Rebel Alliance

I knit in the round, except when I get to the design. Then I knit back and forth so I don't have to carry the red all the way around the hat. Reverse side of the design:

And I finally figured out how to get around sewing it together after I'm done. You can kind of see in this picture, I do a cable with just a single stitch while knitting back and forth.

monkey hat

The ears are even cupped a little bit:

B's birthday spider

On two separate occasions I asked what B wanted for his 4th birthday. Both times, he requested a "red spider, with a string attached, and an old wedding ring on the end of the string."

Huh? What an imagination this kid has.

Nobody has any idea where he came up with that, but here's my interpretation...

The "guts" of the project:

Crochet around it, add legs and eyes:

I almost didn't want to give it away when I finally got it done. :)

all the MSU baby gear together

I even finished them all about a week before the baby shower! Woot!

MSU baby booties

MSU baby blanket

I shouldn't have done it, but I decided to time how long each row was taking me.


15 minutes per row (and that's when I was cruising with no interruptions or distractions) times 71 rows means I spent about 18 hours just doing the stripes. Then there's a few border laps and the scalloped edging.

MSU baby hats

Yay! Not bad for and amateur fair isle-r with no pattern:








And a close-up:

And as long as I had the right colors out: