Welcome to the world, Harper!

Sooo cute!!  (And Herbert is lookin’ good too!)

Adrienne started off our weekend of sculptural knitting by challenging us to knit with materials we wouldn’t normally knit with.  We were tasked to experiment and see what craziness we could come up with.  I played with wire, ribbon, fabric strips and woven tape threaded through felt circles.  It was quite a liberating experience!

I also played around a bit with “finger knitting” which I hadn’t done in YEARS.  I’m hoping to finger-knit a bit more ribbon yarn and then knit that into a bigger knitting piece for some cool knitted-knitting texture.

I think my favorite part of the class was all the discussions we had on how to knit different shapes, holes, bumps, bobbles, loops and pockets.

Some of my technique samplers turned out looking a bit like the Loch Ness monster, don’t you think?

All in all it was a FANTASTIC weekend.  Thank you so much Adrienne for being so inspiring and teaching such a wonderful class!

Lucca’s mom has been asking me for a jellyfish since she saw rhymeswithfun’s Julius back in the day.  Jarvis now hang’s out over Lucca’s changing table and is sure to make diaper changes much more fun!  (Well, at least for Lucca anyway…)

Baby Quiba will be welcomed home by Herbert once he arrives mid-June.

Herbert was knit from the free Ribbit pattern with no real mods except that I only used fiberfill instead of the recommended tennis ball for stuffing.  Can’t wait to meet you next month, Kai!!

Sunday afternoon, a few hours before the closing ceremonies, I finished my Skewed Socks earning a Gold medal in the 2010 Knitting Olympics!

The ‘origami moment’ when the heel is Kitchener stitched together is really really cool.  I mean, really cool.

Other cool things learned – Judy’s Magic Cast On,  Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off, and how to knit a sock on two circular needles, all of which will definitely be used again.  My only comment on the bind off is that it’s a bit more ‘ruffly’ that I would have liked, so I’ll probably only use that again on patterns that aren’t so sleek-looking, but still a great option to know.

I am absolutely IN LOVE with these socks.  Only problem?  I got a bit distracted early on in the first sock and knit a longer foot than I originally intended.

Oh well, at least they fit The Canadian. 

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It was an easy, fairly quick knit. The only mods I made were to add a few more flowers on top and only use five leaves instead of six.

The only downside of this uber cute pattern?  Weaving in all the ends…

This sweater was designed to be very close fitting, but I purposely fiddled with my gauge and incs/decs to make it a more roomy pullover but still have some shaping.  (Yes, Celeste is still a total camera hog.)

I lucked out by finding the perfect color buttons, but it wasn’t until I sat down to sew them on (all 32!!) that I discovered I liked the backs even more than the fronts. The backs are a bit more subtle, but still catch the light.

Hooray for owls!!

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From Cabled Baby Hats by Julie Hentz using Sirdar Snuggly Kisses DK.  Rav link.

I love love love this sweater!!