Birthday Goodies!

Thanks to my sister Joh and her family, I got my shipment of yarn from Elann.com on Tuesday but I only posted about it today because I was being a slacker about it. I got another three balls of their Den-m-nit yarn which, just like old-fashioned denim, shrinks when you wash it the first time [...]

Orchid Stamp

Orchid Stamp Originally uploaded by Phisch So I got myself some Speedball cutting tools and started learning how to carve stamps from erasers (white ones, forget what they’re called). This is my second try at a stamp and the tools sure work a *lot* better than an plain Exacto knife. lemme tell you. However, I [...]

Baby Sac

Baby Sac Originally uploaded by Phisch Another one for Karen’s studio! I have such a good model. Jojo wouldn’t close her/his eyes, but did sit in it willingly for me. This is knit in some Baby Bee eyelash yarn. My sister kept sending me yarn listings on Etsy with lots of color. During a trip [...]

February Lady Sweater

February Lady Sweater Originally uploaded by Phisch Sorry for the blurry photo. I can’t remember why this was so hard to photograph. Oops. This is the February Lady Sweater by Flintknits pattern. I had started working on this during our drive back from California this past January. It took a while, but NM helped me [...]

Baby Grrr!

Knit baby lion hat Originally uploaded by Phisch Last night, the only thing completed on this hat was the back part plus three or four rows of the gusset (I do hope that’s what it’s called). Today, I was “inspired” by the fact that I have been on the couch all day with some bug. [...]

Baby Flower Hat

Baby Flower Hat Originally uploaded by Phisch Newborn size, hat for my sister to use for her photo studio. Knit in Knit One, Crochet Two’s Baby Boo yarn (45% bamboo, 55% nylon) which is so, so soft. I used size 6 needles and knit a bit tightly which is good. The yarn calls for size [...]

Of knitting, butterflies, travel and soccer

Plum Spring Beret Originally uploaded by Phisch ~ I have completed another hat and went on to another. I also finished the back of a sweater today and hope to cast on for the front right and left sides. Last time, I did them separately and I think I got two different gauges. Doing the [...]

Waiting

Hubby’s on a business trip at the moment and I’m having a hard time with it since he’s gone for longer than usual. “I’ll miss Abba!” J told me a few times this morning. “Don’t worry, I’ve got all of the days planned,” NM said. Sprocket has been barking at reflections and ice melting and [...]

Pattern Design

Once, long, long ago, I used to have the benefit of Painter natural media software when it came to making patterns. You just draw, hold down the shift key and move the picture and the repeats would magically show up: voila! repeating pattern, perfectly aligned. Apparently, I remember the instructions incorrectly and/or the software is [...]

Replacement Hat

You know, it’s really hard to photograph a hat you’re wearing. But somehow, I managed to do it even without the flash. This is a hat I made from a pattern on Ravelry called Spring Beret. I had made two as gifts for the daughters of friends of ours. Unfortunately, my friend accidentally got one [...]

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