As promised.

Well, I have (finally) posted the bangle bag pattern. If you are interested there is a free pattern link in the sidebar.

I have finished my little red top, and I am disappointed. I went by the bust measurement and I think I could smuggle a small child under this thing. I'm off to sheeps to buy more yarn for another DIFFERENT top. I'm thinking I might go with more of a camisole. If so though, I think I will have to buy some sort of cardigan or wrap or something. (I need to start knitting more for myself.)

I'm more than halfway done with Nate's guitar strap. Not counting the suede tabs, that is. Boy is he nervous. But then if you were not all that familar with the wonders of felting and you wife informed you she was getting close to finishing your guitar strap, and all you saw was this:

you might be nervous.

I still have one more bonnet to make, I cannot decide if I should make it the same or a little different than the first.

Yes, Lynne, I will write out the pattern.


I did get my grommeted sophie bag finished. Although I will not be keeping it for myself. It will go to my mother-in-law for her birthday.

Carma received her socks this weekend. I think I may have successfully converted her to sock knitting, but I'll let her tell you about that.

One bonnet down. One to go.

Yarn-- Frog Tree 85% prima cotton 15% silk sport weight
Pattern-- made up as I went along, with the exception of the lace around face. from Nicky Epstein's book Knitting on the edge. I think it was called the fishtail stitch (?) It's basically a really big sock heel.

You know, someone should really get on that....

I'm feeling better, but I'm not quite better yet. Everything has settled in my chest. Which, I'm thinking, is even more unpleasant. I sound terrible, but it has not evoked much sympathy from the hubby.

On the knitting front:
No, I have not forgotten about the promised bag pattern. I just need to find my notes first. Also I'm trying to remember where I got the handles, because they seem to be an odd size.

I have started a sock, but it is not the spiral pair. It's a pair I have promised to my mother.

I'm making baby bonnets for a double baptism we will be attending on the 5th.

I'm finishing up my little red top.

In other news:
My father-in-law is coming Friday. My Mother-in-law on Sunday. Sunday I will hosting over a dozen people for an early Memorial day cookout.
I have not cleaned...
I have not grocery-shopped...
I have not done laundry...

...in over a week. If I were not still hacking up gross and nasty things, I would be panicking and frantically cleaning. Too bad I'm have also not had any help. Eh, I'm too sick to even be bitter.

Wish me luck. I'll need it.

socks on the brain

Well, as I am sure the recipient of the koigu socks has figured out, carma will get the koigu socks when she visits this weekend. I have been telling her for quite some time now, that if she wanted hand knit socks she would just have to knit them herself.

I decided to borrow a tactic fron the Too Much Wool's plan for converting sock knitting hold-outs. Gift one pair, she will fall into sock knitting line. :)

I must have socks on the brains.

A while back Tricky posted about Dan's ill-fated spiral sock attempt. I got to thinking, except for Dan's not having quite enought yarn to finish it, that this could certainly be done. I know what you are thinking, "Who wants to knit tube socks? Isn't the idea So, here is my to knit custom fit footwear?"Simply borrow a page from Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Without Tears, and put in afterthought heels.

For those of you who are not familiar with this book, (Find it. Read it. It's got all sorts of great little tips and tricks to it.) you essentially knit a tube sock, then decide where to place the heel, snip one stitch and unravel until you have adequate "live stitches", then knit them as if you were knitting the toe of your sock.

Now to start on mine.

After I stop coughing so hard I vomit.