Girl's Night In

I had my sister, Carolyn, Sindy and Sugar over last night for a girls night in. It was cold and raining and perfect for something like this. I've got a slight headache now from last night, all the laughter, wine and good food. I'm definately moving slowly this morning. I thought about going to the track, but it is bitter cold out there and windy, so perhaps I'll get motivated enough to do some sort of exercise inside today besides crocheting and changing the chanels. I've been working on a sweater for myself...well working on seems the wrong way to describe it since it's been sitting in my room untouched all week. I'm going to try to get to it this weekend so I'll actually have a crochet post with photos. It is coming along nicely though.

Libby's Granny Sweater

I made this sweater for my neices and nephew's dog...Libby a couple of days before Christmas. I made it out of some squares that I already had done, just stitched them together and I think it came out nicely. Libby seems to like it and didn't protest at all. The Christmas Eve party was a huge sucess, both from the adults and the children. I actually picked up my knitting needles today (so glad to get a day to just relax). I'm not sure what I'm making yet, just cast on about 25 stitches.

Late night success!

After sitting up until about 2:00 a.m., I completed putting together the squares me and a co-worker made for one of the attorneys I work for. We made a blanket out of Bernat Boucle for her when she was expecting their first child and she told us that her husband is always under that blanket, so we made a binky for him too.

Me & Ms. Ordra

This is me and Ordra on the day I gave her the Kaya Kimono (which she loved). She later told me that she wore it in the video, I can't wait to check it out. I also gave her a shrug (which I failed to photograph), which basically is like a pullover sweater, but very short. She said she wore that also in the video.

So who isn't making scarves?

I know that everyone is probably making scarves for the holidays right now, they are the perfect gift, they work up quickly and you can use just about any yarn you want. Here are a few of mine that I am hoping to sell next week at work.

Camille's purse

I finally found the brown ribbon to put on this purse for my friend Camille. It's similar to the smaller one I made earlier, but I used a cable-like stitch and love the way it turned out. I also like it with the flower pin.

PATTERN

Ch. 48 (multiple of 7 plus 6)

1. Right Side Row. Hdc in third ch from hook and in each remaining ch. Ch.1, turn.
2. And ALL Wrong Side Rows. Sc in each stitch across. Ch.2, turn.
3. *Work hdc in 4 sc, work post dc as follows: yo, insert hook right to left under post of hdc below next sc, draw up loop, (yo and draw through 2 loops) twice to complete dc. Skp sc behind post dc, work hdc in next sc, work post dc in hdc below next sc*, skip sc behind post dc; repeat from * to * across, ending with hdc in last 4 sc. Ch 1, turn.
4. Wrong side row, repeat row 2.
5. *Hdc in 4 sc, skip firt post dc, and work post dc on second post dc. Ch. 1, now work post dc around the skipped post dc (crossover made, skip the 3 sc behind crossover *; repeat from *to* across, ending with hdc in last 4 sc.
6. Wrong side row, repeat row 2.
7. * Hdc in 4 sc, work post dc in post dc below next sc (always skip sc behind each post dc), hdc in next sc, post dc in post dc below next sc*. Repeat from * to * ending with hdc in last 4 sc. Ch 1, turn. Repeat Rows 2 through 7 for pattern.

KAYA COMPLETED

Yes, I actually completed another design, and I am quite pleased with this one. I really want to keep her, but I made it for a friend who will be in town this week. I used three strands of fine yarn all in different textures (boucle, acrylic and mohair), all of which I thought were too thin to work with, so I wound them all three together and I was very pleased with the texture, color and drape of the yarns together. What do you think?