The Days Get Busier!

Out of Town Guests from Florida.  What a treat!  Let's serve up some "weather"--- like a good portion of hail:

 Or let's serve up a good portion of food!  ---like ONIONS.  This is the beginning of a fantastic French Onion Soup.  (Can you smell 'em?)

 Let's sit back when they are gone and .... start something new!  Mystery garment.

This afternoon I discovered I should be short 2 grams of yarn... to make the other one.  Grrrr.

More Spring Green

I like the Spring Green T.  Now for a little 2T cardigan:

This is such a great pattern.  It's from Creative Knitting Magazine, however, the pattern is re-written due to many mistakes in the first printing in September 2009.  It may be too big for my little 2-year old, but as long as it's too big, no worries!

Meanwhile, how can I compete with this?

I'm jealous that I wasn't the one to knit that cap.  And I sure wish I was a fly on the wall to witness the donning of this outfit.  Blouse, skirt, apron, jewelry, cape...  wrestling a 23 month-old into all of that finery!  Last year she screamed the whole time, but balloons will soothe anyone's temper.  This is for The Seventeen of May which is the National Day of Norway.
I think next May, I'll have to be there...

Mr Orange Marmelade

A day of rest.  This is me on Monday.  A minor "procedure" on my throat.  I'm staying away from heavy machinery... and major decision making.  Does that mean no knitting?

More mistakes

What kind of blogger am I?  I freely exhibit my goofs.
Here's another one:
WIP's

The Sojouner Cardigan (purple), previously many inches, but it was too big.  Starting over again, but it doesn't seem so important now that it's almost summer.
The Pink tunic I started.  I didn't like the size of that either, so I ripped it out, and decided to knit something else.  Not a tunic any longer.
AND a YO lacy top in denim.  I was hoping this would be for myself, but when I took it off the needles, I discovered that the front alone is 4 inches wider than it should be.  WHEW!  I'm not THAT big!!  So it will soon be history.  Yes, my goofs are all "gauge" related.  Somehow, even with the swatch, the sizing of the patterns aren't accurate.  I'm OK.  I like to knit. Again and again and again and again and again... 
LOL

Blogger problems

A quick fix to blogger last Wednesday ended up with no blogging possibilities until tonight.  Hope the problem is fixed, and I sure appreciate whoever does all of that tech stuff!

In the meantime, I finished my Spring Green T.  It's a beauty but a little too clingy for my curves.

I know someone who will fit into it perfectly.  A picture in a few weeks will be coming your way.
HERE's what I learned while knitting this garment.

Pattern:  Green Gable by Rachel Bishop  from Knit Lulu;  Yarn: Bamboo by Be Sweet, DK / 8 ply 100% Bamboo,110 yards

Incidental Information:  This is the third time I've knit this pattern.  #1 in Lavold's Silky Wool, and #2 in Lavold's Cable Cotton.

Link to Hat

Yesterday I forgot to link to the "previous blog" about the toddler hat.  Click Here

And tonight I managed to 'tubular bind-off' (for a second time) my top down T.  Link HERE about previous, ill-fated, bind-off.

The Perfect Mother's Day Present

I would hate to evaluate myself as to how "needy" I am, but initially I would say I'm not. Maybe I am...
Remember that circus hat for Juju?  A modified hat pattern with little people around it, with pompoms on the corners?
See here for the details from an earlier blog.

I was informed on Sunday (Mother's Day) that my little granddaughter insists on wearing that hat whenever going outside. It took a 70ºF (20ºC) to catch her without it!  Does she know how rewarded her grandma feels?