Kaylee's Favorite Booties

I have knit these booties more times than I can count. Everyone who has ever gotten a pair loves them. I've changed the pattern a tad and included an I-cord instead of a ribbon for the tie which I like a lot better. These booties are best for the simple purpose of keeping baby socks from falling off.
These crazy, colorful booties are going to Arizona to my friend,, Marie-elena and another pair for Ashley coming soon!

Found the original pattern in the book: I Can't Believe I'm Knitting

Willow's Stocking

I finially finished Willow's stocking tonight!  I didn't get it done before Christmas because I wanted to use the same yarn that I made the rest of ours out of and they didn't sell it in my local yarn store.  I guess I could of ordered it online, but I prefer to support the locals stores that I want to stay in business.  So, I knew Canvas Works in Olympia would have the yarn, so I waited until we flew home for Christmas and then one icy day, Joanna and I braved the roads and drove over to Olympia so I could get the yarn I needed.   I found what I needed and I bought it and I started knitting the stocking right away.  I worked on it the whole time I was in Washington (in all my free time...the free time that comes with a 2 1/2 year old and a 6 week old) and got it to the point where it was off the needles so it was easier to pack home.  I have finally been able to knit the past couple of nights this week and tonight I got all the ends wove in, the seams sewed up, the I-cord hanger knit and sewed on.  Then, I went to take a picture of it with the rest of our stockings to post on this blog.  And that's when I discovered I had made a terrible mistake.  I am going to have to rip the whole thing out and start over.  Not good, not good.  Willow's stocking is significantly smaller than the other 3.  She would totally notice, maybe not this year, but soon enough.  And really anybody who saw the stockings all hanging next to each other would probably wonder to themselves, 'what the heck did that poor girl do to get such a little stocking, compared to the others hanging up there....these parents obviously have favorites'  And we just can't have that.  So, rip it out I shall, but not tonight.  Argyle is a pain in the rear to knit and I just don't have the energy to do it.  But before next Christmas, Willow's lovely purple and pink stocking - created to look like a bright Christmas ornament - will be unraveled into little balls and recreated.  But here is the finished project as it stands now... :( sniff sniff...I hate ripping stuff out....sniff sniff    (don't cry shop girl, don't cry)

Snug It Up!

Willow was rolling around town today in the snugs that I made her. No need for socks since they are lined with alpaca! Wish I had a pair, but we all know how my felted feet objects usually turn out. :)

The snugs were made from a kit from Pick Up Sticks,  you can get your own here!

Fuzzy Legs

I knit Willow up some leg warmers, because I was bored and wanted to do something that would be real quick.



Once the leg warmers were done, I figured she needed a matching headband.



Flash Dance anyone???

Merry Cables

I just finished this cabled scarf this evening, my last Christmas present that I needed to finish! Wahooo!!!! Now, I can start on maybe some socks or something or maybe work on the blanket I was knitting for Willow before I decided to knit all my Christmas presents.




This pattern came from the Knit Noel book.

More Christmas Gifts!

I've finished some more Christmas presents!

First we have some slippers for my dad.  My track record for slippers for my dad is very bad.  For some reason, I cannot knit slippers that will fit his feet.  I have tried pattern after pattern, I've even created my own.  I'm starting to think my dad has freaky shaped feet.  Now let me clarify, this is actually pair #2 that I have knit up for him for this Christmas.  I figured while he was living in my house, I would knit a pair of slippers for him so he could try them on every step of the way.  The first pair was going along swimmingly until I got to the cuff.  Dad likes them nice and tight around the ankle so they won't stretch out and fall off.  Well, I made the cuff a little too small and he couldn't wedge his feet in them (wierd shaped feet, I tell you), so now I have a lovely pair of green slippers to keep my feet warm.  But here are the ones he'll get for Christmas, hopefully this pair will work!

Next up, we have some wristlets for my favorite rocker in the family.  These are so fast and easy to knit up, he may get a few more of them than what is in the picture, in his present!

Here's my super easy pattern:

Using sock yarn, or fingerling weight yarn and size 4 dpns

Cast on 42 sts

Divide over 3 needles and join into a round

K3, P3 around for 2" or however big you want it

Bind off in pattern

One more thing I finished up this morning was this hat for my father-in-law.  Jayden decided he'd like to be my model, after he saw how much fun the balloon was having.  :)

9 Months

After inspiration from Rachel, I decided to start knitting 9 months ago. I learned from watching you tube. These where my very first creations: More have come and more to follow!

Merry Christmas! (sneak peak)

I know I haven't posted anything that would make people think I am knitting.  But, I AM!  All the time, in all my free time, I am trying to get all my Christmas presents done before the baby comes.  AND I can't really post what I've been working on, since the people I am giving things to read this blog.  :)   So, here's a little sneak peak for the girls presents, I finished the last one this morning!

Wait, this doesn't look right....

The time has come for me to post my first blog. Kaylee and Rachel have been nagging me to start my own blog forever. They seem to think funny things happen to me all the time and that I should be writing them for the world to read. Now that I am apart of this online knit Wits club I figured it was time to make my debut and post my most infamous knitting disaster.

I had decided that I was going to knit Jon and myself Christmas stockings instead of buying a pair. I asked my sister Rachel, if she could come up with a pattern for me. Those of you who knit, know that patterns are written in what seems to be a totally different language and for someone who isn’t familiar with the lingo; it’s easy to make mistakes. Let me just say here, that I don’t have very much experience knitting. My projects are few and far between. I swear I forget how to cast on every time I start a new one and most of them never get finished. So in the beginning I was asking Rachel a million questions just to make sure that I didn’t make some huge mistake and have to rip the whole thing out. As I made my way through the pattern I became more and more confident and dare I say a little too sure of myself……big mistake.

The night of our knit wits group I was sitting next to Rachel and Jessie on the couch knitting and chatting like usual. On this particular night I was planning to finish stocking number one and I was beyond excited. I just wanted to get it done so could have the finished product. As I was nearing the end of the pattern I asked Rachel for help to finish the toe and I held up my stocking to show her where I was. As I held it I noticed that something was drastically wrong. I grabbed the pattern and started scanning it to figure out what had happened. I was just sure that Rachel had messed up the pattern and that was why my stocking looked funny. Then I found it. The step I had missed. In my haste to finish I skipped over the step that was the middle of the foot (40 rows). I had knit the heel and went straight into knitting the toe. My stocking now resembled a Chinese woman’s foot that had been bound. Rachel started laughing hysterically and held up my stocking to show Kaylee and Jessie what I had done. Of course everyone was crying they were laughing so hard and Kaylee thought it would be a great idea to take some pictures to capture my embarrassment forever.

This is what Chinese Foot Binding looks like.

Hat With Earflaps

I don't know what all you other Knit Wits have been up to, but I've been knitting up a storm. Well, sort of. I'm still going, which I am pretty surprised about. I don't know why I haven't burned out yet? I haven't finished the other fingerless gloves, but on top of those I've started a pair of booties and get this! I'm doing them both at the same time. Genius, right Rach? I recently knit up a fabulous hat that was intended for someone else, and I did in fact give it to them, but I really wanted to keep it for myself. Super soft yarn was the key with this hat. I have knit up so many hats that no one would want to wear because they are too scratchy. What is scratchy yarn good for anyway? Felting maybe??

Here's the hat. The pattern came from a book or maybe it's a booklet? Reynolds Lopi: Vol. 22