Projects from Katie Yarn

PSU boa for Suz - Suzanne always gets new PSU inspired scarves/accessories - and now she has a flashy boa made out of Envy - which is an eyelash and ribbon combo. This particular matching is blue and silver.

Keyhole scarf. First time I've actually made a keyhole scarf. Instead of switching the 1/2 stitches to a stitch holder, I just worked with 2 balls of yarn at the same time -

more bibs

More cotton bibs. Friends keep having babies, so I keep knitting bibs. We've tested them for washability and sturdiness (usually unintentionally) and they hold up great!

wee hat for baby

Same hat as the one for CF (who, by the way, has been born and is a little boy named Charlie). Made out of a washable cotton/wool blend - very sweet.

Katie loves yarn

I went to the craft store with Katie (and her mom, sister and brother) - the other day and I came home with a bag full of yarn - ALL picked out by Kate. At first she wanted everything on the shelves - then I told her that she could only pick out the stuff with the red "clearance" tags (there were quite a few).

So last night I knitted her a hat made out of one of the yarns - A very simple pattern - but I still need to "sew it up". I said she was my muse.

So I have plenty of yarn - I need to start planning some christmas present projects.

I'm waffling on Suzanne's football sweater - I think I may start over with one of the patterns from my new (to me) Vintage Vogue pattern book - I have my eye on an oversized (perfect for layering) cable sweater with a mock turtleneck - I think it's just what she's looking for (the previously chosen pattern sported a (real) turtleneck - not her style).

Okay - so I haven't been knitting, that much

this spring - and I definitely haven't been taking any pictures.

Since easter I've knitted a few more bibs (and sewn on a bunch of buttons); a wee hat for a friend's baby; a bigger hat for whomever it ends up fitting; I started a sweater for Suzanne (for football) - I finished the back, started the front, and I haven't picked it up since - I'm not happy with the pattern so I may just rip it out and start anew; a really quick really goofy toy for Vincent (the cat); and, just recently I started my first "mosaic" project. LOVE IT! it's a simple pattern for a scarf that came in my new Creative Knitting - so I thought a scarf wouldn't be too terrible of a project - and now I'm hooked (or needled). The pattern is a chevron (zig zag - big "W"s) and i'm using - can you guess? blue and white yarn.