Finished

I feel like I've been working on this sweater/hat combo forever. I haven't. In all reality, it's only been a few months. Do you ever reach that point in a project where you are just so tired of it you want to push through and finish? That's where I was with this yesterday. I finished up all of the knitting and then I hit my least favorite part: tucking in all those yarn tails. I finished up today and the sweater and hat are in the package, ready to go to mommy-to-be this weekend. I still have a long way to go with my knitting and I hope that my mistakes aren't as obvious to her as they are to me. But, let's face it: it doesn't really matter what a baby wears, people are paying more attention to the cute baby than the clothes. Right??

Now that I've finished, I was at a loss for what to do with my snippets of time today. I think I've come to a conclusion about my Pottery Barn mirror paint/stain problem. More to come on that as I have time to finish it up. I am also going to make a block of the month quilt, which the ladies over at Among the Gum Trees are kindly offering up for free this year. I tend to not do much embroidery, so I bail part way through the project. For now, I figured it would be something to keep my hands busy and a good way to use up some stash fabric.

Look Familiar?

I followed through and made Zack his very own pair of knit slippers. My sister saw mine and started laughing. "I haven't seen slippers like that since we were little kids!" She may just find herself with a pair of "kid" slippers for Christmas.

Crocheted Spider Pattern

As I was browsing online yesterday, I found a pattern for this hat by Girl In Air. It was too cute not to make. Instead of putting a flower, I designed a spider to put on mine. My husband was surprised and a bit impressed (which is a good thing if he doesn't know everything about me after 7 years, right?). I also learned the magic circle technique, which I LOVE! How did I not know this before? I have linked it in to the spider pattern and it can also be found as a link from the hat pattern. I thought about putting googly eyes on my spider, but decided against it for this particular project. Here is my finished hat, followed by directions to make your own spider.

Crocheted Spider

Using size F hook, create a magic circle using 6 sc, or ch 4, join to form ring, ch 1 and sc 6 in ring. Join with slip stitch to first ch. ch 1. sc in each back loop around. Join to first ch with slip stitch. ch 1. 2 sc in each sc around. Join to first ch with slip stitch. Finish off.

Legs: (Make 8) Ch 6. On what would be the 7th ch, fasten off.

Attach legs to body. Stitch down to hat, or whatever you would like.

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Mummy Dearest

Here is my latest project. Or, rather, this is the 3rd version of this project. These mummies are so simple and quick to make. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with
this one. Some lucky person will get it. I have a few people in mind but haven't decided on anyone yet.

You say "Witch" Like it's a Bad Thing

Blog Give Away gift number 2 has been given. Amy was the lucky recipient of this adorable witch. The pattern may be found in the September/October issue of Fons' and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine. I'm not allowed to have cute Halloween decorations, so I am glad that it went to a good home.