I love this yarn!

Puff Daddy by Kay Gardiner
US size 17 needles
One Skein Plymouth Yarn Baby Alpaca Grande
September 5, 2009
This was such a quick knit and only took me about an hour or so to complete. I can't tell you how much I love this yarn! It is extremely soft! I didn't have size 15 needles as the pattern suggests, so I decided to improvise with my 17s. I think it turned
out rather well.









I made yet another Knotted Openwork scarf to send to a fellow Army wife and friend. This time I used.....drum roll please.....Plymouth Yarn Baby Alpaca....in worsted weight. Did I tell you how much I love this yarn?!?! I only bought two skeins so I cast on 30 stitches to keep the length of the scarf.

And I don't even know his first name....

Spoiler alert: If your name starts with a P and you are my sister-in-law and are having a baby that is a boy that is due in November, please look no further or you will see your present which is a surprise.




I said I would wait to post photos of the completed blanket for my nephew after the shower next Saturday, but I took a photo of the blanket as it was laying flat for blocking today and I'm in a blogging mood, so I'm posting photos early. I love baby no name's blanket (she won't tell us his name because we have scoffed at past name possibilities). It turned out as good or even better than I could have imagined. I love the way Noro knits up in this project. I can't imagine having knit it with another yarn. I love the tie dye effect it creates.
Ten Stitch Baby Blanket by Frankie Brown
Size US 7 needles
5 skeins Noro Silk Garden Lite in colorway 2030
Began May 2009
Finished August 8, 2009

Summertime News

I have been doing some knitting; mainly finishing the baby blanket for my sister-in-law. Her shower is later next month and I will post pics of the final project after she receives the blanket, but I must say I am loving it and I think it is coming together perfectly. I have also knit a golf putter cover for my father-in-law, but the photos might lead you to believe it is something entirely different from a putter cover, so I'll refrain. In other news, I whipped out the 'ole sewing machine and made myself some valances for our kitchen since my efforts to locate something pre-made was turning up empty. I wanted something with a lot of color and my eye was immediately drawn to this crazy paisley pattern. It is very bold for me. I usually settle for something low-key and more mainstream than this pattern, but I loved it. Then I found some striped fabric that was more in line with what I had in mind. Interestingly, it was an exact color match even though the fabrics were completely different weights and brands. I was having a hard time choosing, but there wasn't much of the striped fabric and I was afraid there wouldn't be enough to complete two valances. Sooooo.....I decided to use the paisleys for the valances and I also bought the stripes to make placemats. I even went so far as to purchase some red fabric to make napkins. Needless to say my kitchen will be very lively when it is completed. I did get the valances made yesterday. Haven't yet had time for the placemats or napkins.

Knitting in Public

I honor of World Wide Knit in Public Day, I sat knitting on the side of a very quiet Chattanooga street early Saturday morning waiting for my husband to run by in the Riverbend Run 5K. I was working on my Ten Stitch Blanket aka my non-traditional baby blanket for my sister-in-law, Penny, and I must say it is turning out swimmingly!