b & b (booties and blanky)

Here are two pairs of booties I finished this weekend. Except, I have to turn one right side out and fix the buttons... that's what I get for sewing at 2 AM!




Pattern: Saartje's Fleeglized Bootie
Yarn: Paton's Grace, unknown acrylic
Color: blue, spearmint, blue
Needle: US3 (two circulars)
recipient: DH's cousin and ??



I think I have another pair to make and then I'll be done with booties for a bit! (except for the cute felted pair I want to make... it truly never ends)

I finished painting in my room today. It's really yellow. I think that will be good in the winter cuz it'll be cheery.. plus once the posters etc are hung, it should tone it down a bit. Now to set up the room and get the other school ready not to mention lessons.

The other Linus Project blanket was delivered. Thanks Rhoann. My finger appreciates all your hard work.

Now to pack them up and mail them out this week. I need to find that info again.

OK.. back to knitting. Trying to rack up those medals LOL

more booties

Pattern: Grandma's Favorite Booties by Doreen L. Marquart
from the 2008 Knit pattern a day calendar May 26/27
Yarn: Lion Brand Jamie Baby
Colorway: Sherbet print 239
Needle: US4
Recipient: Dunham baby

I think there's an error in either the pattern or my brain. Everyone elses on ravelry looks fine but mine came out with the sides and top in opposite stockinette (one purl one knit side) and I'm thinking it just needs a row 20 of purl before you start instep shaping.... oh well, they're still kind of cute!

Not much else accomplished. I started and ripped Saartje's booties twice. I'm going to try them in the round next.

I'm finishing my first monkey sock...I'll never get everything done!

more fo's

finally, the linus project blanket that needed seaming (thirty-six 7" by 9" pieces) is complete.... I was thinking about an attached i-cord edging, but I need to decide on a color. At any rate, I could send it out now and here is the labor of all those kids work from March and April, many of them new knitters



it's all acrylic yarns but various companys and many knitters. My retired teacher friend has another 36 blocks in more girly colors that she is in charge of seaming. My pointer finer is actually a bit sore from that darning needle.


I also have some little magic baby booties that I knit up from scraps in the wrong weight wool, thereby forcing me to use a larger needle and messing up the gauge. So i winged the math and came up with these:

and to see the bottoms:

you can tell that the yarn is from the same skein, but they aren't a matched pair, which kind of gives them a charm of their own!

I'm trying to import pictures from flickr that I have already uploaded.. we'll see how the look is.

I finished up spinning some Colonial top from Ashland Bay that a friend has sent me a sample of long ago. It spins like a dream. Someday I'll order more.... after I get through the stash of fiber that already is in my house. Right now I'm working on another sample that the same frind dyed. I'm not sure of the fiber though.

someday I'll learn this html stuff so that I can really make my blog the way I want it to look, but for now there's no time.

DS1 had a friend sleepover last night. Tonight is DD's turn..2 of her friends. pulling in the last few days of summer!