patterns

The last cowl of my cowl kick is done!

I’m really happy with it. Better pictures of the others to come soon.

In other, sadder news my bag of notions (more of a sort of pencil case I carry with my knitting) went missing sometime in the last week. It either fell out of my bag (I doubt it) or got snatched by one of the kids I teach to knit/crochet. To be fair, if it was the kids they may not have known better since I let them use yarn that I bring. I do tell them that I can only give them their first ball and that the needles are loaners, plus the notions were in my own personal bag… Ah well, at least it means they’re really taking to needlecrafts?

Though you know, sometimes it’s not so bad when someone steals your stuff… I got to go shopping for more!

Which means I caved and bought the Knit Picks Emergency keychain I’d wanted forever. It was only 3 bucks, but I couldn’t justify putting in an order of yarn I really don’t need in order to get the free shipping. BUT it turns out Knit-O-Matic carries Knit Picks in-store, and they had the keychain in stock 😀

And then it was off to Mary Maxim to top off my ~~toy box~~ notions necessities.

The darning needles come with a case!

And let’s finish it off with a gratuitous shot of Desmond. I’m attending the OLA Conference this week and he apparently wants to come with me, having made himself quite comfortable in my conference bag.

Albeit I’m a little peeved with him at the moment. The little bugger has figured out that there is a pill inside the “pill pocket” treats he’s been gobbling up for a week, and has now decided to refuse to eat them. I tried inserting them in a piece of ham instead and he just ate around the pill. ARGH. Any suggestions? Feel free to comment.

Now that the holidays – and the frantic knitting that invariably accompanies that time of the year – are over I can focus on knitting for, you know, fun.

The blasted driving gloves I made for mom ate up most of my time :S The yarn was horrible to work with, and when I was finally done knitting them, I then had to adhere faux-leather grips to the palm. I’ll never be doing that again, but damn it if I’m not proud of myself. Mom seems pleased with them too.

In my last post I talked about my plan to make a lace or fingering weight version of the heart keychain into a heart pendant. Finally I’m done! After attaching the jump ring, I dipped it in a clear non-toxic (or at least relatively low toxic) resin. I used an outdoor grade (so water/sweat would not eat through it) version meant as a top coat for acrylic paint. I sponged off the excess before letting it dry. It seemed to work well. The heart is now hard, and is also not bothering my skin. I think I’ll end up making a second one and then giving them to my nieces.

Just started this cowl for my grandma the other day. Really enjoying how fast and prettily the Estelle Drake is knitting up. Apparently Desmond likes it too.