Autumn has arrived!

I made my newest one a pumpkin hat for the season. It was a very simple pattern, except for the leaf, and it knitted up in one evening. My older boy loves it but it's too small for him and I think he looks a bit weird in something that looks so baby. I used this pattern:
http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/holpumpkinhat.htm
I highly recommend it, extremely easy pattern with great results!

I used a chunky orange yarn with brown wool for the stem and green dishcloth cotton for the leaf.

Join me in a KAL!

I joined a bi-monthly knit-a-long (is that lame?), you should join me too! It's for dishcloths so it's easy, a great way to practice new techniques, great for gifts, and won't take up too much time. Their blog is
http://monthlydishclothkal.blogspot.com/ and then you have to join the Yahoo Group in order to see the patterns. They give out a few lines a day and after a week, voila!

Knitting up a storm!

I finished my first sweater! It's the baby Yoda kimono sweater from Ravelry (you have to be a member to access it). I adjusted it a bit to make it slightly larger, and i didn't use a Yoda'esque color (not really into Star Wars, just liked the pattern). I decided to make matching slippers, mittens, and a hat. The slippers and hat are from Zoe Mellor's book, "Easy Knits." They are very simple patterns; however, if I were to make the hat again, I would cast on fewer stitches and use larger needles because it took FOREVER to knit the simple hat. The slippers were very easy and very quick to knit, maybe an hour for both. For the mittens, I just did a k2 p2 ribbing for an inch, then knitted the rest, ending with a kitchener graft, using dpn's in stockinette. They were very quick to knit up and since a baby doesn't need t use their opposable thumb, yu can skip the thumb part. DH was adorable and put the mittens on his feet, strange as it was, they actually fit! I'm working on some other items, but I'll keep those a secret for now ;-)

Ravelry!

I've been on Ravelry for a while now but I haven't had time to really play around with it. Today I put on one bin of yarn into my Stash. I still have tons more to put in, but at least some of it is organized. I also have tons of projects in my Queue. Currently I'm working on the Yoda sweater, in grey, with matching mittens (which are finished) for my littlest one. I have so many more projects though, I better get finished soon! I'm also working a pair of socks, those are much more complicated and tedious. I would post pics but my camera cord is attached to the computer upstairs and the kids are downstairs.

Dooby Dooby Doo!

My toddler loves Scooby Doo, so I thought I'd make him some Dooby Doo inspired woolies! Dyed with orange and lime Kool Aid, of course.

Crochet!

I have tried my hand at crochet in the past but found the patterns to be completely indecipherable.  After many questions over the Internet, and much frustration, I think I'm finally getting it. I made the Wooly Britches Soaker first. (You can find the pattern in the links section of the Yahoo Group, wool_soaker_group. You must be a member to access it.) It reminded me of a mushroom, so I freehand crocheted a mushroom applique. The second is the Tickle Turdle Wrap. That one had a very complicated edging, which I actually managed to survive! 

A Great Find!

I was unpacking boxes of "too big" clothes for my littlest one and low and behold, I found a soaker that I had forgotten about! It's the Fern and Faerie Free Soaker pattern (aka Mehndimama's Soaker) and I absolutely love it on! Unfortunately, it will be too small soon.