Hey, fellow knitters!!!

I know, it's been a long time! I may not have posted, but I have knitted a tad here and there. This is my latest: a Harvey Kimono from "Natural Knits" by Louisa Harding.




It's for the first grand-bitty of a dear friend. I hope it fits him!!!!

Up next: finishing the boot socks I started for my honey...

WOW! Another FINISHED OBJECT!

And it's a DOOZY!! I started it in 2006 (according to Ravelry.)

2006!!!

Seriously...

So, without further ado, I present....




ANNABELLE!!

Remember that I finished her clothes first, so she wouldn't be nekkid?

Well, she's wearing 'em now! (But she's going commando because I haven't made her undies yet :-))

I'm not overly happy with her face, but I knew I wouldn't be. My embroidery skills are a bit rusty. Maybe I'll leave it, maybe not. Eh...

She may be due for a trim on those luscious brown tresses of hers. Just a tad on the long side, unless you braid them or make a ponytail. Then it seems to be OK. Jury's till out on that one, too.

But, she's FINISHED!!!! And dressed!

Oh, yeah. That.

Her V-neck sweater is a bit too low cut. When her skirt is appropriately situated around her little waist, you can see the waistband showing through the neck of the sweater. Grrr... I made a FLOOZY doll! :-) We're gonna have to have a talk. We may be in the market for some better fitting attire....

I've got STUFF to show you!!

No, seriously. I have FINISHED OBJECTS!! And they're so significant that I had to spell out FINISHED OBJECTS!

First, I finished my mom's mary jane slippers from The Purl Bee. However, they don't look much like mary janes. I decided to skip the strap because I don't think that #1 she wants to mess with a strap and #2 they fit fine without one.

I also added a knitted buttercup from Nicky Epsteins "Knitted Flowers" to give them a little "oomph." I like....






I think I'll save them for her birthday in January. I gave her felted slippers on Christmas a year or two ago and it wasn't so good. They didn't stretch enough after felting to actually go on her foot. Yeah, nice.

So we'll try a different occasion, and hope that it goes over better!!

Come back tomorrow for another FINISHED OBJECT!!

Actual Progress!!

Believe it or not, I have actually accomplished some knitting recently. My current test knit is a baby item, and it really is cute. The designer says "no" to posting any pictures, though. She's thinking about submitting it for publication. So, you'll just have to trust me that 1) I actually did knit something and 2) It's really adorable. It is blocking as we speak, and just a tiny bit of seaming remains. And buttons. But those require shopping first. Darn. :-)

These little cuties have been finished for a while, but had no buttons. (I'm beginning to see a trend here.) But now they do, and boy, are they adorable! See?



I just printed the pattern out for another test knit. This one is a baby shrug, and it is pretty adorable, too.

Why do I keep making all these baby girl things, with no baby girls to give them to?

Because they're quick, cute, and don't have race cars, footballs, baseballs, or comic book heroes on any of them.

But I am going to have to break down and give some of them to charity or something. They're too cute to hide in my closet!