Archives for July 2007

Ear Flap Hats

I’ve had plenty of priority knitting to keep busy lately – the now finished Swallowtail Shawl for a wedding next weekend, baby bootees and hats (so many babies!), another ChicKami to wear at Falcon Ridge next week, and some recently requested cozies (two separate requests in one week – more on them later), plus the [...]

July 16, 2007 - 11:00pm | finished!, pictured | 3 Comments

Swallowtail Unblocked

I finished my Swallowtail Shawl yesterday!

It’s currently blocking, and I’m looking forward to seeing how it will look. I was getting drawn into the lace knitting and seriously thinking of starting another shawl right away (a small Icarus), but the blocking process took a little of that out of me. Time to focus [...]

July 9, 2007 - 9:32pm | finished!, pictured | 5 Comments

Twin Bootees

Many knitters prefer knitting for baby girls because you can knit cute girly things that don’t work as well on boys. But even the cutest of girly bootees would have competition from coordinating slippers for a brother and sister.

Pattern: Contrast-Edge Slippers from 50 Baby Bootees to Knit
Yarn: Mission Falls 1824 Wool
Needles: [...]

July 6, 2007 - 8:56am | finished!, pictured | 3 Comments