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| shawl complete |
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| pebble vest for nephew |
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| hat for nephew |
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| what i have been reading |
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| who i have been reading to |
I am almost finished with the pebble vest for my soon to be nephew. It was so much fun to knit and I learned what SSK meant! Now all I have left to do is learn how to do the kitchener stitch to close up the one shoulder. I am going to do that with the hat as well. I am calling the hat a itty bitty kitty hat. LOL I hope to get to Tempe Yarn and Fiber on Friday so they can show me how to do it.
My next project is to make a big version on the pebble vest for Fiona. I am planning on using the Panda silk yarn. It is in a DK, but I am hoping using two strands and increasing the cast on and the length will make it big enough for her. My plan is to use the green and add in the pink and the blue (that I made into a vest for my nephew, but I am going to rip it and reuse the yarn) alternately. If I have enough yarn I will make a hat for her as well. I am also going to tackle the knitting of two socks at once. I found a tutorial for it. I am really excited about those as well. I have a weakness for baby items, they knit up so quickly! LOL
I really haven't been reading much. I did get a voice recording of Walden which I have listened to while I knit at night when the house is finally quiet. Otherwise I am reading Fiona "Each Peach Pear Plum", a Barefoot book of nursery rhymes, "Grandfather Twilight", and "Piggies" about 100 times a day. She just loves her books. That is why I put them in a wee basket for her to carry around. LOL
Oh quick question: where to get sweet wooden wee tiny buttons??
Joining Ginny for the weekly Wednesday Yarn Along!
10 comments:
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I love your shawl, such beautiful colors. One of my favorite things about learning to knit is learning all the new techniques and how to do things like ssk and the kitchner stitch.
Shawl is beautiful :) As you know I am knitting something for myself for first time and it is exciting. Cute about Fiona and books - both Katherine and Lucy were and are big readers. It seems either Tom or I are always reading to Lucy. She wakes up, walks to her bookshelf first thing.
Your shawl is just beautiful!!
And I really like the color yarn for the little vest. :-) I know what you mean about knitting for yourself ~ I finally knitted a Tasha Tudor shawl for myself a while back and just love it. :-)
Beautiful shawl!!!You did a superb job on it. As for buttons I have a friend that orders from MJtrims.com I haven't though.....Good luck button finding is difficult these days :)
anne: is that the truly tasha shawl? because if it is... NICE! maybe i need more than one shawl.
swanski: thanks for the button idea, i will check them out. :)
Yes! Your shawl is beautiful!!!
I just adore your shawl, it's beautiful.
What size wooden buttons do you need? I made some out of cedar and now I am working with deer antlers.
tracey: i'm not sure how small, i need them for the pebble vest for my nephew, so tiny-ish. maybe 1/2in or less.
Thanks for your comment on my blog! Your shawl looks lovely. I love the Pebble Vest pattern! I haven't tried it, but I've been meaning to. Yours looks great! I love the colorway!
Wonderful job on the shawl - gorgeous. I will be back soon to answer your knitting questions :)
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