Knitting Class

I am taking a new knitting class at Center Street Knits. This one is a felted slipper class & the pattern was created by a Michigan native. Go Michigan! The first of 3 classes was held last Sunday. When my friend Emily & I originally tried signing up the class was full, & that was only 4 days after the class list came out. But we were fortunate enough that the teacher opened the class up to more students. I have never felted before so I am very excited & nervous that my slippers won't turn out. Last class we made all the slipper components & next class we will seam them all together. I just hope they turn out because I have dreams of making many felted items. Stay tuned for pics of my beautiful felted slippers.

A few weeks ago my aunt-in-law sent me some wonderful pics of her grandson wearing a hat I had made & given to him on Thanksgiving. Here is the adorable baby Eric wearing the "Olive You!" hat from Susan B. Anderson's Itty-Bitty Hats. He is so cute I could just eat him up!

I was going through Etsy today & found the cutest hat on the belugafiber webpage. It is called the Spring Cloche Hat Pattern & it is only $4. If you are interested in purchasing the hat you can go to the link above for her Etsy page or check out her blog. I am definitely going to buy this little cutie & whip one up for myself. I am also going to subscribe to her blog because it is just darling.

Gotta Go for Now.

More Later.

Brandi

2010 Crazy Already

I have been so behind on everything lately, especially getting the pics of some of the cool socks I have been working on. I finally finished the socks I was making for Steve. It took me longer than expected though. I wanted them done for Christmas, but alas they were not. Below is a pic of Steve's socks.

I made them with Alpaca sock yarn. They are very soft & the color doesn't look so great here but they are a lovely shade of brown.


I made these socks for myself. I got the yarn for Christmas from my mama. This is the Patton Stretch Sock yarn that you can find at Joann's. It is pretty inexpensive, but you will need 2 skeins of yarn for a pair of socks. They stretch very nicely. So much so that Steve thinks the fit is perfect even though our feet are an inch different in size. I think the color is wonderful. After knitting this sock I went to Joann's & got almost every color they had in this stretch yarn. I would only caution to be careful with your tension on this yarn. If it is too tight the sock will loose all of its elasticity.

I am currently working on a new winter hat for Steve. I am following the Jim Hat that I found on Ravelry. It is a pretty plain hat, especially since Steve wants it in all black. I hope to finish that by the end of the week. Wish me luck!

Gotta Go.

More later.

Brandi