I did it! I finished the slippers in record time. And sewed on the soles. And made pom poms.
Seamless slippers in autumn
Seamless slippers in autumn with soles
Seamless slippers in autumn side
I used dark green heather Lionbrand Wooleze and some variegated acrylic yarn from a sweater that didn’t fit right. I love the muted colors. I hope my friend does, too.
You can also see the “tree” fabric on my chairs. The flash washed out the intensity a bit on the seat.
…of the October Stitch Markers is: Leah.
I already voted today and have the rest of the day to do as I please.
It would please me to knit all day but I can’t. We’re having a friends over on Saturday for dinner and I really need to declutter and clean. Why have all the spiders and other nasty insects decided to set up housekeeping (or web-keeping) in my house?
Last night I finished the green seamless slippers and sewed the soles on both the green pair and the orange pair. I even sewed on soles for a pair I made for Mr. Aitch earlier. I cut out extra soles to have ready for future slippers.
Orange and green slippers
We went to a wedding over the weekend and I finally got a couple of pictures of the twins in the eyelet sweaters I made for them earlier this summer. They were both actually standing relatively still for ten seconds.
Eyelet sweaters front
Eyelet sweaters back
The sweaters are still a bit too big so they will be able to wear them for a few more months. Maybe even next spring. Now that’s wishful thinking.
I went to a conference (work related) in Philadelphia this past week. Knitting on the train was great.
Unfortunately I didn’t get to any yarn shops. The closest yarn shops hours didn’t work out with my schedule. I packed enough yarn for several projects but not enough clothes. In fact I ran out of clothes. Oops!
FOs: 2 swiffer covers, an apple cosy. All made from Sugar ‘n Cream cotton yarn in Black, Cottage Twists, and Hot Green.
WIP: A very good start on a soaker (using this and this) for one of my granddaughters using Cascade 220 (Green color???) and Sensations Kashmira (Aqua, discontinued).
Swiffer covers, apple cosy, soaker
The apple cosy has a red bag in it as I didn’t have any apples. The leaf is a felt cut out that I sewed on instead of the knitted one in the directions. I also found a cute lady bug button. The one swiffer cover in the center is truly made from leftover yarn from all the other things I made from that yarn. I do see a pattern with my color choices. I like green.
I needed the dpns from the Ruffled Bottle Sleeve (Knitted Gifts) for the soaker so I finished it Sunday afternoon. I used about 10 yards of leftover sock yarn for each.
Ruffled Bottle Sleeves
Nothing like a well dressed wine bottle.
Knitting In Flashes 