Twirl hat

Thank you to Big Brown Bear for modeling the hat. It just didn't look right flat. This is a pattern from "Knit for Peace" book. I knit the child's small size in hopes that it would fit my 5 year old son - nope. It's more of a 2 year old size. I will try the child's large next. This one will not be wasted though - I already have plans of who to give it to.

Hats

I have been watching A LOT of the T.V. show "24" the last few weeks. I have 8 seasons to catch up on, which means I've got my evenings booked for awhile. Knitting is a great companion for T.V.- or movie-watching. Lately I've been working on several hats during my T.V. time. This is a nice pattern that is very stretchy, which means it will fit the recipient for quite awhile. Here's a girl and a boy version. Obviously I opted not to do the stripes according to the pattern. I thought the multi-colored yarns didn't need a stripe since they were pretty on their own.

My youngest son modeling his new hat - it's a little big but could be rolled up if he wanted it completely out of his eyes.

A gift for a friend - I added a knitted rosette (taken from the book "Knitting Little Luxuries" by Louisa Harding) to make it a little more girly.

Lion Brand Animals

My latest craze has been knitting toy animals - mainly for my kids and all these little babies who I know who are being born this year (seriously, I have a TON of friends that are pregnant right now - so exciting!) Here's a catch-up post with several of my favorites from Lion Brand's website. You do have to be a member to view the patterns though.

City mouse toy

Frida the fish

Wise old owl

Cowl scarf

My 3 year old son called this a "weird scarf," which I guess is technically true since he's used to the long rectangular variety. But I love it. We had an unexpectedly cool weekend, so I got a chance to wear it to church yesterday. Likely it will remain in my closet until the fall - but it's nice to know it'll be there once the cool weather comes back. I got some good practice with the kitchener stitch of closing up the gap - it was amazing what a smooth seam the kitchener stitch produced.

Here is the pattern and here is the yarn I used (fern rainbow was the color).

I'm back

After more than a year of hiatus, I plan to come back to posting projects here. I think my Facebook friends don't necessarily all want to see my projects, but if I have something I'd like a specific friend to see, I'll direct them here. The Internet provides a way to share the projects we do inside our homes without ever leaving our homes. The power of positive reinforcement and sharing of ideas is important for all people - but maybe especially those of us who are home more than others (speaking as a stay-at-home mom).

Ready for Easter...

... and I'm only 11 months early. (Or you could think of this as one month late, since Easter was a few weeks ago.) I prefer the cup-is-half-full theory though.


I found this pattern at Purl Bee's website (here) but was working on other projects before Easter, so I didn't get a chance to try it until this week. I plan to make some more Easter eggs before next year. A good project to use up leftover scraps of yarn.