Monday, December 24, 2007

Warm ears....

My husband has been complaining about cold ears. The hat I knitted him last year ended up in the dryer and shrunk. He has a fleece hat from a few years ago but, it never covered his ears. With the cold and snow we've had lately I just had to knit him a hat. The joke has been I'm knitting him a hat so he can leave me for a week. Work is sending him to Berlin Germany in January. He's happy with his hat it's the same yarn I used to knit his basket weave scarf last year. For his hat he decided he wanted a simple knit 2 purl 2 hat. His ears should be warm here and in Berlin.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Sewing machine challenged!

Yes, I'm sewing machine challenged. When I was in elementary school all the way through college I used an old Singer sewing machine. It was my great aunt's sewing machine and she was a seamstress. It was a heavy black sewing machine with ton's of attachments. The thing weighed a ton. Not sure where it is now but, I do miss it. My sewing machine is about 14 years old and it and I never got along. It challenges me every time I use it. Anyway, after our battle this is the outcome.
A Christmas Gift for Mom/Nana.

My MIL is a huge baseball fan so the kids thought these would be great for Grandma. I'm sure there will be a discussion between her and the kids that not all are about baseball.


My father has been commenting that I haven't knitted him anything. So, he'll be getting these dish cloths. He'd really like an afghan...maybe in 2008.

All of these were knitted with Sugar N Cream yarn. The pot holders were from a pattern at MagKnits The only change I made was using Insul-Bright for the batting.

My FIL asked for knitted mittens last year...a year later. Dh was nice enough to model them for me. The yarn is superwash wool.