Cue the trumpets!

It's been far too long since my last update.

I have a new FO: my Cavern the cardigan sweater. I love it! I made it out of Horstia Maulbeerseide Schurwolle (try saying that ten times quickly). I followed the pattern almost exactly, but added my diamonds with intarsia. The pattern can be found on http://www.cosmicpluto.com/

Hooray!

Yet another pair of booties...

I've been meaning to try the baby booties found on Heather Bailey's site: http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/heather_bailey/sewing/index.html and I finally completed a pair for my cousin's new baby who will be making her debut in October. They took me approximately ten minutes to complete and I was able to use materials that I already had!

I wish I had discovered these while my boys were still babies.

The Great Baby Bootie Caper

I was wasting time one evening browsing different sites when I came across this:

http://www.papastour.com/products/textiles-rugs/baby-booties

After posting about it on http://www.craftster.org/ and getting many suggestions on how these were knit, I came up with the above.

I ended up knitting it like a sock from the leg to the toes. I used short rows for the heel and decided not to do the yo eyelets. Instead, I incorporated some intarsia stitches to create the toe triangle. I would now vote against intarsia and for duplicate stitch instead! What a mess.

I am still not completely satisfied with the result. The major complaint I have is that it does not seem like it would stay on a baby's foot. We'll see.

She quilts, too!

So this is my fist official attempt at quilting. I decided to make a traditional scrap square pattern with non-traditional circles tossed randomly throughout. Guess what I found out? Even when appliqued, circles are a pain in the butt.

It's still in the quilting stage, but you can see how the pieces fit together and such. We'll see.

Hot off the needles!

Hooray. I finished my first pair of socks. I am pleased with the result, but I didn't need nearly the amount of yarn I purchased. I'll have to search for the receipt. Hmph.

I decided to take a picture of me wearing the spring weight sweater out of Blue Sky Cotton. The neck is still a mess, but I'll work on that tonight.

My first real sock!

I started this, frogged about 1/4 of one sock, and started again. I'm learning the hard way about how important gauge is for socks.

I absolutely love the colors and patterns in this Crystal Palace Bamboo Wool yarn. I'd get enough for a second pair, but the boys need to eat.. tee hee.

I'll post another picture when I'm finished.