Made in Richmond

I made this for our friends Georgia and Benjamin. We met them at church and love them to bits. They are both in medical school right now. They were, as the put it, “hit by the baby bus on the way to school.” Their little girl is coming in two weeks. I thought if she had a cute hat she might be enticed to come out.

Taaaa-dahhhh!!!

I decided to make a super-easy version of fingerless gloves. It’s garter stitch but I seamed it together along the cast-on/bind-off sides so they kinda look ribbed. Jane was kind enough to bring me some quality yarn (you can see the label in the corner of the picture). I must say, knitting with yarn that isn’t 100% acrylic is very delicious. Hopefully I’ll get the other one done tomorrow-just in time for it to warm up so I can never wear them!

I got the itch to finish some knitting tonight, so the Windy City scarf has been complete!

I obviously still need to weave in some loose ends, but that won’t take long. I had this listed under my “current knits” as “modified” basically because I don’t have the patience to make scarves as long as they should be. This one was done in seed stitch, which is only slightly less boring than garter stitch or stockinette stitch. I could only take so much of it. But, I think it still looks good. I also enjoyed figuring out how to make the slit in the scarf without using any help from a pattern. That seems to be my way of knitting: seeing something I like and then figuring out on my own how to do it. I will say that I have a new-found love for the stitch holder (please note that the aforeplaced link is by no means an endorsement for any particular store-I just wanted you to know what I was talking about.) Anyway, here I am with Windy in all my sleepy glory:

As you can see from the content and quality of the picture, I’m very sleepy. The price we pay for a creative outlet.

I don’t think I’ve ever actually shown a knitting project that I’ve finished (an FO in the knitting world). So, here’s one:

This is Remus in his “Remus Raggamuffin Hat.” I got this idea one day when I was babysitting him. Remus is almost a year old so he’s into everything. He kept finding all of his clothes, and every piece of clothing that he found I put on him and called him a raggamuffin. So, I decided to make a hat that would suit such a name. I have a bunch of odds and ends in my stash that I thought would work together. There’s no rhyme or reason (i.e. pattern) for the hat, but I can tell you that I made it the size you would normally use for a child (not a baby, not a toddler, a CHILD-he has a big ol’ head). It’s hard to tell in the picture, but there’s a green pom-pom on top which he has pulled off as of now. I fixed the hole and stitched a green star on the top instead. Ross always said pom-poms were for girls, anyway.

Also, notice that he’s trying to get into the container holding my latest project. Maybe he will knit one day! Also also notice the drool lingering on his chin. I love him with my heart.