Crop-tee for Daisy

I knit this crop-tee for my niece Daisy's fifth birthday, but I haven't sent it to her yet. Bad auntie! Get this in the mail! She lives in L.A., so I thought a loosely knit cotton crop top would be appropriate. The yarn is Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille in pink multi. The pattern is loosely based on the ballet tee in the book Loop-d-Loop: More than 40 Novel Designs for Knitters

Sock in progress

This is my first attempt at socks. This project is on hold until my holiday gift knitting is done, plus I got tired of the slooooow progress of knitting on tiny size 2 needles with sock yarn. It's like knitting with toothpicks and dental floss! I like how it's looking, though. It's a pattern from knitty. I can't remember what this yarn is exactly; the colors appealed to me.

Felted Bowl Destroyed By Dog!

Nigel's dog Bowlie chewed up this freshly felted bowl! Bad dog!

Nigel's black hat

Well, it's too tight for Nigel so I might keep it for myself, and I'll make another one like it in a larger size for him. I used Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, knit on size 8 needles. The textural stitch is from Vogue Knitting Stitchionary Volume One: Knit & Purl: The Ultimate Stitch Dictionary from the Editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine (Vogue Knitting Stitchionary Series). The hat pattern itself I made up as I went along.

More felted bowls!

The two yarns I use for felting are Cascade 220 and Patons Classic Wool Merino. They're both worsted weight, and I hold two strands together for these bowls, on size 15 needles. Pattern is from One Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit and Crochet.

New project

A new tradition among my knitting friends is for the birthday girl to pick a pattern for something she'd love to knit for herself, and we all pitch in and buy the yarn for her. My friend Kristen picked the slouchy cardigan from the book, Greetings from Knit Café, and knit it up in a sumptuous red wool/silk blend. Gorgeous! Anyway, for my birthday present I picked the lacy skirt from that same book, and here is the yarn I picked out: a multi-colored linen. I won't be able to start the skirt in earnest until I finish knitting all my Christmas gifts, but just having it around is delish!

Finished my mom's afghan!

This is by far the largest thing I've ever knit! And I've finished it well over a month before Christmas, which is great because now I can turn my attention to knitting felted bowls.