Local Pride

In the form of a hat!

I made this up for one of my dear friends of old, a rabid Hurricanes fan. She requested gloves... but I really wanted to use this chart. It was too big for gloves. It's nearly too big for the hat too!

And ummm, if you're reading this Ms. A&W, you still have to pretend to be excited when I give it to you. So there. :')













(This was taken in a mirror, so the logo is reversed).

I haven't actually finished anything else since I last wrote, but I've done a little of this and that and started a ton of things. Dyeing, spinning, (even some cleaning), and casting on and swatching. Hopefully I will have another finished object to show you soon.

Thalia

Allow me to introduce:

Thalia











I'm still plotting to tweak some things for the final pattern, but for just me I'm happy with this shirt.

ETA: I should have mentioned this the first time I posted. My original vision was fairly different from this final version, but I held true to my desire for a tank top inspired by ancient Greek fashion. There is a reason that so many designers through the ages kept looking back to the Greco-Roman period for inspiration!

The ribbing pattern gives the impression of pleats, and the cowl neck gives real pleats and a pleasant drape.

So Close!

So close I can hardly stand it!

If I wasn't sure I would completely lose my marbles I might even try to finish it tonight...

Yeah, I'm not even coherent anymore. Look at the pics and see what you think.







And I haven't been slacking on the pattern-writing either. Currently I am complete on all sizes for the torso, and I have the directions for my size in the rest. I have a strong suspicion the math is going to be hurting my brain when I start fleshing out the other sizes in the bust and back.

For The Family

Every once in a while I manage to catch the kid being extra cute on film. Here's the little cat-tormenter being sweet on the phone. :^)

Fresh Yarn

And bright too!

I did some spinning after finishing Sahara. I used the shetland/angora blend that I dyed with easter egg dye, and some yummy black alpaca. I then plied that in the same direction as the first spinning with a teal rayon thread that I had beaded. I navajo plied the whole thing to get this:



Look at the beads!


I still actually need to work on this a little more. The different fibers took the twist differently and the black sections need more twist (in the navajo plying direction) to be balanced.

Also I need a name for it. So far all that's come to me is "Cyber." Any ideas?


I have been knitting a fair bit on a tank top I'm trying to design. I don't really want to show it until I'm done with it. Especially since there's always the chance it will just get ripped if it doesn't come together properly.


And just because, I leave you with a pic of Kahlua with a flower.

Sahara Is Finished!

Woo! Now for pictures. :^)












Is it time for sweaters yet?

Anniversary Pictures

We did have a very lovely anniversary. Here's our anniversary pictures for this year (I haven't skipped a year yet, although there's a couple years that are kind of rough looking).



(Our friend has a beautiful side-yard, huh)?



It's just not fun unless there's peek-a-boo involved, heh. ;^)