MY FIRST BABY SWEATER

I used a sweater pattern from my Debbie Bliss magazine and adapted it so it would have the Argyle across the chest.

I hope it softens a little. I washed it once already and it did get softer, but not enough for me.

That's what happens when you can't afford natural fibers.

I love "Red Heart" yarns most of the time because they're inexpensive and DO soften with washing.

It's a better material if you are going to make it for a child. They're clothing must be washed often so therefore it will eventually get softer.

This is for the Son of the Daughter that usually likes store bought gifts, but I hope she'll like it. I sent a picture of it and got "cute" back. I think it was her Hubby that responded. (crossing my fingers)

Hat of Soft left-overs

That's the wrong date, it was January 28th. I had a skein of Noro and most of a skein of Rowan scottish tweed dk. It's sooo soft, too big for my head, but I don't care. I have a child size head, even with all my education it's still a small circumference. LOL Oh well, did I say it's sooo soft :) ?

Knitting my fingers to the bone, happily

Wristers, Socks, swatches of childrens sweaters....my small head Bere'

Finally heard from my Son. He did get the sweater and he said it was so warm that he actually had to peel it off a couple of times. This is a good thing. Thanks, Jared Flood! (the designer) :-D

The hat I sent along with it turned to be really big, but that was my fault not the designer's

I am having the hardest time trying to decide what to knit 6th. Lol, that's how far I've gotten ahead of myself.

EnShallah, I'll live long enough to sew, knit, crochet and needlepoint the things I want to. I'm going to have to get more organized though. :-S

Cobblestone Pullover and Quincy hat by Jared Flood

I have finally finished the sweater I was working on for my Son. Now all I have to do is get it into the mail.

My husband tells me that I may have missed the deadline for on time arrival for his Holiday on the 25th. I made a new cap for him also out of the same booklet. Just don't look at me... :)

It's a moebious that has the top filled in, also by Jared Flood. I have a childs head size even if it does contain a college degree, lol, so it looks huge on me. Hopefully, it'll fit my full size grown man Son. :)

The New Shed

Well, he finally got it finished and it really looks good inside too. We still have to attached those seam covers were the wall meets the roof, but it even has locks although the door has glass windows in it. Hey, the door and lock sets were free, lol. Now we'll need a step since I'm so short, but it looks good. :-D

A Rainy Comfy Sunday

I made this for something to do with my hands just before we moved and literally two days after also. It is my first attempt at a raglan sweater without a pattern because it was started in my Doctor's office. It's in Lion Brand Yarn and Junky to boot so it doesn't look good on my "curvy" self, since I quit smoking, so it's going into the box of things to my tiny daughter, whom ANYTHING looks good on. She's so petite it will look like one of those big "meant to be droopy" sweaters.




My faithful companion, always. Wa-Allah, how I love that Dog!
I was sitting in the vacant spot to the left of the dog and knitting project, watching football.



This is from the armpits down and the cuff up of the project that I listed last. The one for my Son, Jacques.





I am very much trying to finish it before Christmas so I can get it off to him, but he is so forgiving when I can't meet a deadlines like that.

Footnote: I MADE IT!!!

My Latest Project

This is the sweater I'm working my fingers off on at the time. The DANG thing is very simple, but on smaller needles and I just moved!

I'm in a slightly lower income bracket that my beloved Jared Flood, the creator, so I'm using Lion Brand Yarn, Fishermen's Wood with natural oils. Mine is in Maple Tweed and really soft.

I too have a "thing for wool" It's kind of amazing that I do because while I was active duty as part of the uniform, on the flight line, in the winter, a wool sweater was required. I scratched myself until I left bruises some nights because it was so course. I have since fallen in love with a much more refined version of it!

If you frequent this site you may notice that most of my project are for my Son. I have a beautiful Daughter with a husband and children. She use to be a recipiant of my crafts, but alas has decided that she would rather have store bought items. To be fair, she did suffer through a few ill fitting garments before I got good at my craft.

She wore some really nice stuff that I sewed for her but she was much younger and didn't appreciate them. The last item I made for her was a Crocheted shrug. It was really pretty and the softest yarn, Caron, a shade of pink she loves, but the sleeves were a couple inches too long, as I was in TN at the time and she was at home. She dosen't even know where it is now :s

Oh well, more sweaters for my Son. His first sweater took me a year to make! Probably because I made it of washable wool and that stuff is expensive! I also designed it myself. The sleeves were too long on it too, but it was on purpose because he use to stick his thumbs through the cuffs of all of his sweaters (cut wholes) so I put them in, instead of him "putting" them in. lol

He said when he got the package he opened it and put it on and left it on all winter with the Cordiroy coat I'd made and already sent. That was lined with quilting I made to keep him warm. I couldn't afford to go buy a coat for him and he really needed one so I went to Wal-Mart and bought the material off of the dicount material shelf, $20 compared to $100. He LOVED IT! It was his first year at college and it snowed up there! He said all of his friends wanted me to make one for them. I used the "Matrix" costume coat pattern. Wh0 knew?

Ok, enough rambling, gotta get back to putting the crafting room in some semblence of order so I can clean the living room. I pulled all of the boxes that were cramed into my crafting room when we moved in and put them in the living room so I could set up the Craft Room, :-D .