Finally Photos!

Here are my first & second completed projects- A sparkly purple "boa" for my neice, and two washcloths done this past May for Mother's Day. The boa is "Fun Fur" as I recall, and the cloths are Sugar 'n' Cream in Potpourri. Both Mom and MIL were pleased- but my Mom much more so as she is a longtime knitter and has been waiting forever for someone to pick up her habit. Niece professes to love her boa, but she's a very enthusiastic young lady in general, so who knows! I've also finished a Mason Dixon baby kimono (still needs it's ties though), the chenille scarf for my sister and a plaid stitch dishcloth for a Christmas gift. Added to previous post WIPs are another dishcloth (MDK/ballband- finally!) and Midnight Purl's diagonal lace scarf in a Vermont handspun my best friend sent for my b'day. I just love the diagonal lace stitch- easy to get the hang of and very gratifying to knit as you can see the pattern emerging almost immediately. I'd had an idea in mind for some kind of mesh stitch scarf, but when I came across MP's pattern it just grabbed me! Next post- more photos!

every other month?

That seems to be the rate at which I can post to this blog... so I'm knitting a bunch of stuff as usual: a gift shawl for my mom (four colors of elann sonata cotton), a night cap (really! he asked for one- Rowan cotton tape) for hubby, a scarf for my sister (Lion Suede- which seems to me more like chenille, but hey) and another scarf of unknown destination (that ladder yarn that's so popular in these parts). I have yet to knit anything for myself- not sure why that is, except that perceived "deadlines" for gifts always seem more pressing...
A bit more about me? I started knitting late last summer, but very slowly, so that my first FOs were washcloths for my mom and mom-in-law for this past Mother's Day. I used pretty ribbon as a drawstring to wrap them around yummy soap, and was so pleased with my "original" idea- that is until I got the Mason Dixon book, and discovered that there really are very few original ideas! One day, when I figure out how, I'll post a photo or two of my FOs.
'til then!