knit1frog2

time for pie & socks

Well yay!  The hat was sent, the box was opened, and little Fiona wore it all evening long afterwards.  That really makes my day!  Hooray for berry pie!

Fiona out with her pie hat...

Sorry E, had I known about the swords beforehand, I would have put one in the box!

For other news...

Yay!  The sockapalooza4 database is open and I logged in to see who I will be knitting for!  What fun...though I see she is a major sock knitter so hmmm, these socks must be perfect.  Man the pressure.  Oh wait, this is supposed to be fun--hahahaha!  Okay, so that said, I will be practicing on some for me first...just to make sure they will pass her standards ^__^.

Now, which pattern to knit...hmmm.  There are so many out there...and I'm not seeing one that I like...good thing there is time...

I've also been battling with...do I find the pattern first, THEN the yarn?  Or get the yarn and try to find a pattern that will work without too much rework of gauge calculations...hmmm.

updates

Okay, try 2 after the unsuccessful update try last night.  Sooo, where do I start?

Here perhaps...

blue jeans on that bum!

I started one of the Jess Hutch bears at my brother's house over Easter. Somehow I have miraculously gotten my niece and nephew to be okay with me knitting when I'm around them...in fact it went something like this:

   me:  Hey MPC, would you wear a knit hat with something cool on it?

   mpc:  YES!!!  Can you start now?

   me:  well, no, but I can start as soon as I get the yarn!

   beebs:  Is that there (the bear body) for me? 
      (it wasn't, b/c who knew she'd want one!)

   me:   um...did you want one?

    beebs:  YES. KEEP knitting!  HURRY UP!

Even if I took a break to get a sip of water she'd tell me KEEP KNITTING!!!  Ahhh, yay! 

In the meantime, I did go to the yarn store in my neighborhood that is selling off all of the items due to retirement...and I started on my nephew's hat!

can you tell yet what this will be?

Ooooh, I sure hope it fits his head!  So I read an article about intarsia and knitting in the round on Knitty, curious...I am knitting this by stranding inside the hat...we'll see how it works.  I suppose I can always redo it if needed (read, if stranding has made the hat too tight), right?

Sockapalooooza4 signups are open now!  After missing the last one, I am SO in for this round!  Sign up will ya?  It's so fun to make and receive socks!

Oh yes, and I need to order the zipper for the Simple.  Man, and I need to order the safety eyes...so much to do, so little time...I need to pack my bag for workout tomorrow and it's already past my bedtime.  argh.