Master Peso

Behold my most recent masterpiece! I made it for my mother's birthday last year.

Irish Rose Doily, circa 1949

It took patience, determination, and a very small hook. Each rose and leaf took about twenty minutes to finish, and each swirl took about a half hour.



I learned a lot from making it and I was so thrilled with the result I had trouble actually parting with it. I just wanted to keep it with me and show it to everyone I met up with and say, "look what I made!"

My mother loves it. Her initial response to it? "I didn't know you had doilies in you!"

Surprises all around.

Piggyback times three

Welcome to my new go-to dishcloth pattern. It's called piggyback & I found the pattern in 280 Crochet Shell Patterns by Darla Sims. It looked interesting, but still sturdy enough to scrub dishes.

I made myself a small-ish one, just for something fun and quick. I enjoyed it so much I made another one with the rest of the ball and gave it to my friend. I since tried it with Bernat's striping cotton and loved the results even more!

I think it's the perfect match, the striping cotton with this pattern. I think a number of people I'm close with will find one in their kitchen soon.

Hoot Hoot!

This dishcloth is my second for the Knitters R Us dishcloth swaps on swap-bot. I took the owl cable pattern from Kate Davies' Owls Pullover. I'm thrilled with how it turned out...and my swap partner liked it too! Mission Accomplished.

Enamored!

I was looking for a quick knitting project, probably just to remind myself that I still can knit, and decided on a dishcloth pattern I found in my Lily Sugar n' Cream Kitchen Kolors! book. [I've gotten more use out of this book than I ever thought I could!]

I love it! The pattern was addictive and I love the results. I finished it in only a couple of hours and it left me wanting more. I plan to make this one again and again.

(Even the back looks good.)

Fall Bag

I found some fantastic cotton yarn that was just begging to be turned into a bag. It happened to come with the perfect pattern on its ball-band. (I love ball-band patterns!) I was a little worried about using two variegated yarns together but I thought I'd give it a shot.

It's just a basic granny square for the front and back of the bag, with a mesh piece for the bottom and sides. I wasn't really sure about the handles but I do like how they turned out in the end.

It's a good size and really sturdy. I've been using it as a laptop bag.


It was super-fast and looks striking. But really - the variegated yarn did all the work.

Catsup Ketchup Catch-up

Ok, ok, I know. It's been a little while. Well...there have been some good reasons, the primary one being a break-up that I wasn't expecting. Yes. This one knocked me on my ass last Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter...and while things aren't fantastic at this point, I'm no longer completely on my ass.

SO.

I need to catch up. A lot. I didn't really stop knitting/crocheting, I just didn't really communicate about anything. So what I propose to do is to put up pics of the items I finished over the last year with little stories about them when necessary, in no particular order.

How about I just go ahead and start then?

This is a dishcloth I made for a swap through swap-bot. I used a stitch pattern I found in the Knitting Stitch Bible my mom gave me for Christmas. What a beautiful book! My partner loves all shades of green and she loved the dishcloth so it was a success.

I had stopped swapping for awhile, but after I discovered the new-(ish) knitters group on swap-bot I got back into it. It's the first online group I've really become involved with and it's got a nice vibe.

That's all for now. Stayed tuned for more project pics soon. I promise.