Not really exercise

this is probably not the intended use of the machine

Edited to add: That is, for people who do not knit/crochet, a hank of purty yarn that needed to be made into a center-pull ball to knit with. Although, (and this note is for the knitters/crochet folk) I suck at making center-pull balls and wind up just taking the yarn from the outside, thus defeating the purpose of a center pull ball. Anyway. That hank is held by our lovely elliptical machine that I have no energy to use.

Apparently it is time for me to invest in a Swift and Winder to properly take care of these issues.

Or, as Alton says, those things are "unitaskers" and I should stick to multitasking my elliptical machine!!

A Buckeye Vest

Buckeye Battle Cry
In old Ohio there's a team
That's known thru-out the land;
Eleven warriors, brave and bold,
Whose fame will ever stand.
And when the ball goes over,
Our cheers will reach the sky,
Ohio field will hear again
The Buckeye Battle Cry-

Drive! Drive on down the field,
Men of the scarlet and gray;
Don't let them thru that line,
We have to win this game today,
Come on, Ohio!
Smash through to victory.
We cheer you as you go:
Our honor defend
So we'll fight to the end for O-hi-o.

Amazingly enough, I managed to finish the Gigi Vest before his birthday (tomorrow):
Based off of Knitty's Petrol, knit in Plymouth Encore (I know, part acrylic but washability was a must in this project)!


Please excuse the fuzziness, my hand is not as steady as one would hope...

striped sweater

Knitting project for small child, name currently unknown :) for next fall/winter/spring.
Project name: Cleo's colors
Source: The Yarn Girl's Guide to Kid Knits
materials: I chose an acrylic/nylon blend... easy wash and should be nice and light, which is important since I didn't want the SoCal kidlet to get too hot.
notes: although this wasn't the first ever striping attempt, it was more complex than the Harry Potter scarf from last fall. Also, it was the first attempt at picking up stitches to create the button band. Much frogging occurred over that skill.

A FlowerGirl Dress

SweetGirl was a flower girl in my sister's wedding and I whipped up her dress. Dress photos, pre-steaming in Ohio.




I have to admit, this was a feat of many firsts. Shall we list them?
1. gathering
2. putting a zipper in (it still didn't come out perfectly but oh well)
3. working with netting
4. using the roll-edge hem foot on my machine
5. working with chiffon

A Sweater and poncho!

Aside from our holiday stockings and SweetGirl's scarf for Harry Potter, I have yet to complete a big big project. Until now... (I warn you, the photos are very poor quality, can't really see much detail)

My sister's sweater:


Her sweater has 6 rows of seed stitch on the bottom and cuffs, a hoodie with an i-cord, and seed stitch detail around the neck. I want her to take a photo of herself IN the sweater so I can see what it looks like :)

I also made OtherHalf's mom a very open knit poncho. I guess it's more of a lace pattern but it was still fun to do. Off a person it looks like a very interesting skirt but really, it's meant to be a cute poncho. And where she lives (TN) it doesn't get too cold so a heavy poncho is unnecessary.

I'm working on a pretty cool poncho for my other sister, who is patiently waiting while the project was placed on hold for the move. I love the raised leaf pattern in it and can't wait to share...