Slip and Slide do the Jitterbug!

Here are my Slippery socks from knitty.com I used Colinet Jitterbug and since the yardage for jitterbug wasn't the same as the yardage for the yarn used in the pattern I made them one pattern repeat shorter than the pattern called for. I have a handful of yarn left but not enough for 2 more pattern repeats so I'm glad I actualy looked at the yardage! yay me! I'm very happy with the pattern and how it turned out, the yarn is nice too.



and a side view

Bellagio Mitts

So here is my latest knitting pattern. I made my hubby some mittens to wear on the days he works outside. He needs the use of his thumbs so there is a little thumb flip top too. This is a totally original pattern and I am no proud of it. I never made mitten before all I looked up was how to put in a thumb. ;) Clever me! I used FrogTree Worsted Merino, a very nice single spun yarn very soft. Hubby says sometimes they are too warm. ;) Good thing he can flip the top back and cool off. Of course here in Vegas we aren't exactly in sub zero conditions. I sewed on some leather glove palms from Elann they didn't have black, so I used grey. Would have liked black better. He has to pick stuff up all day so I didn't want the nice mittens wearing out. ;)





If you are interested in having the pattern I have it writen out in a word doc. Just leave a comment and I'll set it up as a link.

Jaywalker

Made Jaywalker from Magknits by Grumperina.

Can everyone say bandwagon? Hey they looked cool! Well I had to make some changes I just couldn't stand the gusset decreases the ssk and the k2tog just didn't look nice so instead of K2tog I slip knit pass slip stitch over and for the ssk I did a pass second stitch over then knit first stitch. Made everything a lot tidier.

I think I have enough yarn left over for a pair of baby jays. The color will work for a boy or a girl. My sister is having a baby and has decided to wait till the baby is born to find out what it is. Frustrating! Oh well organic cottons are nice neutral colors. And drum roll please here are the pictures!



and for better color accuracy a work in progress pic



And I came across this photo in my flickr stream and well it's funny. This is my husband on our vacation to the west coast this summer. Specifically this picture was taken in "The Trees of Mystery". Very cool place.



It says "Do Not Molest Trees and Shrubs" so well this picture was begging to be taken. And that is the little monster in the sling there. Look at the baby wearing tree molesting daddy! I love him! lol