Neopolitan baby blanket

What's sweeter than ice cream? A baby, of course. With extra strawberry.

Easy peasy garter stitch (I'm practicing my English/American stitching to save my hands instead of my usual Continental/German/Combo knitting) and super soft yarn. Yum-meee.

Making stuff

I made a sweater in a week. Not a totally complicated venture, and I took a few days off. But I like how it turned out. Yay for a Pony sweater!





(That's Pony showing us her binness.)

It's knit with two strands of yarn, so I had to improvise something that wouldn't make me crazy with the balls running around and the winding and the stuff. The first ball I wound up into separate balls then wound them into a two stranded center pull ball. That was too much work. So I stuck them under two MS pots I picked up at K-Mart a few years ago. Worked out just fine because the holes are glazed and didn't snag the yarn at all. I would have been afraid to use a plain terracotta pot for that reason. Not a totally original idea, but you know. I make of the do.

Cosmo Messenger Bag

Cosmo picked out this yarn from Michael's last time we were there. It's Red Heart Super Saver in Camouflage, and I'm a tree hugging hippie, so I had no idea what I was going to do with it. So after a few false starts and me teaching him how to do the knit stitch, he asked me to make him a "purse". So that's what I did. I knit a gauge swatch and then measured the boy and figured that I needed a 10" x 8" bag with a 30" strap. It's a good thing that I didn't make it bigger, because I had about six inches of yarn left after I finished up the seams.
It's basically two pieces, one long one for the body with purl ridges to mark the edges of the bottom and the beginning of flap, and a garter stitch flap and handles that I sewed all the way down to form the sides.
Smoochy gets the credit for the idea of using denim to reinforce the already pretty rigid acrylic structure.
I think it turned out pretty okay, and it's now filled with a rock collection and some neopets.

For to be having goals.

I forget where I first saw this list. And I'm sure I'll add things to it. But here's the bare bones as-I-found-it version. For now. Can I make that seem any less permanent? (Also I'm resisting the urge to alphabetize. Is that wrong?) There's so much I haven't tried.

Knitting To Do List

Afghan
I-cord ✔
Applied I-cord ✔
Garter stitch ✔
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch ✔
Socks: top down ✔
Socks: toe up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens cuff up
Mittens: Top-down
Hat ✔
Knitting with silk ✔
Moebius band knitting ✔
Participating in a KAL
Sweater ✔
Drop stitch patterns ✔
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn ✔
Slip stitch patterns ✔ (I love the linen stitch...)
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (=modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn ✔
Two end knitting ✔
Charity knitting ✔
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan ✔
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles ✔
Baby items ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Knitting with your own hand-spun yarn
Slippers ✔
Graffiti knitting
Continental knitting ✔ x always
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns ✔
Lace patterns ✔
Publishing a knitting book
Participate in an exchange
Scarf ✔ x ∞
Teaching a child to knit ✔
American/English knitting ✔
Knitting to make money - I wish
Buttonholes ✔
Knitting with alpaca ✔
Fair Isle knitting ✔
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies…) ✔
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on one or two circulars
Knitting with someone else’s hand-spun yarn ✔
Knitting with dpns ✔
Holiday related knitting ✔
Teaching a male how to knit ✔
Bobbles ✔
Knitting for a living - I really wish
Knitting with cotton - ✔ ✔ since I'm allergic to animal fibers
Knitting smocking ✔
Dying yarn
Steeks ✔
Knitting art
Knitting two socks on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/felting ✔
Knitting with wool ✔ (despite allergy)
Textured knitting ✔
Kitchener stitch ✔
Knitted flowers ✔
Purses/bags ✔
Knitting with beads ✔
Swatching ✔
Long Tail CO ✔
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards ✔
Machine knitting
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegated yarn ✔
Stuffed toys
Knitting with cashmere ✔
Darning ✔
Jewelry ✔
Knitting with synthetic yarn ✔
Writing a pattern ✔
Gloves ✔
Intarsia ✔
Knitting with linen ✔
Knitting for preemies ✔
Tubular CO ✔
Free-form knitting ✔
Short rows ✔
Cuffs/fingerless mits/arm-warmers ✔
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an on-line knitting magazine ✔
Rug ✔
Knitting on a loom ✔
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Knitting for pets
shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Knitting in public ✔
Knitting with t-shirt yarn ✔