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Tag Archives: Finished Objects
Baby Surprise Jacket — A Puzzle!
Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Baby Surprise Jacket pattern creates a truly bizarre-looking piece of knitting until you fold it up correctly. It seemed like a good gift idea for friends of ours who like puzzles, and they were conveniently coming over for … Continue reading
Horcurx Socks, just in time for a blizzard!
As an antidote to the year+-long project that was Emily and Dale’s blanket, I’m whipping through some smaller projects now. I recently finished a baby sweater for some friends who are due at the end of the month with their … Continue reading
What have I been up to for the last year or so?
A very good question! Friends of mine got married this past summer, but about two years ago, around the time they got engaged, my friend Asher and I decided to make them a blanket, based on Asher’s pattern for change … Continue reading
Serging
For Christmas, my awesome in-laws got me a serger. I promptly started taking classes, and having all my time sucked up by that. Last week, I finally got a chance to pull out the machine and take it for a … Continue reading
School has Eaten My Brain
Hi all — sorry for the lack of blog posts recently. I’ve just started taking some classes again, and they’re currently eating my brain — the winter intersession intensive course is over, and now I’m taking 3.5 courses for the … Continue reading
Adventures in 3-D Knitting: Nativity Sets
Way, way back in July, we went to visit some of James’s relatives in Maine. We had a lovely trip. A chance remark from one of James’s cousins set in motion this year’s Christmas knitting project: nativity sets. At this … Continue reading
Shrunk — Just the Right Amount
Ok — here it it, the post you’ve all been waiting for — Finished, shrunken Stilwell! You can see in these pictures that the pills are just as bad as ever, but boy oh boy does it fit better: Close-up: … Continue reading
Last-Minute Fix: Neck Opening Too Small!
Some of you may remember that I posted pictures of my finished mini version of the Netherlands Sampler Pullover just before Thanksgiving. Well, there was a small snag in the plans. Just as we were getting ready to hop in … Continue reading
Baby Surprise Jacket
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m *very* distractable when I’m knitting on a deadline. Instead of dilligently working on my big project over Thanksgiving, I took a break for a quick-knit baby sweater for a knitting friend who is due in … Continue reading
Mini Netherlands Sampler Pullover
I finally finished the sweater for Jesse that I was making to match one I made for James last year. As I mentioned in my earlier post about this project, the way the pattern is set up made it really … Continue reading
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