** i love how i finally get my pictures off my camera and am ready to upload them and flickr is down. that’s typical of my week.
i know it’s been a while! it feels like ages to me. last week was a total blur but i did get a lot of knitting done while being blindsided by other things around here. first off, do i have any readers in sunset park, brooklyn? we’re thinking about moving there and i would love to hear more about it.
so i’ve been knitting, doing freelance, answering popknits questions, and being a mom these past couple of weeks and it’s been stressful but rewarding. rewarding for you all as well because i have two (actually 2+!) FOs to show you.
first, the long awaited peanut pants are done! why do gauge swatches lie? i swear that my gauge swatch told me that these would shrink a lot more than they did. oh well, better too big than too small right? she can wear them in the fall or even next year!
peanut modeling her pants
the pattern was very easy to follow. (ravelry) it’s one of those plug-in-the-numbers type deal which means you can use it with any yarn. the only thing that i messed up was that i read the short-row bottom directions wrong. in the end, i made a much more roomy bottom than i would have liked but it wasn’t a deal breaker.
the pants were great for traveling. i knit on them during the few times that i’ve been on the subway in the last few months. it was a here and there project and did the job well.
two weeks ago, my dear friend kaitlyn gave birth to her second daughter (congrats kaitlyn!) so i decided to cast-on for something for little cassie.
elijah was a great stash-busting project! (ravelry) i used some leftover bubblegum pink cotton-ease and i think that he’s just perfect.
close-up
big thanks to ysolda for making this pattern SO easy to follow. i did it all with two circular needles and even then it was easy to change the pattern from dpns. i can’t wait to give it to cassie.
now what? i’m going to pick flair back up tonight and then i’m going to cast-on for another quickie project. i bought a swiffer mop last week (in violation of my proctor and gamble boycott) and want to make some knit covers for it. i’m hoping to keep the floors a little cleaner over the next few months. i mopped the floors last week and was a little disgusted with myself. i should be better about that seeing as the peanut is always picking food off the floor!
later this week i’ll bring you the last bit of FO goodness, a spidery baby blanket and a new skirt! (peek over at flickr if you want a preview.)
kat
Cute and cute!! Oh yes I remember the days when I could knit freely. Ah the memories. I did actually finish another hat for a friend’s newborn the other day. Does that count?
May 12, 2008 @ 9:14 PM
carrie m
gauge issues or no, those are both adorable fos!! i need to make a pair of those pants in my size — so comfy!
May 12, 2008 @ 9:21 PM
Cara
Oh my! The elephant is almost as cute as your girl! I have got to make that!
May 12, 2008 @ 10:33 PM
Casey
Such cute knits! The elephant couldn’t possibly be any cuter.
May 12, 2008 @ 10:59 PM
jess
she is so cute in the pants! a little big = all the better to wear them in the fall, I think!
also, elijah is one of the best written patterns I have EVER knit. I love it!
May 12, 2008 @ 11:05 PM
caitlyn
Oh, those pants looks SO adorable on the Peanut! And yes, it’s definitely better that they are too big rather than too small!
The elephant is super cute too!
May 12, 2008 @ 11:40 PM
rebecca
Oh I love that elephant! I used to collect them when I was little.
May 13, 2008 @ 10:38 AM
Octopus Knits
The pants are so cute (and so is the little model wearing them)! And so is Elijah! I love the pink : ) He appears to be quite the botanist.
May 13, 2008 @ 1:33 PM
Emily
I think I saw you knitting the pants on the train on Saturday! My GFF and I were going into Manhattan (to Purl, and then the Point, actually) and I saw someone knitting something blue down the train…Maybe it was you!
Your Elijah is just adorable, btw.
May 13, 2008 @ 1:54 PM
Veronique
The gauge swatch lied?! *gasp* Is there anything we can believe in?
Elijah is super cute, and so very PINK! Perfect for a little girl.
May 13, 2008 @ 3:01 PM
wanett
I love those pants! And Elijah too. Is he as huge as he looks?
May 13, 2008 @ 4:13 PM
melissa
the peanut pants are super cute, it’s kind of a happy accident that she’ll get to wear them for awhile. there’s nothing more disappointing than having a little one grow out of something after a wear or two.
i must knit elijah. they all come out so perfectly cute!
May 13, 2008 @ 5:38 PM
Macoco
That pink elephant is beyond sweet. Peanut looks great in her new pants!
May 14, 2008 @ 5:49 PM
schrodinger
the peanut looks too cute for words in that picture of the slightly-too-long pants – elijah, of course, is very adorable too.
May 17, 2008 @ 12:53 PM
femiknitter
You know, it doesn’t matter that the pants are too big–they’re still cute! That pink elephant is just perfect, too. Love it!
May 21, 2008 @ 9:07 PM