New hat

Winter (as we know it) returned to Austin today after very warm temperatures yesterday. Fortunately, I just finished making Kate a new hat:


(coming soon: family pics)

Another finished project

I decided I needed to finish the mostly finished projects around here. I started this blanket before I started the sundress, but it got put on hold when I got to the point where I had to sew the pieces together. I purposefully didn't change the pattern to avoid the sewing since I knew I needed the practice.

It's super soft because I used Superwash Merino. Ahhhhh.

Finished sundress

Yesterday I finally finished the sundress I was knitting for Kate. I took a break in the middle of it to do a few other projects because it seemed to be going so slow. I guess that's how it is for fingerling weight yarn - just kind of slow. But I'm very pleased with how it turned out and it fits her perfectly. And, hopefully, it will fit through the summer.

Another knitting project done

I finished the penguin today, and I'm very pleased with how it turned out, even though it has a few mistakes. Kate won't care if there are mistakes. She went to bed before it was done, so she hasn't met the penguin yet.



She helped her dad again this morning. I think they were working on Graeme's lecture for today.

Knitters Anonymous?

Is there a support group for addicted knitters? Because I made a hat today. Yep, today. I started it last night and only knit a few rows and finished it today. It's like the earlier green hat for Kate, but she has grown out of that one, so I made a bigger version in purple. It's amazing how much knitting I can do when Kate's Oma is here entertaining her.

So now the question is - what should I make next. We're going to the yarn store tomorrow. oooooeeee.

Another knitting project

I don't think I ever posted a photo of a project from a month or two ago. I knit and felted a bag. I was originally going to give it away for Christmas, but decided to keep it as my knitting bag. Karen just made one from the same pattern (Marsupial tote from 'The Stitch 'n Bitch Handbook'). I might make another as a gift. I'll add that to the long list of future projects.

Done!

My first sweater is done! For Christmas, Karen gave me a pattern book, yarn and all the necessary needles to make a sweater. And now it's done! I'm really pleased. It turned out very well. I feel so proud. Like I'm now a real knitter.


(edited to add: I made it a size 2, since I didn't know how long it would take me. It won't fit Kate until next winter. Alas.)