NaBloPoMo 2013

Eye Candy Friday

November 15, 2013February 8, 2019 Vicki4 Comments

Taking a break from the parade of finished objects, the light illuminating the flowers on my mother's kitchen table the other day was breathtaking. While the awesomeness is not fully captured in an Instagram photo, it is nonetheless quite beautiful.

The boys from Brazil (and their parents) flew in on Wednesday for an impromptu and surprising week-long visit, and I'm thinking they are just the manpower needed to crank out the yards of I-cord needed to finally call a few projects finito! (She thinks. Hopeful that the novelty lasts long enough.) I figured out the set up & operation of my Embellish-Knit Machine last night and it's ready to go!

And, with that, we're half-way through NaBloPoMo. Stay tuned!

Oh, and don't forget to VoteLoLa!

Secondly – Le p’tit mousse

November 14, 2013February 8, 2019 Vicki7 Comments

With perfect buttons!

Project: Le p'tit mousse – Le p'tit mousse by Miss Grain de Sel
Yarn: Make.Do Essence DK Superwash, <1 skein
Needle: US 8
Start to Finish: 8/14/13 – 11/12/13

This is another garter stitch baby sweater — a pullover this time — knit all in one piece and requiring only to be finished with one long side/sleeve seam on each side and, of course, buttons! In this case, the buttons are purely decorative.

Naturally, that clever little pocket drew me in, but so, too, the flippy little sleeve detail. The pocket could easily be done in another color — complementary, contrasting, the possibilites are endless.

This was also a very quick knit, the long pause between start & finish mainly due to procrastination about seaming up and, then, the buttons.

Yes, more to come!

Knitting-Baby · NaBloPoMo 2013

The first of a few — Stitch!

November 13, 2013February 8, 2019 Vicki3 Comments

To get the party started, I sewed the seams of Le p'tit mousse the other night and then couldn't find the buttons I'd bought for it a few months ago.

So, I stopped at my LYS yesterday on the way home and, of course, found buttons I liked even better! Phyllis at Iris Fine Yarns has a wonderful collection of buttons!

But we're actually not going to talk about that today. Today we're going to talk about this:

Project: Stitch – One-Stitch Baby Sweater by Lion Brand Yarn
Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton Ease, 2 balls?
Needle: US 9?
Start to Finish: ??? – 11/12/13

I put the start date on Rav as November 1, 2010, only because there's not an option for "a million years ago." I have no idea when I started this, but it's been finished for almost as long, with coil-less pins marking five spots and awaiting only buttons all this time.

Alison picked the buttons herself last week at Soutache, and they are perfect — the light blue buttons with the pale yellow yarn gives a nice vintage-y feel.

I'm unsure of the size — it will probably fit 9m to a year or so, depending on the baby.

Aptly named, it's knit entirely in garter stitch (my favorite stitch) and all in one piece, finished with one long side/sleeve seam on each side and, of course, buttons! Cotton Ease means easy care — one of the best and most affordable there is. This would be perfect in all seasons.

Voila! Ooooh, I can't wait for a squishy baby!!

There's more to come… stay tuned!

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NaBloPoMo 2013

VoteLoLa.com

November 12, 2013February 8, 2019 Vicki5 Comments

Local Chicks Are Better!

Locally Laid Egg Company, Duluth, MN, is in the Final Four of Intuit's Small Business Big Game contest — the one where one small company wins a big commercial spot during the Super Bowl!

It's a great story (not to mention the BEST COMPANY NAME EVER), but I especially love the part where my cousin Gail is great friends with the owners of Locally Laid, Jason & Lucie Amundsen. Gail's sons work with LoLa on a regular basis and Gail, an architect, designs cool chicken houses for Jason and is involved in many other chicken-y projects with them.

Do me a favor, will ya? VoteLoLa.com — once a day, everyday, thru December 1st. There's no registration necessary — just click the link, VoteLoLa, and be done. Once a day, everyday. It would be so cool to see them win… I really want to see that commercial!!

NaBloPoMo 2013

Thanks!

November 11, 2013February 8, 2019 Vicki5 Comments

Direct from his "Vietnam and Other Tales" scrapbook, my then 22-year-old husband in Vietnam. First a company clerk, he later directed an arts and crafts program where soldiers could work on making models, jewelry and other art, instead of, ahem, enjoying other types of R&R popular at the time.

Thanks, Rusty, and all veterans! Happy Veterans' Day!