Last night I missed SnB because I got a mini makeover of sorts.
Basically, I dyed my hair black and cut a nice fringe in front.
Now I have officially been every “normal” haircolor–red, blonde, brown and black–in many, many varieties. (I shall not discuss “the purple incident” for those of you who have known me long enough to remember that unfortunate event.)
Let the stash reduction continue:
Vital Stats:
Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton Ease (Stone colorway), less than 1 skein
Hook: K
Gauge: about 2 dc/in
Pattern: Boy Beanie from SnB Crochet
I think these are so cute:
Vital Stats:
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts STR Lightweight (Lucy colorway), about 60 yds
Needles: US 2 dpns
Gauge: about 8 sts/in
Pattern: “Little 16″ Newborn Socks pattern (see my sidebar)
Once I pare down my sock yarn stash, I think I’ll make all of my baby socks out of STR because they turn out so doggone beautiful!
I cranked out another beanie today:
Vital Stats:
Yarn: Bernat Camouflage (Snow Ghost colorway), less than 1 skein
Hook: K
Gauge: about 2 dc/in
Pattern: Boy Beanie from SnB Crochet
As much as love 100% acrylic (haha–not), I have to admit that I really like the way the camouflage colorways knit/crochet up.
Last week I got a bunch of PMs on Ravelry from my friends asking if I had recently adopted a dog. (Apparently they noticed that I was queueing doggie sweaters like no one’s business.) After having a good laugh, I let them know that unfortunately there was not a new four-legged addition to our family, but rather that I was commissioned to knit a doggie sweater for one of my colleagues.
She and her husband had recently acquired a Puggle (click here to see one–I had never heard of such a thing), and they wanted a custom sweater that matched the little guy’s fur. Here’s what I came up with:
Vital Stats:
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease (Mushroom colorway), 3 skeins (because the yarn was held triple to get Super Bulky gauge)
Needles: US 17
Gauge: about 2 sts/in
Pattern: Need for Tweed Doggie Sweater (Lion Brand free pattern), modified to fit my colleague’s dog
Never in a zillion years would I have thought I’d ever knit a sweater for a doggie, but my colleage and her husband love it, so what can I say? 
Don’t think I haven’t been knitting even though I’ve been crocheting a lot lately:
Vital Stats:
Yarn: Knit Picks Sock Landscape (Cape Cod colorway–discontinued), about 60 yds
Needles: US 2 dpns
Gauge: about 8 sts/in
Pattern: “Little 16″ Newborn Socks pattern (see my sidebar)
I’ve been doing a lot of crocheting lately, mostly to help pare down my stash of Wool Ease. Here are my two latest FOs:
Vital Stats:
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease (Loden and Oxford Gray for the Slytherin Beanie and Black (duh..) for the Black Beanie), less than a skein of each color
Hook: K
Gauge: about 2 dc/in
Pattern: Boy Beanie from SnB Crochet
I really, really like this pattern!
All is NOT well at La Casa de Stitch-n-Snitch. In fact, I’m ready to give up being a happy homeowner and move into an apartment just so I don’t have to maintain faulty fixtures, specifically those of the plumbing type.
I have a love/hate relationship with my shower: I love it when it’s newly clean, and I hate it the rest of the time.
Our house is pretty new (about 8 years), but my lovely shower grows mold and mildew in places I can’t reach (due to the fact that it is a custom-made number that’s basically cultured marble put together with silicone), and I have this thing about clean bathrooms and having to say, “Oh, I know the shower looks dirty, but I promise that it’s clean. I just can’t get to the mildew you see because it’s inaccessible.” Sure. Riiiight. Ugh.
Now, on top of the disgusting caulking I have to deal with on a daily basis, the handle valve has decided to rebel. I spent OVER AN HOUR fiddling with it, and the DH finally got so disgusted with the valve that he brought out the mallet and beat some sense into the doggone thing.
After dropping $50 on one dumb part and spending many more hours of finger-ripping labor, I think we just might be back in the cleaning body business. For now. Maybe. GRRRRRRR.
I found these Gothic beauties on eBay, and just *had* to have them:
I’m in LOVE!!!!
Has anyone else heard about Opal making a line of Harry Potter-inspired sock yarn? Woo-hoo!
(Bloosgrl’s mama emailed me the original link. Hey, Indiananana!!)
