Knitting Pharm

More borrowed words

 

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Little People, Big (piles of) Knits

All around me, people are making babies.  Friends, coworkers, acquaintances, you name it.

Let it be said, I'm done with having babies.  I have two sweet daughters with the man of my dreams, and we were fortunate to have that moment of closure when we first laid eyes on our second.  We had our family.

That said, I still love babies, in a thank-God-for-vasectomies kind of way.  I am relieved that my Breedy McHumpalot friends are keeping me supplied with babies to hug and love and hand back when they cry.

And knit for.  Never forget that part.

 

Teensy raglan and socks in Lucy Neatby Celestial Merino Dream, Sugar Maple colourway.  This has been sitting in my stash since last summer, so it was great to fish it out and fall in love with it all over again.

Teensy raglan and socks in Crystal Palace Panda Wool, Basil Curry colourway.

And as I whip off teeny knits, I have two constant reminders that I am no longer the parent of a baby.  This outtake from a recent portrait session perfectly shows the silly side of my sweet girls.

Have a great day!

Letters from Daycare

I think my work here is done.

Sock Speak

Despite what a certain blog has been suggesting, I have actually been both busy and knitting.  Lots and lots of socks were produced as the family and I whipped through New England on our yearly road trip.

Marilinda from Cookie A., worked in Opal solid.  Love this pattern.

Another Cookie A. pattern, Monkey, worked with Cat Bordhi's Riverbed architecture.  These ones are in Colinette Jitterbug, slightly beyond ankle length.

Broad Spiral Ribbed socks from More Sensational Knitted Socks.  Done toe-up in Estelle Arequipa.  The second photo shows the patterned heel flap I seem to be stuck on working lately.

A Cat Bordhi/Charlene Schurch hybrid here, Tall Tibetan Coriolis with a Garter Rib leg.  The yarn is from the road trip and is Seacoast Handpainted Panda.  It's a yummy, soft bamboo blend I'm glad I had the sense to buy more than one of.

In not socks, I snatched a ball of Marvel from my mum's stash on the way through to the States and made a super-quick scarf for Jen at work.  (She's been eying Lou's like a ravenous tiger, so this is to keep conflict at bay...)

Just simple garter, 14 sts on the largest needle from the Denise set.  At this gauge and stitch count, the thick and thin pooled into nifty little patches that also gave the scarf a bit of a scalloped edge.  I'm more pleased with it than I should be.

And Jen placed an order for a hat/mitts/scarf set, so I found her some nice Rowanspun and did Le Slouch to test the waters with the yarn.

Late to the game as always, a wonderful gal at Halcyon Yarn led me to Jared's blog and the Hemlock Ring blanket, which I'm working in smaller gauge but larger stitch count.

Not bad for a daft cow, yes?

April's head to toe, by the blog

Dumbass Deb is still playing the working mom, and claims to be too busy to play with me.  (Whoever heard of a charity luncheon as an excuse?  Sheesh.)

Head to toe for April likely contains some unblogged items, but I'll get the daft cow webmistress to catch up as soon as possible.

Socks:

• little Pomatomus for Mikayla
• Upstream Monkeys in Colinette Jitterbug
• Marilinda in Opal solid
• Toe-ups in STR light, Mist colourway

Sweaters:

• Cables and Os!  (Are you tired of that bitch her babbling on about it yet?)
• Little cashmerino pulli for baby Ava

Scarves:

• Lace Ribbons in Fleece Artist merino sock mill end
• Jen's slubby scarf
• Tube scarf in STR, Mudslide and Stormy Weather

Hats:

• Le Slouch in Rowanspun aran

Thanks for the words of support.  I think Deb needs to know where her readers stand on her treatment of me.  Now I'm off to pink-eye her pillow.