a little knitting and crafting update...
i haven't had much knitting luck lately. i started a celtic cable baby blanket for G over the summer, but after about a foot into it, decided i didn't like it at all (didn't look as good as it did in the picture), so i gave up on it and put it aside. have a butt-load of cream colored yarn now. then i re-knit the brown cable throw pillows for our bed, cuz the one i made originally i used 2 skeins of brown that i thought were the same, but when i was done, it was very noticeable that they were indeed different. d'oh! so i made 2 with the same batch of brown yarn, and changed the pattern a bit. not crazy about the pattern i came up with, but there's no way i'm going to make those pillows. again. and last, i started my first attempt at the hourglass sweater from last minute knitted gifts. i borrowed this one from the library so i just had the pattern, no actual picture of the sweater. well, after finishing the body and starting on one sleeve, i decided i didn't like the sweater, and started searching for a new pattern to use my 12 skeins of yarn for. well, i couldn't really find exactly what i was looking for. but then i found this picture, and decided that i would continue on with my hourglass. two things i didn't like were the rolled bottom and sleeves...but since i didn't have a picture, and hadn't read thru the entire pattern, didn't realize that you tuck them under and sew them, so you have a nice clean, finished edge! and also, i don't care for the big boat neck on this sweater, but this lady just added 2 more decrease rows at the neck, perfect!! and i know the essence of the hourglass sweater is its hourglass shaped body and sleeves, but it was jut too big bell for me, so i cut out the bell sleeves and just made them straight. i hope it turns out okay. i don't know how many more adult sweaters i'll make. i love knitting baby stuff cuz it's fast and so cute!
and i finally finished my first painting!! i have this little obsession with tokidoki. okay, maybe it's not so little. but i'm in love with cactus girl!! so i painted her, so i could have a cactus girl of my own. :D
i have several other tokidoki inspired paintings in the pipeline, so hopefully they'll turn out even better than this first attempt!
i haven't had much knitting luck lately. i started a celtic cable baby blanket for G over the summer, but after about a foot into it, decided i didn't like it at all (didn't look as good as it did in the picture), so i gave up on it and put it aside. have a butt-load of cream colored yarn now. then i re-knit the brown cable throw pillows for our bed, cuz the one i made originally i used 2 skeins of brown that i thought were the same, but when i was done, it was very noticeable that they were indeed different. d'oh! so i made 2 with the same batch of brown yarn, and changed the pattern a bit. not crazy about the pattern i came up with, but there's no way i'm going to make those pillows. again. and last, i started my first attempt at the hourglass sweater from last minute knitted gifts. i borrowed this one from the library so i just had the pattern, no actual picture of the sweater. well, after finishing the body and starting on one sleeve, i decided i didn't like the sweater, and started searching for a new pattern to use my 12 skeins of yarn for. well, i couldn't really find exactly what i was looking for. but then i found this picture, and decided that i would continue on with my hourglass. two things i didn't like were the rolled bottom and sleeves...but since i didn't have a picture, and hadn't read thru the entire pattern, didn't realize that you tuck them under and sew them, so you have a nice clean, finished edge! and also, i don't care for the big boat neck on this sweater, but this lady just added 2 more decrease rows at the neck, perfect!! and i know the essence of the hourglass sweater is its hourglass shaped body and sleeves, but it was jut too big bell for me, so i cut out the bell sleeves and just made them straight. i hope it turns out okay. i don't know how many more adult sweaters i'll make. i love knitting baby stuff cuz it's fast and so cute!
and i finally finished my first painting!! i have this little obsession with tokidoki. okay, maybe it's not so little. but i'm in love with cactus girl!! so i painted her, so i could have a cactus girl of my own. :D
i have several other tokidoki inspired paintings in the pipeline, so hopefully they'll turn out even better than this first attempt!
posted by joyce at
4:45 PM
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