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Is anybody still reading this blog?

So much has been going on that I haven't been able to sit down and write a good post. Earlier this week our bestest and most favorite couple-friends left us for New York, but before they left they spent the weekend at our apartment with us. Matt and I spent a lot of time with Koa and Syrette and we had a lot of fun with them. They were the type of friends that we could just do nothing with for hours, and I don't think it's that easy to find a combination of four people that can just hang out together like that. But, our friend Syrette is too talented for her own good and she landed a job as Assistant Textile Designer for West Elm which just so happens to be located in NYC. Sad for us, but we're really proud of her.

Since our dear friends were moving away, Matt and I both thought it would be nice to make their going away gifts for them rather than buying something for them to schlep across the country. Here are the finished objects:

Koa's Hat
Yarn: Misti Alpaca
Pattern: made it up


Syrette's Handwarmers
Yarn: Blue Sky Alpaca, Alpaca and Silk in chocolate brown
and GGH Llame in gold
Pattern: Ann Norling mitten pattern, slightly altered by deleting fingertips

Matt also wowed all of us by making Koa a beer can hat for his upcoming birthday. He learned how to crochet for this! THe picture doesn't do it much justice, but Matt executed the hat perfectly.


Now I'm working on an adorable little cardigan for my favorite baby girl, Eliana. I'm also doing the Wobbly Circles Tote while I'm at work, which has introduced me to a new obsession: Intarsia. The intarsia works really well to keep me interested in what would otherwise be a really boring stockinette project. I've designed a little Intarsia detailing on Eliana's sweater that is turning out to be really cute. I think I'll have that finished by next week so that I can post it.

Have a great weekend!

Sweater Update

Go figure, it looks great on a mannequin (I don't know how to spell this) at the store! I think I'm going to leave it there and hope somebody big and tall decides that they want to buy it. The going price? I think about $300!

We'll see what happens.

The Sweater

What's that saying about knitting a sweater for your boyfriend and then it leads to the end of your relationship? I'm pretty sure that Matt and I are going to make it through this, but I've got to say that I'm seriously disappointed with the outcome of my Husband Sweater. You wouldn't be able to tell in this picture, but the sweater is like 10 sizes too big for Matt. In fact, I think that the only word that comes to mind when he puts it on is "Floppy". It's terrible.



But on the other hand, when it's not on him I like it alot. I learned a lot about the process of making a sweater and what to take into consideration when designing or altering a sweater pattern. I did all of the edging by using a turning method that gives a very clean and finished look.


This is the inside of the sleeve

So, I present this sweater with mixed feelings. I am ecstatic to have it off my needles! I'm proud that I actually made a whole sweater. But at the same time as I look back on the process I realize that there were a lot of details that I overlooked or ignored which led me to make this thing so oversized. I guess that I'll just have to try again! But this next time I'm using bulkier yarn.