Slow as Molasses

So...not much happening here knitting wise. I did finish the bag for Sylvan at knitting last week. I've decided to hang on to it as part of the gift I'm getting together for the day the baby is born. I thought that I would make a little activity bag for her. I just realized that I forgot to take a picture of it though. I am finishing the booties with a little scalloped edge all around, but it's not done yet. I ended up inventing the scallop pattern, because I couldn't figure out how to do the backwards crochet they suggested. I also bought some really sweet light pink alpaca for a baby set, but haven't had the oomph to start it yet. Maybe, I'll just pet the new alpaca and wait for inspiration. I could do a gage swatch...

Picture Problem Fixed

Here is the picture of Sylvan in her dress, looking super cute if I do say so myself. Here are the booties and beach bag too. And finally, a funny picture of Peter in his sweater.

Yarn Issues

So this is a picture of the unbelievably cute Sylvan in her idea of a good outfit for shopping for party favors for her birthday party on Sunday. Well, actually there seems to be a problem with my pictures uploading to blogger right now, so I'll have to do the picture later. She is wearing that dress that I knitted for her when she was like 18 months old. It fits her now. :) It's made out of some kind of mercerized cotton, and I was noticing that suddenly all the ends of the yarn seem to be comming undone. Is this a common problem with mercerized cotton? The dress isn't actually falling apart yet, but I can see that it won't last for ever, if I can't figure out a way to keep it from unraveling. In other news I washed Peter's sweater, and discovered that you shouldn't wash the knit picks Swish superwash in warm water! It got all the extra dye out, but it also made it pill like crazy! So I'm not so happy with the yarn choices I've made right now, but I am hopeful my future projects will turn out better. I have now started two other projects. I have the baby booties from the Drops pattern almost done. I just need a contrasting color of the Tahki cotton to make the little border. I have also started a little beach bag in sugar and cream for Sylvan. She was feeling like I was making everything for other people, and so I thought that it would be fun to make something small for her. I will try again later with the pictures!

The Sweater is Done! and Peter Knits

I have finished the green sweater! and I think that Peter actually likes it. You'll have to excuse the poor quality of my camera. We'll have to see if he actually wears it. :) I also have to figure out how to wash it. I can't decide if I should block it before I wash it, since I'm going to machine wash and dry it. Peter decided to take a turn knitting. He made one of the tiny sheep from the Debbie Bliss Knitted Toys book for a friend's birthday. Isn't it cute?