Knittin' in The Rockies

In my opinion, a vacation is not a vacation unless you get some knitting done...



Voila! A nice, masculine scarf...but I can't tell you who it's for (they'll have to find out at Christmas!)

Cozy Tea Cozies

Many of my best times with both my moms have been chatting over a cup of tea...so what better present to make them for Mother's Day than tea cozies?

For my fun-loving and vibrant mother-in-law, I picked some bright and equally fun yarn...

Before the felting process, the tea cozy was huge - large enough to engulf a small baby!

Into the washing machine it went to felt. Then, I added retro spider web roses...

Anyone care for a cup of tea?

...except, as the weeks went on, I grew to hate that tea cozy...it was just plain icky. I finally came across some colourful buttons and made flowers instead.

Ahh...much nicer.

Now, with two young boys in the house, I thought my mom might appreciate a soothing and calming colour like blue...

This tea cozy was also very large before the felting process, but not nearly as larg as the other one!
I embroidered a fern leaf on my mom's tea cozy...hopefully it will help her to relax the next time the boys get into trouble...

punk'd

Nialle's grandad is undergoing chemo for lung cancer and has begun to lose his hair. Solution? Knit him a mohawk!

Done!

I finished Liam's sweater today! Here's the finished product...

I put it on Liam to see how it would fit...well...he'll grow into it, right? The pictures that I took are just so cute I have to post them all!

Anemoi Mittens

My mother-in-law found some yarn at the second hand store and asked me to make her a pair of mittens. I had to do some searching, but managed to find a pattern that called for fingering yarn. This was my first attempt at colour stranding and the first project I've knit only on double pointed needles. I think the results are pretty good! The only bad thing about these mittens is that they're a little long for her fingers, but we'll just say that I've left room for a manicure!

The mittens were very fuzzy and I found it hard to "read" the pattern. But that problem was easily remedied by taking Nialle's beard trimmer to them and giving them a little shave.

(Nialle, if you're reading this - please don't hurt me! I did it all in the name of fashion!)

I love how they look like an antique pair of Scandinavian mittens!

Smitten With Knittin'

I'm addicted knitting...the kind of addicted where you never get up to brush your teeth because it would take too much time away from knitting, the kind of addicted where you stay up until midnight saying "just one more row and then I'll go to bed", the kind of addicted where you'd opt for a cathetar if you could...

yes, I am addicted to knitting this sweater for Liam.

But can you blame me? The pattern is just so cute!

Here is the current object of my affections, sans sleeves and hood...I think it might be a while before the sweater fits Liam, but I'll make him wear it anyway - even if we can only see his little nose poking out from the neck.

Shedir

This was my first attempt at knitting with circular needles. I had to learn how to knit in a completely different way than I had learned growing up. After a few tries, the final result was a success!

The yarn was recycled from a purse I had made my sister a few Christmases ago...she never used the purse...let's hope she uses the hat!