The Sinister Scribe

… and off the needles.

Not my best attempt but after two years I’m doing to call it a victory because they’re DONE!!!

Just a quickie note on an FO for Jessie’s upcoming birthday. I still have the bunny to finish and a bag to make to hold them. Crunch time!

I’m pretty pleased with the way this on turned out. The arm and leg placement is better this time. Though I’m still not completely happy with the ear placement.

The pattern can be found here and it is FREE! The designer also makes a sweater pattern for it. LOL! Almost bought it for this birthday, but it will have to wait.

The white yarn is Baby Bee Pitter Patter and so far one ball has made 3 bunnies and 2 lambies with enough left over for probably another bunny or two. Perhaps I’ll make those up and just keep them on hand. The darker yarn is Regia stretch color and though it is a bit small for the needles I used, I like the size in relation to the pitter patter. Makes the white fluff look like it falls on top of the darker “skin.”

Remember the alpaca roving I spun up only 10 days ago…? Well, here it is all knitted up into a cap for my WDH.

Yes, that is a smattering of snow you see! Amazing to think we were outside playing in the nearly 60 degree weather just the other day.

Sorry for the horrid photo. I finished this yesterday night and didn’t get a chance all day to get a shot outside with it.

The instructions are found here at Heart Strings Fiber Arts. The yarn is Pitter Patter by Baby Bee in Angel white (Hobby Lobby brand I believe). Knitted on US #3 DPNs. The resulting fabric is a lot like chenille. Oh so snuggly soft. If it wouldn’t take fer-bleedin-ever, I’d knit meself a blanket or something out of it.

I changed the ears a bit from what the pattern calls for. I knew they had to be just right to bring out the personality of this yarn. I knitted 14 rows before beginning to decrease. Then, before attaching them, I folded the base in half. It really helped them stand up I think.

The tail is the i-cord variation sewed into a cap-like spiral, stuffed with a little yarn bits and sewn on securely. With this yarn, the sewing just disappears like magic!

So I’m going to have to make a few more of these. This one is for the neighbor’s son who turned two on Tuesday.

Finally! They are done and on DS’s feet before he grew out of them.

He likes them and says they are comfy. I like that they are done and I can move on to my next knitting project guilt-free. I’ve been working on these for 7 months. Yikes!

And with that, I am off to bed. G’Nite y’all!

This is my new purse I made recently. The title “love handles” comes from the fact that this purse reminds that I am loved. The “raw materials” have a bit of history to them and I have one more thing to add still.

The grey shell was an italian sweater in its previous life. A couple of years ago, I was “kidnapped” by my friends and taken out to go thrift store shopping for clothes. They lovingly followed me around helping me find things. This was one of those finds. (Thanks, Tomi!) It had suffered a trip through the washer a while back and just never fit quite right again. So, it “suffered” another trip and became completely felted. The pockets (there is another one on the other side) are actually the cuffs and some of the sleeve.

The lining is from a pair of my son’s shorts he grew out of not too long ago. I cut off the legs with those wonderful pockets and saved them knowing I’d find a use for them eventually.

The pewter pin on the front is from my favorite Caidan King. It was a favor for something I did… I’ve forgotten exactly what already. :\ (what’s that about the memory being the second thing to go…?) He and his queen are wonderful people, both in and out of SCA life. It seemed to me that they went to exceptional lengths to outfit and educate themselves during their reign

The last little bit will be a turned walnut button. A leftover from a gambeson I made for Bob. He turned the button himself.

To make this passably complete, I need to add something of Jessie. Then I’ll add things as I come across them. Anyway, I really like this purse. It is comfortable to wear and it makes me smile.
Oh! The pattern. Well, it is based upon the article found here at Canadian Living. I’ve done a similar pattern in cotton print and didn’t like the way the seam ends up on the side of the purse (as opposed to the edge. So I just didn’t turn re-position those side seams after sewing them. I did the handles separately just because I had to piece them together to get enough length.

I know I haven’t been blogging about it (or going to the local SnB) lately, but I have been knitting a few things. Here’s some proof:

*sigh*  I swear those images were showing last night. Now I can’t get them too. Click on the words  to go to the image in the yahoo gallery. Now I remember why I decided to put FO objects on my website and not yahoo. :\
There are a few more shots of these at my yahoo album. I’ve gone back to them since Flickr only lets you see your latest 200 pics for free.
The first image is Calorimetry done in Frog Tree Alpaca as a gift for (someone). It is actually the second one I’ve made. But I can’t find the first one, which was for me. The second image is Scood done in Burly Spun wool. I’ve since redone the bindoff and it made a HUGE difference.

Problem was I had a foot of yarn left after knitting the last row. This was during the big ice storm and I really, really wanted to wear this. But I just wasn’t happy with the resulting fit. The scarf part didn’t seem long enough and it wasn’t stretchy (because of the crochet cast off). So I broke down and bought another skein of Burly Spun and redid it as the pattern called. Made a HUGE difference… sorry said that already didn’t I. LOL! It was a different bind off. Sorta like a chain stitch in between each bound off stitch. It is noticeably stretchier than my cast on. But I ain’t about to redo THAT!
I’m STILL working on Sam’s Pikachu socks. Sigh. Really unhappy with the way the topstitching is going so I started on the second sock. I’m at the gusset increases now. Had to relearn how to do that since its been so long since I did the first one. oops!
Ok, its late (again). I need to get showered and throw myself in bed. Tomorrow I’ll have to get ready for QPT… camera, stuff to work on (preprint original)… oh, and my entry and documentation. Never was able to find a nifty something to put it in.