Fish Hat Part DONE!

So I finally finished the fish hat. I would have like to have finished it over Christmas but with the amount of nasty cigarette nastyness that infiltrates anything that comes within 10 feet of my parents house I decided I would leave it, and all my yarn for that matter, at home. Sorry the picture is fuzzy, I was having difficulty taking the picture.

So I've been negleting my blog for a little bit. I apologize. I've been wrapped up in Christmas and then my birthday. But here's what you missed...



Yes...this is exactly what you think it is...this is my grandma playing Wii. My sister brought her Jewish gluten-allergy boyfriend to christmas this year...i know...and with him came not only wireless internet for everyone, mostly so they could play world of warcraft all weekend..i know...but the Wii came too. Needless to say, my mom and my grandma loved the bowling.

I also got the Fitted Knits book for Christmas. I'm so excited. I can't decide which one to make first.

I also made my first ever mitten. I'm trying to expand my shop on Etsy and i'm hoping to make up lots of mittens and hand warmers and then once i master that...gloves. This one's pretty crappy. I found the cheapest yarn in the pile and went for it.

I also needed to make a hat for my older sister. I need to finish it today but i'll probably hold off till tomorrow. It's for a baby shower. She graduated from UNC and one of her friends is having a baby so she wanted and UNC baby hat. I'm putting the tarheel feet on the earflaps...only i havent decided if i want one on each earflap or just one...i have some decisions to make. In fact it's the only reason i'm holding off on finishing it. I have a problem with everything needing to be perfect and this is no exception.

I've also begun my very first sweater. I saw a reaaally cute one on ravelry and decided it would be my first creation. I also realize that it is a baby sweater and that it won't fit me. I figured that since it was smaller it would give me a better idea of the time and effort it takes to make one before embarking on an insanely large project. First picture is the one from ravelry and the other two are how far along it is.

Fish Hat Part III

So I'm getting farther on the fish hat. I took a little break to make a cat hat for my sister. I should have taken a picture. I'm surprised I even made the thing. Shes so weird sometimes and this hat is only encouraging it. Oh well. I also made a scarflette for my grandma. I didn't take a picture of that either. Hopefully she'll like it. So here's the two pictures of the hat so far. One was less blurry and the other had better color so I'm posting them both.

Fish Hat Part II

So this project is going a lot faster than I anticipated. Maybe because i'm so excited to make this hat. So here's the yarn I picked out for it.

The mouth and start of the body.

Farther into the body.

Fish Hat

So I've decided to start this fish hat that is in the Knitty.com Winter 08 issue. I'm really excited about it. It's for a coworker who loves to fish and he seemed to think it was pretty cool. Now if only I could figure out what colors to use. I have a few in mind but we'll see how it turns out. I'll keep posts of how it's coming.

I've also just finished the last of my custom orders this holiday. They turned out well I think. Not as well as the Leafs hat, but that's ok.

Toronto Maple Leafs Hat

So I had a custom order for a Toronto Maple Leafs hat and I'm so pleased with how it turned out. I think it's the first hat that I've actually just gone with it. They wanted a Maple Leaf on the top which I knew I would never be able to knit in while decreasing so I cut out the leaf, old school Toronto logo, on a piece of white felt and sewed it to the top. Which was actually easier than I thought.

I also crocheted around the edge to make it appear more finished.

The earflaps are also perfect. They curve a little at the bottom to make a little cup which I think will work nicely for a two-year old.