FO – Gallery

I have a small showing of finished objects on the “Finished Objects” page to the right.  Unfortunately I don’t have photos of all my knitting.  Usually I  gave it away before I realized I should have a picture of it.  

The very first sweater I made was for my daughter (when she was two) from left over yarn my grandmother used for a sweater for my brother!  I do have a photo of her wearing it and I may have to find it so I can post it here.  I didn’t have a pattern but since I was a fearless knitter (aka naive) I used some vintage pattern books also from my grandmother’s stash as a guide.  

The baby sweaters I have been making for the past several years are based on the Lutzing Sweater by Nancy Lutzling.   My favorite thing about this pattern is there are no seams to sew other than grafting four stitches under the arms and sewing on the buttons.  

This is pattern a great jumping off point for some of the other Raglan sleeve sweaters I make such as the eyelet sweaters I just completed.  

So these are just a few of the finished objects that I actually have photos of.  

Newborn size sweaters October 2008

UNOH Sweater October 2008

 Sorry this picture isn’t that great.  I took it at night and the flash wsn’t working.  I mailed it the next day and was lucky to remember to get the photo when I did.   Knitted for my best friend’s daughter’s baby.  Daughter works at UNOH = University of Nothern Ohio. 

WVU Sweater front March 2009

WVU Sweater back March 2009

K2tog

Today is a special day in our house. 

June 29, 1921, Mr. Kay(my grandfather)  and Miss Bee (my grandmother) married (k2tog).

June 29, 1950, Mr. Aitch (my father) and Miss Kay (my mother) married (k2tog).

June 29, 1974, Mr. Aitch (my husband) and Miss Aitch (me) married (k2tog).  I didn’t have to change my initials.

June 29, 2007, Mr. Double U and Miss Aitch (our daughter) married (k2tog).

Declutter and knitting

Having Mondays off is nice.  Much nicer than Fridays.  Anyway to take advantage of this extra day I have each week until Labor Day, I plan to do a declutter project that “should” take less than 15 minutes to complete.  The time limit doesn’t work for me.  The typical 15-minute job takes me all day.

Today’s target was the top of my dresser.  I could have written the entire Old Testament in the amount of dust!  Three hours later it is clean, clutter-free, and dustless.  I need to clean out the top drawer and find some jewelry storage containers so I can better sort what I have.  The current jewelry box has drawers with no compartments.  My earrings and pins co-mingle and create a hot mess.

I want a quick, easy, and cool knitting project for the summer.  I need to knit two baby sweaters but having just finished two sweaters, I really don’t want to do another one right now.  Not into hats or scarves or anything that requires me to make two.  Any suggestions?

What a dweeb!

I do not believe I posted something about copy write and I meant copyright.  I’m such a dweeb.  Thank you Toni for not calling me out on my gross error!

I love doing crossword puzzles but am a terrible speller.  My mother even corrected  my letters to her.  Does that put a damper on writing?!