Little Posy Yoke Cardi

Yay. I finally finished this cardi for my niece Taylor Thorup. Kelli bought the yarns for me. Isn't it cute? Yarn: Sublime yarn from London, UK. It is merino, silk, and cashmere yarn. She picked the color purple. I had to used my thrower (right hand) for this project. I personally knit in picker (left hand). I held my yarn in the left hand. I used right hand for this project, because it is matched my gauge swatch 4" a square. It looks so good on Emma. Hee hee.

Swatching

I DO swatch! Honestly! When I substituting yarns, this is exactly what I need to do. I don't use exactly yarn in the pattern. Swatching is a little like sketching. It's a chance to try out ideas, to get a feel for what I am working with and to dream about the project. If the pattern involves a stitch pattern or technique I am unfamiliar with, it can be a great idea to try it out on a swatch in order to become comfortable with a small sample isolated from other considerations like shaping. Knitting a sweater is such a leap of faith, nothing at all like purchasing a garment I have tried on, but a swatch can help predict how it will turn out. A sample piece of fabric to play with can tell me a lot about how that fabric will behave in a full garment and the effect washing and wear will have. I am making my swatches at least 6" / 15 cm square. There are a few reasons for this: The edges will be a little distorted, so I will need enough room in the middle to accurately count 4" / 10 cm worth of stitches and rows in order to measure gauge.

To check my gauge/tension about which I am loose or tight knitter. To play with my swatches to know what to do with the yarn: feel, thin. bulky, split thread, and how well I hold the yarn.

Swatches are beautiful to do! I play and pet them. If I have so many of swatches, I can sew them together to make a huge afghan. :)

The swatches do have a lot information to tell me about them. I take some time to do the swatch. I am not in rush to get the project to started. I want to have a well fitted garment. I want to have enjoy knitting and wearing. Before I started learning to knitting. I was like 'Oh why swatch!" Then more time to come and I realized that it is most important in the knitting projects. I love swatching. :)

Litte Red in the City

YESSS! I got it today at my mailbox. I am so exciting to have it. I have been waiting for to come since July 4th. It is a knitting book by Ysolda Teague. She lives in Scotland. This book is about fitting. I still want to buy about 10 more books from the different designers. I am so exciting. I am so SO addict to the yarn stuffs. :) Happy day for me now.

Jell-O Mold

I made Jell-O mold. The kids, of course, love it. I used peach, cranberry, lime, grape, and apricot. I don't use whipping cream. I just want straight Jell-O without cream in it. I finally bought the pan. You can see inside of the pan. I forgot to put on the PAM. Next time I will. The jell-O is firm than weak. I only used boiling water. No cold water added. Yummy.

Yummy!

Goober! I love it with grape and peanut butter. But I found it in Wal-Mart: Chocolate with peanut butter. It is SO SO SO SO delicioussss! Love it. You guys should try it. :)

Christmas Baby Blanket

I finished it today. Finally! Because I had to seam all of the motifs together then crochet the edge. It's looks good. I am using it for my couch for Christmas season. Not for "cover" blanket because it is so small blanket. I love it. I used Red Heart Holiday yarns. It is crochet project.

Rug

I am so happy that rug is done. It's so slow project. Because of loops. I had to chain 3 every second stitches around to form the loops. I still have to make another one. I already started another rug. They are for my mom's friends' wedding gifts. It's looks good rug. I want one for myself in someday.

Jake's Afghan

There you go! My mom wanted me to make one for Jake for Christmas present. Jake loves to go out and hunt. He loves that colors. It is camouflage color. I used knitting machine instead crochet. I crocheted the edge. I used red heart yarns. :)

Aquatic Center

We decided that we want to have some fun for our kids instead staying home and doing nothing. The kids are having 'cabin fever'. So we went to Aquatic Center. It was a lot of fun. Wyatt wore safety vest. He felt safe when its on him. Emma hates vest. She was little bit fussy because she wanted to be free from holding her. She doesn't understand about it. I was swinging Emma in the pool to help her to reduced her fussy. Wyatt was with daddy for the whole time. I was with Emma. We used sunscreen lotion. There were a lot of the people out there. We had to get out of the kids' pool because there was a poo in there. We waited for 10 minutes. Emma was sitting in the stroller and rest. I was sitting in a lawn chair cover with my towel to avoid any more of sunburn. Wyatt and daddy went inside for another 10 minutes. We went to Chuck-a-rama. You can see my feet have some of sun line. I wore my shoes in the water. They are waterproof. I am hoping that I don't get any sunburn. I wore my black hat to avoid sun in my face, ears, and neck. I love that hat so much. Outside temp. was 86 degree. Phew! We had fun time family together. :)

Jake's Blanket on a Knitting Machine

I am making for my brother, Jake. He loves to shoot the wild goose, deer, and etc. I want to get this afghan to get finish. So I am using a knitting machine. I was trying to sell the machine, but I changed my mind about it. It will get finish in 2 days. Cool!