Candy Stripes Swaddling Blanket

Our DD is a swaddle lover, but we only have one blanket big enough to get a good swaddle on her, so this weekend I headed out for some swaddling fabric! Boy was I in luck - JoAnns was having a heck of a sale!!! I ended up with 5 or 6 different flannels with all sorts of fun prints!

This is Lucia's blanket. It's about 44" square and double sided. I absolutely love the color! In fact I already told dh that it will be hard for me to use this one in the bed only because I want to show it off! LOL!


It's a great blanket and I can't wait to make up a few more of these!

Progress Report

I feel like I should check in because while I haven't been finishing prejects, I have been busy!

My orange baby blanket is quite the undertaking...I have 5 of 16 squares complete...and I've been working every night on it! It's going to take forever...but I love it already...

Man Socks

I finished my man sock! I don't care for the heel technique, but it was fun to try something different. It is packed up and ready to go to a new home tomorrow.

I'm still working on the Orange Baby Blanket. I love it already but it's going to take eons to make. I have 2 squares of 16 complete, and a 3rd on the needles.

I also found out recently I have 2 cousins expecting this summer/ fall, so more baby things to make! YAY!

Ok, so it's not letting me add pics right now, will add them later.

Little Irish Lass and Men's Sock

First up, the partially knitted Men's Sock. I have the cuff to toe done, the yellow stitches in the middle is my waste yarn where the heel will be inserted.

Here's the dress on my little model! It's fits perfect...love it! And no, there's not a drop of Irish in my girl...well at least no more than is in everyone ;)

Little Irish Lass Dress

And here's the dress! No pics with model yet, because she's sleeping (FINALLY!!!!) and I dare not wake her, not even for pics.

I am very pleased with this dress. I accidentally made one of the buttonholes a smidgeon small so I had to buy smaller buttons today, and it's still a tight fit, but I can make it work, and it will loosen with practice. There are supposed to be two bows in the back, but I felt they would be too much with the busy pattern, so I didn't work them up.

I found some nice lightweight summer fabric today at WalMart so those will be worked up at some point as well.

I'm taking a quick break from my knitting - working on a pair of men's socks...it's a new type of pattern. Instead of working the cuff, then turning the heel and working the foot, you work the cuff, put the heel stitches on a spare thread, working the foot, then coming back to pick up the heel stitches and work that. Very different...I like the concept, at least for something different, but overall I like the look of a neatly turned heel so we'll see how the final project looks.

A New Leaf

All right, I'm sorry I SUCK at writing titles. LOL. Anyway, this is referencing the clover leafs in my latest project.

I had some scrap clover fabric from a bag I made last year, and after looking at it a few weeks ago I decided I had enough for a dress for DD. I cut it out on Saturday (I could have done it all during DS's nap but he woke after a measly 20 minutes - I swear he can sense when I want him to sleep like some crazy spidey-sense), then started sewing yesterday at naptime. It's a sundress and matching hat...there were supposed to be panties as well but they were looking pretty stupid so I scrapped those.

Anyway, I'm done with the machine stitching on the dress, but I have to do quite a bit of hand stitching yet and find some buttons. The hat is finished - it's a bit big, but better too big than too small. It's my first attempt at a hat...it's ok. I'm not thrilled with it, but as a first attempt, it's ok. The dress is darling though! Perfect for St Patty's Day. Once finished I will post pics of the whole ensemble.

I am working on a knit baby blanket...it is 16 squares sewn together. I have worked for 2 days (well, evenings) and almost have 1 square done. Sigh. This one might take a while. But it's a nice easy stockinette stitch that I can pick up while Toby is playing and if he needs me I don't have to remember where I am in the pattern, so I can save my more complicated projects for after he is in bed. I think I'm a bit impatient on the blanket because the pic in the book is just darling and I can't wait to finish mine. There is no recipient in mind, mainly because I have no idea how long this will take!

Lavendar Soaker

This has been my project of the week - it's nice to finish something for once!

It's a size small/medium (sort of inbetween the two), just a tad big on my DD. The yarn is Malabrigo Merino (love it!) embellished with this and that wool. I freehanded the embellishment - hence the butterfly is a little wonky, but I also think that once it's stretched over a diaper, the flatter side may fill out, kwim? I can't wait to get action shots, but thought I'd go ahead and post these - after all, I need to lanolize before we can wear, and it will take a few days to dry.

Oh, soaker knit using the Curly Purly pattern, size 2,4, and 6 circ's and size dpn's for the legs.