abundance of baby sweaters

'tis the season, i think, for lots of ladies i know to be expecting, so the time has been filled the end of last year and the beginning of this one, with lots of baby sweater projects.  this one was originally meant for a bundle of joy which ended up being a boy, so it is now packed away just in case anyone i know ever has a girl!  at this moment, i know 5 expectant mothers, and it turns out that the 4 who know are all expecting boys, so perhaps the fifth will be girl!

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this pattern was quick quick and lovely, all though a bit full of mistakes, so tread carefully if you decide to knit it.  of course, the designer makes this perfectly clear in her pattern notes, so i shouldn't have been surprised!

personal footprints

after making personal footprints for myself, i was completely in love with this "made to fit" method of knitting socks, and decided that the b-friend needed a pair as well.  one part cat bordhi's amazing method + one part tina's fabulous yarn = perfectly fitting socks, which are worn (i think) more often than any of the other hand-knitted socks i've ever gifted:

if i was going to make a resolution...

this would be it!  i know i have been missing for quite some time, and here is my (hopefully accurate) promise to be around more, to spend more time taking pictures, posting projects, etc. etc., because indeed!  there have been lots of projects and lots of crafts successfully completed, and totally un-documented!  so, consider it resolved.  now let's see if this resolution goes better or worse than my annual "get in shape" resolution...

robin's egg

robin's egg, a photo by myriadlane on Flickr.

a teensy sweater! this pattern actually comes in this teeny tiny size to great big adult sizes. easy and lovely.

i am still here, knitting away!

handspun mittens, a photo by myriadlane on Flickr.

here is a recent project made with yarn handspun by my lovely friend sorren, and mitten pattern by my lovely friend vivian.

knit happens! black sheep!

today i had the pleasure of chatting with michelle and emily at Knit Happens about copyright and how it applies in the knitting/crafting world, check out my first foray into the podcast universe!

Knit Happens - episode 69!

in other current events, this weekend is black sheep gathering down in eugene, oregon at the lane county fairgrounds.  angela and i will be teaching a couple of awesome classes, and the weekend will be filled with sheep, fiber, spinning, knitting, and all around good times.  come and join us!

yet another baby surprise.

just finished this bsj for my friend shannon's baby shower.  we don't know whether her little bundle is a boy or a girl, so i went with orange.  i had to go overboard with the dog buttons because shannon has a dog that she absolutely loves and dotes on, so this seemed to me the perfect combination.

these are both cotton yarns, for ease of washing.  also, i am proud to say that they are both stash yarns - leftover skeins from other projects!  despite being somewhat oddly disappointed every time i am forced to reduce my stash, i think it turned out quite lovely.  i even managed to pull myself together enough to single-crochet a border around the sleeves and collar.  you can see it a bit closer in this picture:

i really can never get enough of knitting baby surprise jackets.  the buttons always put me over the edge.