CRAFT Greek to go cozy

craft coffee cozy
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Wow! 2 days in a row on the CRAFT: blog. Thanks to Natalie and Ansley of Bleu Arts!

Lily's sweater

lily's sweater
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The same sweater, knit in the smallest size for my college roommate's baby. Much better. The yarn was much nicer and I did intarsia instead of duplicate stitching. I also added a cable up the sleeve to break up the stockinette.

Pattern: Tattoo Sweater - Stitch n Bitch Nation
Yarn: Baby Ull Dalegarn (don't have the colorway - green)

This one could have used a closure as well, but just at the top.

Jadyn's sweater

jadyn's sweater
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This is the first sweater I knit, for my niece Jadyn. The yarn was very fuzzy and there were long stretches of boring stockinette.

Pattern: Tattoo Sweater - Stitch n Bitch Nation
Yarn: Black fuzzy (?) fingering weight, and Lilac smooth (?)

I should have put some buttons.

Catching up

Fetching - FO
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Well, I've been absent from my own blog. I would like to build up to posting regularly, but in the mean time, it's going to need to be more of a showcase for finished objects. So here's the first.

Like everyone else, I made a pair of Fetching mitts.
Yarn: Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Pumpkin (1 skein)
Pattern: Fetching (Knitty.com)
Finished: sometime in the fall 06

Knit gifts for a bridal friend.

Jenny and I decided to knit a wedding emergency bag for a friend who is getting married this weekend. The bag will serve the dual purpose of being a pretty, yet subtle remembrance (complete with their wedding logo) and also being a cozy fall bag for her (complete with matching Hurry Up Spring armwarmers).

Knit in Rowan Summer Tweed in Ghost and Vanity (or Blueberry, will have to check the ball band), the bag is lined with purple satin and is the first bag with our label in it. It has a couple pockets for cell phone and small items.

We stuffed it full of all sorts of fun "emergency" items, including the armwarmers (pattern from Stitch n Bitch Nation) since she is always cold. Just for kicks, here's a partial list of the contents:


mini emory sticks
hair spray
toothbrush/toothpaste
breath mints
boby pins
first aid (bandaids, advil, tums, ets)
mini bar (kahlua, vodka, baileys)
blemish stick
hand cream
lip balm
hand sanitizer
mirror
energy bars
tissues
ligher
mini sewing kit
double stick tape
shout wipes
safety pins

Sock Wars 06

So I have been fighting in Sock Wars 06 and have finally discharged my weapon today from sea to shining sea. Lookout GrandCarriage! Here is the sock of doom, first socks ever knit by me.

Having received no reply to inquiries to my assasin, I believe I am now being hunted by my assassin's assasin's assasin's assasin quenstalof. I live in fear.

Glacier Hat

Brrrrr! The inspiration for this hat came from the yarn itself, obtained in a swap with Counting Mermaids. As I began it, the colors reminded me of the melting summer glaciers in Glacier Lake in the Yukon, pale greens and blues and cloudy whites.



I finished the top and earflaps with Lamb's Pride Bulky in Creme doubled with a sparkly, rickracky yarn called Muench Bella Donna in Teal.

I found a great bead store in NYC, to get some icy looking stone and glass beads to frost the glacial look.

This hat is just begging for a blizzard and aurora borealis.

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