Chocolat Progress

Well, I finally got the churn dash round added to this and now I am not sure if I want to add the next round. While it is true that I am quite sick to death of this project, I also feel like I do not want this any wider.

Another round will put this close to the floor. Maybe I should leave it for a bit and I might feel differently, but right now I feel done.

Mother Earth Slideshow

These are the blocks from the Cabbage Rose block of the month. Several of us in my quilt group are working on this, and when we saw the wonderful fabrics, my friend Jane thought the best name for this quilt was Mother Earth, which has stuck with me. I have made a few fabric switches along the way, but overall I have been very happy with what have received. If I can figure out how to keep this on the front page, I will keep adding my blocks as they are finished.

More Foxtail Progress

I know what you're thinking, it is probably the same thing that I am thinking, "what is this blob of curled up mess?" Well it supposed to be the bottom of my sweater. It is 272 stitches and it is going to take me a very long time to get finished. This is a week's progress.

I really like the way it is coming out so far, so I will continue to plug away on it.

Now this is another mess. It is an adorable little sweater vest for a baby boy, but look at the neck as compared to the arm hole. Aren't newborn heads about the size of a grapefruit? Well this neck wouldn't fit a lemon. Once I saw that this was not turning right, I looked it up on Ravelry and yes, many people had the same problem. Some tore it all out and made the opening bigger, I am not feeling that motivated, plus the little recipient was born on Wednesday, so I do not have the luxury of time here. The most common remedy seems to be to leave one should seam open and add buttons, so that is my plan. So, I only have to rib the arm holes and sew up the side seams, sounds easy enough, but remember I am really a sock knitter and we don't do things like sew seams :)

After reading my friend Mary's blog I learned that there are places on the web where you can get backgrounds for your blog, so I went out and got this one, what do you think? I like it.

More Later

Foxtail progess

This is my newest project. It is the Foxtail sweater from the Tapestry book by Rowan. I am using the Tapestry yarn in color 177.

So far I have completed the top sleeve section. Once I unroll the edges, the fit seems to be pretty good.

Here is a close up of the stitches. The yarn is a little splitty and has thin areas followed by very fluffy sections, but overall I like the feel and the stripes it produces. It took 4 balls to complete the this top section and so far none of the balls have had any knots, which is my pet peeve.

A friend of mine is expecting a baby early this month, so I should really set this project aside and get back to the little sweater vest I started knitting.

I went out and finally got my hair cut today, you can't really see it very well in the above picture, but I think it will be a good "do" for me.

More later!