My daughter's new, more sophisticated room for the new (almost)teenager!

This was a lot of work... endless trips to Ikea and Target, repurposing of lots of school-age books, toys, games and clothes and lots of paint. I think we need just a few more Jonas Brothers posters and it will be totally ready for a new teenager.





There has been knitting too, but have to get pictures in the daylight tomorrow.

Pictures of Field of Flowers Shawl

I finished the Field of Flowers shawl for my mom's birthday and sent it off to her for those air conditioned places in Florida. Here are the pictures:

Koolhaas hat

I've started the Koolhaas hat by Jared Flood. It is a really cool looking hat and after I saw my friend Jill's hat, I decided to forge ahead. It is really fun to make and looks awesome.

Rip

I found the mistake. I somehow added a few rows on the 3rd repeat.... so the whole side got ripped back. I decided I should use the full (last) ball of yarn so I hopefully won't need to start a new ball during the border. The first corner came out, but now on the second corner I am a row or two off. Can't find the same mistake again, but will have to look more closely. This is going to take a long time if I keep this pace up. I wish there was a way of checking as I go along.

Love the feel of this yarn and I really do like the pattern... enough that I want to do it again. Thinking I may do it in a DK weight so we can have a nice wool afghan for the winter. Someone on Ravelry had a beautiful one with a contrasting border.

Dana got his license this week and today was the first day driving on his own. I'm scared, but gotta let him go. Hopefully he has the skills to save himself and others from major injuries!

Field of Flowers Shawl

I'm coming near the end of the Field of Flowers shawl. I've gotten to the first corner of the the lace edging, but I'm stumped. The (very detailed) directions say I should be on row 18, but I'm on row 13. Ooops. Now what? Do I rip back or fudge it? I don't know what to do. The directions are so good, I don't know how I'm coming up so short. Where did those stitches go?

Love, love, love the yarn which is Alpaca from Knit Picks.

Knitting but no finishing

I've been knitting, but haven't finished anything. Currently working on a shawl. Pictures this weekend since it is raining right now.

knitting rut

I'm in a bit of a knitting rut! Have started and slowly worked on the button cuff gloves... my own version using the Handy Book of Patterns. I have a pinky and a ring finger so far. I'd like them done by the time I go to Paris at the end of January, but it's not looking good. I need to have a project going for the plane ride and it has to be sort of mindless so that I don't need to have a pattern on my lap or a lot of bulk with me, which means socks and that means I need these gloves done so I can use the needles! Plus I am late on TWO baby sweaters..... babies are born and growing fast....

The mittens are a Christmas present for my friend, Eamon. He's 6. They are Malabrigo. Gloves are Colinette Jitterbug, the picture does not do them justice because their color is really wonderful.