that.
-started these pedicure socks. It was my first time knitting socks, and holymotherofthegods I held the yarn way way way too tight and when I was almost done the first one, I tried it on and it wouldnt go over my heel. Unravelled it altogther.
-Tried my hand at extreme knitting. I cast on and knit a few rows and realized I totally could do this.

On top of those dog slippers I made up there for sd M, I made bunny slippers for sd A and bear slippers for son A. They look so good that coworker S wants me to make three pairs for her nieces and nephew. I am charging her 30 bucks for all three pair. I have to get started on those and since I am bored to death of knitting slippers, I am going to use that technique and double knit them. I could use a challenge, and to make that extra challenging, I am also using two strands of yarn to make those slippers. Now we'll see if I'm in this for real...

After the slippers, I plan to:
-start another crochet blanket from a pattern found
-start and finish the pedicure socks again, double knitting them this time.
-get started on a pair of socks using the nice and (rather) pricey yarn I bought at L'Éffiloché the other day.

And let's not forget that I still have that shawl I started. I'm about halfway through and havent worked on it for months now. Boo me.

Me = not so smart

Note to self

When you are not using the correct needle size, and by far at that (say size 9 instead of 13), for the love of god and all that is holy, make a gauge swatch.

That way next time, maybe you can avoid knitting an entire slipper from a new, cool pattern only to realize once your done that the only person it would fit would be someone with medium size feet with the width and circumference of a weiner sausage.

Thank you,

Yourself

Definately not in need of a new project for now

We're building a new house, in which we're moving in in a month.

The kids' playroom will be in the basement. And for the time being, we're not gonna put carpet in, we'll just paint the cement floor. It's going to be cold for feet down there.

So I'm knitting slippers. All kinds of slippers. I've printed out about a dozen patterns, and I will make a pair of slippers per pattern. All different. A very good way to get rid of my old stash of synthetic yarns.

No ugly boring regular phentex slippers at my house.

Despite my pink and green baby longies project, yesterday I made a slipper using this pattern http://ingridknits.tripod.com/lenore.htm. And I cast one and knit about a dozen rows from this pattern http://www.duke.edu/~ect3/knitting/slippers_pattern.html. Very cool.

And I also have my big comfy shawl ongoing. I'm about half way done on this.

I have too many cool things going on at once!

Ongoing and done projects

My current project





Fetching gloves I made a while back


A blanket I made


Another blanket I made as a gift for my cousin's newborn daughter



The baby pants I'm making (almost finished!) for my son

Everyone's doing a knitting blog so why can't I?

Bonus point to whoever realized I was channeling The Cranberries.

Images of past, present and future work to come soon.