Fall is On The Way
So Fall is coming, with winter soon to follow. So I am beginning to start my SWAP (sewing with a plan). This will be my first season trying a SWAP. And I’ve got to be honest, I LOVE the planning of it all. But I am a bit concerned that I’m not going to find a good middle ground between making too little and planning too much. Does that make sense? So far I have come up with this as my plan. I welcome any comments on it.
For my DD:
2 pair of pants
2 dresses
4 tee shirts
2 tops
For DS:
4 pair of pants
2 button shirts
5 tees
And of course I have two boys, though one of the them is only in 2T. Besides planning the SWAP, I’ve been making hats. I’d done my DDs. It was done on the Knifty Knitter. I still think I should have used a more bulky yarn, but it turned out nice. And she LIKES it!
So now I’m on to my sons. But I need some size 10 circs for it. Maybe next week after my block of the month.
Filed under Apparel, Finished Items, Knitting, Sewing | Comment (0)The Little Miss Trouble Tank
Here’s the first half of the Little Miss Trouble’s Tank. Pattern is from the Burda WOF 6/2006 and is pattern #144. I think it’s going together okay. I had a bit of trouble understanding the pattern for the armhole shaping. I think somewhere in the translation it got a bit goobled (is that a word?) up. I did my best to understand what it was asking.
I am now at the stop between projects. I completed the Burda WOF 6/2006 #140 a few days ago (pictures to come soon). Actually I finished the first one almost a week ago. I have a choice now, do I make the shirt from the Ottobre that I adore or do I start on the quilt that my oldest DS is dying for me to make for him. And then I also have Halloween coming up…. Oh choices…
Oh and I borrowed my sister’s camera. It’s much better then my old one. It actually takes pictures! 
Little Toes
Those little toes. Perfect, huh? Well, I think so anyway. How funny they do something so simple, yet it just strikes you in such a way. She is still small, but growing so much. And such a girl, well sometimes anyway.
I have started my little ms trouble tank. I really like the colors together. I think I am doing the color change correctly, if not, then it’s good enough anyway. (I don’t think the knitting police will be sent anyway)
I have been listening to Lime & Violet’s podcast. They make me want to try to find a local SnB. I know a new knitting guild was created just 2 months ago. And they meet again soon. I might check them out.
Filed under Knitting, Musings | Comment (0)World Cup Knitting & Playing With No Subs
Today was the world cup final. I always enjoy watching the games, they are exciting. I do not however like the way it ended. Now I really don’t care which team wins, I’m just watching for the sport of it. But I hate to see a team win or lose based on a shoot out. While watching the game I finished my world cup knitting project. At least I’m considering it done. I had to seam it, but left my needle at home. But all the knitting is done and it isn’t called world cup seaming right! So done I am! Yipee! I wasn’t sure it would be complete. I’m sad to say that even the simple project, like my hat, is something I have to really work hard at completing. I guess little kids do that to you.
Here’s a picture of the Burda WOF design I’m going to do for DD. I have tried twice, unsuccessful I might add to obtain gauge. I had to order some more needles from ebay to try for gauge again.
And lastly, I played another soccer game tonight. I did not pass out or die or even throw up. And I might add we had no subs. We were actually going to have to start with one player down, until a miracle happened. That’s when one of our best players showed up! Oh and I should tell you all…. I didn’t get hurt. I know it’s another miracle!
Filed under Knitting | Comments (2)World Cup Knitting
Here’s my World Cup Knitting project. I think my hat here is coming along very well. I love doing the short rows. I have found though that unless I “grab” a stitch from the row before (of the same color) that I will get a small hole in the fabric. Grabing the stitch has fixed that and at least I think it’s not noticable. This project is going much better then the crayon sock. On that thing is not going well. I think it has a mind of it’s own. I had finished it, but it was just a little too short for DS. So I ripped back to the beginning of the toe decreases. But the sock it had other plans. The stitches didn’t want to be picked up and kept dropping. I have stopped it, but it took me A VERY LONG TIME to do it.