Warning: This post contains pictures of my knitting. Multiple pictures of very few items from different angles. If you don't give a wet slap about knitting . . . HA ha! Too bad.
Hey, thanks everybody for all your kind wishes and comments this week about my grandfather. We had two visitations on Tuesday and the funeral on Wednesday and everyone had stories to tell about my grandpa, mostly relating to how:
a) He would NEVER allow ANYONE to pass him on the highway;
b) He really liked to wander around all day in tiny bikini briefs, particularly at the cottage in the summer;
c) Some of these briefs were leopard print; and
d) Several leopard print brief-wearing incidents were captured on film.
My entire family has now decided that we should ALL have pictures of ourselves in leopard print bikini briefs displayed at our visitations. I guess I'd better get knitting some.
Some people turn to drink when they're in mourning - others turn to knitting. I managed to finish a couple of items over the course of the week, bringing my "Finished Object" count up to four and am feeling quite smug. Here, in no particular order, are the three things, besides Maja's scarf, that I have actually finished.
Katr's Scarf
This is the scarf I started in knitting class - I had to take a break from it in order to finish Maja's scarf in time for her birthday. Katr's only stipulation about the scarf was that it should be long - long enough for the full neck wraparound + under coat torso drape. Well, it's long - in fact, with the fringe on it, it actually peeks out from the bottom of her coat, like a prayer shawl. Kicky! The photo doesn't really do the colours justice, by the way - hence the close-up. I know, I know - it's like you're wearing it!
Caho's Bag
It was my friend Caho's birthday in February and I decided to make her a bag! Which I have yet to mail! I was careful to pick colours that I thought she would like (although I realized later that the green and the orange are the colours of the Stitch n' Bitch cover. Hahahahahahaaaa! Ah well - originality is for pussies). I started out using the "Zeeby's bag" pattern from Stitch n' Bitch but ended up kinda making up my own pattern. That's why it looks like the gusset (the brown part under the orange part) is eating the rest of the bag.
I am particularly proud of the front flap of the bag, as it was my first attempt at decreasing and I basically made it up. The closure on it is a snap and the snap cover is actually a charm off a bracelet I bought at the Farmer's Market in Monterey. I am, in fact, so proud of the front flap that I took a close-up.
I also took a close-up of the closure. Because I am obsessed. And I also took a photo of the back of the bag, which is green instead of orange.
Isaac's Hat
I was going to use Isaac's Star Trek name, as I do for everyone else on my blog, but I decided that babies have no need of anonymity. Also, his last name is hyphenated and the Star Trek version is "Islamc" and I didn't want to get into it.
This is the "Umbilical Cord" hat from Stitch n' Bitch. I knit it in hand-dyed Peruvian cotton a) because I liked the colour and b) because I was trying to impress Isaac's eco-parents. I took a picture of the hat next to my coffee mug, for scale:
I am a little worried that the hat might be too big for little Isaac, but luckily his mother sent out some photos last night and through the magic of Photoshop, I was able to test the hat out. I think it looks great on him:
I'm actually off now to deliver this same hat and also, buy a truck. My next project - definitely a truck cosy.
