Still knittin'

I intended to have these first photos appear last, but I've managed to upload them in the wrong order, so let's work backwards, shall we?


I'm still knitting. Still loving it. Still feel a sense of panic and rising heart rate if I don't have a project on my needles at all times.


My latest obsessession is these lambs. The patterns, by Fuzzymittens.com, are clearly written, and the lambs' clothing is so cute and detailed, that I can't resist starting a new lamb once I've finished the latest one.


The three at the top here are sporting a pink dress, a blue hoodie and a pale green dress.

Here are the first three lambs I knit last week: one wearing a simple scarf, one sporting bib overalls, and the third wearing a cardigan which took many hours to knit!

This is a Multnomah shawl. The pattern is free on Ravelry, and it's a good pattern. I knit this one to donate to a fundraiser, and I knit a similar one as a birthday gift.

These Thorpe earflap hats are quick and easy to make. I knit this one to go with a child's ski parka which I donated to our local community closet.

These socks were lucky enough to travel to Italy and Greece in September. I started them on the flight to Italy; finsihed them while in Delphi, Greece. I photographed them from the balcony of our hotel in Delphi. What a spectacular view they had!

I made this child's afghan from yarns given to me by my friend Pam. More about Pam below. I donated the afghan to  Project Linus in Pam's memory.

I mentioned in a post in early July that my friend Pam had been given only weeks to live. She had a brain tumor. Pam passed away in late August. About two weeks before she died, Pam mentioned to me that she wasn't going to be able to finish the afghan she'd been knitting for her older son. She'd completed the afghans for her younger son and her daughter. I told her I'd be honored to finish this afghan for her, and that's what I did. If you look carefully at the left side of the afghan, just above the bright orange row near the floor, you'll see a tiny stitch marker. That's where Pam's knitting left off and mine began, so she had finished well over half of this project before having to set it aside.

I've posted about these baby booties earlier, but the bibs are new. They're free patterns from Down Cloverlaine and can be found on Ravelry.

In July I took a little time off from my own knitting to teach a special little girl how to finger knit. Santa will be bringing her some real knitting needles and some bulky yarn, so I expect her to be whipping up a scarf before long.

This was my first attempt at a shawl. It almost put me over the edge. I finally contacted a kind lady on Ravelry who had knit this pattern,, and she bailed me out. Come to find out, I'd been misreading the pattern.

So that's pretty much what I've been up to lately. Now I'm off to cast on stitches for another lamb.