Spicy Fitted Tee

Here's a good example of what I can end up with by just knitting from my stash. I never would've thought to use this yarn (Noro Kochoran) with this pattern (Spicy Fitted Tee from Fitted Knits), but I like the results. It's a beautiful yarn, though too itchy to wear next to my skin. A good discussion about the errata can be found here.

Loveable Toy Elephant, First Sock, Cirque Scarf

I finished a few little things in the past month. I knit this elephant for my son's first birthday from Last Minute Knitted Gifts using Caron Simply Soft and a bit of Bernat Satin Sport for the kerchief. He's so cute! I love him. The pattern was a bit iffy in spots, but just required a little intuition. I think it took me a lot longer than the book said it would, since I worked on it 20 minutes at a time!

Here's my first wearable sock! It's really comfy. I used Fleece Artist merino and the pattern on the ball band. It has a few errors in it, and the toe turned out all wonky, so I reknit it using the toe from the Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns. I already have requests from my husband and mom to make them pairs of their own.

Finally, here's probably the last ever knitted novelty yarn scarf on the planet. :) It's really fluffy and sparkly. It took 3 balls of Muench Lucky I got uber cheap. It's my Cirque du Solei scarf, made specifically for the upcoming show I'm going to. I think it will be my 9th, if I'm not forgetting any. My husband and I are obsessed!

Simple Knitted Bodice

I've finished arguably my favorite sweater I've ever knit, the Simple Knitted Bodice by Stefanie Japel. I used 13 balls of Berroco Ultra Silk, and lengthened the torso quite a bit. For the sleeves I did 3 repeats of the lace pattern instead of 6. I did the full four purl ridge repeats the pattern called for along the neckline and am pleased with the higher V. It makes it more wearable, at least for me. The yarn is so soft and the color is really saturated. I can't get over what a great pattern this is. I highly recommend it.

Ballet Pullover

Here's my finished Ballet Pullover by Teva Durham. (From Interweave Knits Summer 2004) I used Online Linie Vision, a cool almost terry-cloth cotton-blend ribbon yarn. (Discontinued, of course. I end up with a lot of those, 'cause I'm cheap.) It's super comfortable. I made it looser than the original and shortened the sleeves. I know in her book she has a cap-sleeve version, as well, but I'm happy with the length I ended up with. I finished this back in May, in time to wear on my first Mother's Day.

Isobel Vest

My most recent FO is French Girl's Isobel Vest in Rowan Biggy Print #235. The actual knitting I completed a couple months ago, but I finally managed to do the finishing work. It can take me awhile, because I pretty much hate finishing. I think it turned out pretty good, and I really couldn't tell how it would look on until I put the tie on the back. That let me see how to position the buttons. Mine looks a little different from the original because I made it extra long (I'm 5'9"), and I'm still breastfeeding, so I have a little something extra on top. :) Plus, I wanted it a little further away from my neck, to distract from my two chins. The only trouble I had was doing the provisional cast-on the pattern called for; I kept ending up with way too many stitches. I basically knitted most of the body twice, since the first time it actually fit my husband, who's a men's XXL. We had a good laugh over that one. Here's the pictures, taken in a Japanese garden.

Lady Eleanor Entrelac Stole

Here's a project I completed around last April, Lady Eleanor from 'Scarf Style'. The pictures are from the local tulip festival. I used an (unfortunately) discontinued color of Noro Kureyon. I love the way it turned out. I think it's safe to say it is my favorite project I've done to date, both in terms of how fun it was to knit and how it looks.

I added beads to the fringe, which I love.

It made a great cover up for nursing, too. :)

Howdy!

Hi there. Welcome to my knitting/crafting blog. I hope you'll find all kinds of goodies here in the future.

In case you found this place and you don't know me, my name is Janet and I live with my husband and 10 month old baby boy in the Pacific Northwest. I'm pretty much obsessed with knitting, and I like to dabble in other crafts occasionally, too. I especially like purple yarn, so you'll probably see a lot of it here. :)

Bye for now!