Just Knitting Around

Bucket Hat

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

I really liked this pattern, which is the Chick Knits Bucket Hat. I think a slightly snugger fit might be better, but I was afraid to felt it more since I didn’t want it to shrink any more in height. All in all, a good pattern and a […]

Books

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Here are the knitting gifts I received this year. DH saved the list I gave him last year. I got the fourth Barbara Walker last year, the yarn store he went to only had it at the time. Now I have the full set. He also paid attention […]

UnOriginal Hat

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

Here is tween daughter modeling another hat. This one is a gift for her 9 year old cousin in the cousin’s Kris Kringle exchange. There are 22 grandchildren (and one great gradchild) on my husband’s side. He is one of eight and two of his sisters each […]

Tiger Hat

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

Here is dd unhappily modeling the Tiger Hat I made for my mom. It has been to a couple of Bengals games already, (mom was even wearing it while watching them play on TV last week) but hasn’t helped their record yet. Despite how it appears by the look […]

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Here is my first piece of paid knitting. A former co-worker wanted some hats for her “soon to be” new grandson. This hat is one of two. The other one is a yellow pointy hat knit of yellow Jelli Beenz yarn that I forgot to take a pic of […]

Here is one of my WIPs. I am getting ready to start the ear shaping on the hat. It is a cute pattern I found last year and am finally getting around to the knitting. The pattern is by Mary Lou Egan at Yarnerina’s and the proceeds benefit Heifer Innternational. I […]

Peter as ?

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

I did some quick Halloween knitting. Small Fry wanted to be his favorite video game character (this is what happens when the brothers are 11 and 13 years older). An important part of the outfit is the hat. I picked up some Lion Brand homespun Wednesday morning […]

I made a whole crop of these in all sizes last fall (5, I think). I whipped this out on Sunday evening and have a new baby gift for the toddler 10 pounder that my friend had in July. I hope this fits, unlike the kimono I knit originally. My nephew is […]

My first newborn knitting! I made the Mason-Dixon Knitting Kimono for the baby of a friend, modified to a sort of Cardigan using these directions wich I found when I saw her entry on the MD KAL blog. I used less than one ball of Cottontots (leftovers from 2 MD washcloths […]

My daughter fell in love with a crusher hat they had on display at the Stitch Niche in Lexington which was the souvenir store we visited when we went to see the Yarn Harlot. The only problem, it was crochet. I can crochet, in fact I learned how when I was a […]

Darning While Knitting. I vaguely knew about it, but just didn’t take the time to google it and learn it.

I think it’s a clear cut case of avoidance. I used the Russian Join on the hat. I was worried about it being too bulky on the sides of the sweater […]

The kids and I have just been hanging around the house over Christmas break. It was a wonderful Christmas. My oldest played the trumpet, flugelhorn and guitar at 4:00 mass Christmas Eve. He played a guitar solo on Silent Night that was just beautiful. Would he play it later for the […]

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled knitting to bring you a new FO, in response to a knitting emergency.
Victim: DN (dear nephew)
Age: 9 months
Nature of emergency: Arrival of winter in Cincinnati.
With the arrival of winter in Cincinnati which was announced by a low of 21 degrees on Thursday and […]

My latest finished object is the Coronet Cabled Hat from Knitty. I loved making it. Cables are such a kick to knit! Its for my son Peter, who is 3, and loves the things I knit for him. The red and blue striped mittens in the gallery […]