cupcakes

In honor of Caitlin's upcoming birthday, I've added a cupcake decor to the blog. I hope you like it, Li'l C!

Cabled Hat

I made my first cabled project!
Pattern: Basic Cable from Stitch and Bitch Nation
Yarn: Vanna's Choice, eggplant
Needles: size 8 16" circulars
I was really excited to try a new technique, and cables turned out to be easier than I thought (after I asked my friend/knitting mentor Pepper for some help).

Vanna's Choice (VC) is a good substitution for the required yarn, Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted. Since I have to get my yarn from Michael's and Hobby Lobby, I couldn't get the required yarn in a timely manner, so I used VC and was happy with the results. Plus, VC is machine washable, which is an added bonus.

The hat is actually a darker shade of purple, but my shitty camera phone couldn't capture the color well. But, I'll probably be getting a new camera for my b-day, so good pictures will come later.

A new niece!

On Sunday, our new niece was born.
Kirin and Adisyn:


We thought she'd be here before Valentine's Day, so the stuff I collected for big sister Adisyn is Valentine's themed--sorry Ryan and Ash, it will be late.

Here's a pic of the hat I made for little Kirin:


I found the graph online, and made up the rest of it. It's sort of big for a newborn, but I figure she'll grow into it. Besides, everyone always gives gifts sized for a newborn and the parents don't have stuff for when the baby's older.

Another hat for Adi

Here's a hat I knit for Adisyn. I used the graph from the "center square" hat on Knitty, and just sort of made up the rest as I went along. The earflaps are a modified version of the devil hat in Stitch and Bitch.

And it's lined in fleece, so it will be extra warm for her. I painstakingly handstitched the fleece in, because the only green thread I had was embroidery thread, so I couldn't use my machine. Next time, I'll definitely use the sewing machine.
This picture shows the color more accurately, and the i-cord and pom-pons: (FYI, it's a pet peeve of mine when people call them "pom-poms"--that is not correct)


As for the argyle scarf, it's becoming a big pain in my ass. I've screwed up several times, and I hope the mistakes aren't that visible. I have nine out of 23 pattern repeats done. I'm not even halfway. :|

Uncle Argyle (one week later)

This scarf is taking forever! I've tried to do one repeat a day, and as you see I'm behind one day. Hopefully I'll catch up today.

Colors for Caitlin's scarf

Caitlin won't decide on colors for her scarf, so I'm creating a poll to help her decide. Here are some options I came up with.

1. pink and wine



2. tangerine and rust


3. guacamole and grass green


4. mustard and charcoal

5. charcoal and magenta

6. aqua and taupe (taupe is actually a bit darker in person)

7. ice blue and pistachio


8. girly pink and melon



Or, come up with your own color combo and tell me.

Uncle Argyle Scarf

I wanted to learn a new technique, so I started the Uncle Argyle Scarf from the Son of Stitch and Bitch book. The scarf is double knit, which is basically a K1 P1 rib, but it makes the scarf double sided, and it looks like stockinette stitch but it won't curl at the edges. I think it will take a really long time to complete, but hopefully it will be worth it.