Alert the media! Sarah has
finished another project!!
Okay, everybody remember the project you couldn't quite figure out? Here it is, all finished:
Awww . . . isn't that special? I made this for a cyber-friend with a Calvin-and-Hobbes-loving daughter. I love how it actually looks like the Hobbes that Calvin's parents see: slightly bedraggled and certainly well-loved.
Unfortunately, Theo and Isaac both decided that they
must have one for themselves. So now I've got to make two more. (Maybe I'll have Isaac's done in time for him to take it to college with him.) I wish I'd gotten a picture of Theo holding it--it's HUGE. Almost half as tall as Theo. And very huggable. He kept saying, "Hug lion? Kiss lion?" and "Dat Fee-oh's lion, Mommy."
I used
this pattern. The pattern is quite good, although the instructions aren't
quite clear enough for a rank beginner. I don't crochet much anymore, and there were several places where I had to fiddle and figure. Still, the end result is just right, even if you don't use the expensive yarn the pattern calls for. (I used Plymouth Dreambaby, at the request of my cyber-friend.)
Despite several weekends at the lake, I haven't gotten much other knitting done.
My socks look more like socks and less like the bikini top you all thought they were before:
And I'm up to square 451 on the Blankie of Unusual Size!!
Doesn't it look cool? So, I'm just shy of halfway finished with it!
So, there we are. All the knitting that's fit to post.
Comments (3)
For the record, I never thought you were knitting a bikini. I mean, come on - knit swimwear?
Tygre, please allow me to direct your attention here.
If anything you see there inspires you to take up knitting . . . well, I'm sure your beloved spouse will appreciate it. Just don't bring it to your church knitting group, 'mkay?
Scsours,
I'm making Hobbes. Thanks for the tip on the cheaper yarn. I bought the pattern and then said, "WHAT?! 8 BUCKS PER SKEIN!So, yes, definately going for Plymouth -- how many skeins did you need to buy?