Monday, April 23, 2007

A Couch Needs a Blanket





Inspired by others, and our new blank canvas IKEA couch, I have started a very simple project: Double crochet striped blanket. I also decided this would be the oppurtunity to get rid rid of some of the nasty acrylic yarn hanging around the bottom of my yarn chest. I don't mind using acrylic for a blanket, because it is cheap, durable, doesn't itch that much, and with double crochet you don't exactly have to worry about uneven stitches like you do with straight untextured knitting.



The only thing is, as I got thinking about this project I decided that the few colors of acrylic yarn I had weren't going to cut. I probably didn't have enough material. Then I went to the local craft store and became mesmerized by the color options and the cheapness, and bought something like eight skeins of crappy yarn. It seems that instead of getting rid of the crappy yarn it has instead multiplied.


Alas....What's a girl to do? If it makes my blanket cool, it's worth it.

Sunday, April 15, 2007





New project for the baby boom. Pea Pod sweater from Interweave knits available for free on their web page. These baby sweaters make me realize that sometime plain old straight knitting is all I want to do.

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Finished Object 2007



The orange baby sweater was finished last weekend, in time for Jen and Matt's baby shower.






It turns out the sweater matches the running stroller we donated money to get them.



It did pretty good with the ends, and the seams and like. Also it is a very quick knit, took me two weeks, with most of the knitting accomplished in week one.



Hippo models: