Another Tea Cozy

And here is the July KAL Tea Cozy - the Bee Hive - complete with a little bee.  Thought about making more than one bee, but I sort of like just the one.  It's not sewn on yet because I'm not 100% sure where I want to place it.

Wee Bunny

This is the wee bunny I completed last night at the Knit In.  Now I am working on its jacket.  Using up scraps of yarn.  Will post the jacket in this entry as soon as I get it completed.  It needs to be assembled and the buttons sewn on, then the collar and hood knit and attached.  Fun!

Wee Tiny Socks of Late

     I have been trying to finish some outstanding projects.  One of my favorites are Wee Tiny Socks from the Wee Tiny Sock Club.  It's headed up by a woman who lives in Michigan.  I have had several packages sitting, waiting for me to knit them up or complete them, and I have finally done just that.  Only one remains unfinished at this time, so it is not pictured here.  I have a bit of embroidery to do on it first.

     Here are my latest acquisitions to my Wee Tiny Sock Tree.

 Wee Tiny Mistletoe Sock

 Wee Tiny Lion Sock

Wee Tiny Strawberry Sock

Wee Tiny Humpback Whale Sock

      Well, I have finally finished this month long adventure.  This little guy still has to pass the Ethan inspection, as he is my whale expert.  If my Wee Tiny Humpback Whale Sock passes with a 100% in flying colors, then I can get started on some other small sock ideas.

     I was approached with the idea of teaching a Wee Tiny Sock of the Month Club KAL (knit along) at our local yarn shop.  However, I need to have some ideas.  I have compiled a list of sorts, and now need to work on what would be a January idea.  I have two whale ideas which will work wonderfully for our local Whaling Days celebrated each June in Silverdale.  I will also need to find bigger sock blockers or maybe sweet talk Daryn into making a few for me that will fit my socks.  At any rate, for purposes of size comparison, this little guy measures about 5 inches from tip of nose to tip of tail.

Soon to be published

I can not officially announce that I will have one of my little sock patterns published in association with Debbie Macomber's next book, Angels at the Table.  It's a simple red and white Christmas sock with beads.  The book will have a code in the back associated with the pattern.  Readers will be able to plug in the code on her website and be able to download the pattern.  I'm not exactly sure on how it will all work, but as I understand it to date, the pattern will be up for about a year (maybe?) and then it will go to her free patterns page.  She has purchased the pattern from me, so from here on out I do not have the rights to it and I cannot sell or benefit from it in any way.  However, my name will be out there as the designer :)  That is such an amazing thing to me!  Will keep everyone posted when I know more about it.

On a related note, I have also been asked be Debbie Macomber's A Good Yarn Shop to design enough to do 12 monthly knit-alongs for mini socks.  The shop will purchase the patterns and I can teach classes for the knit-alongs and they also want to pre-package the socks with the yarns and patterns, etc., to be sold possibly on their website!

What does this mean?  I have to get a business license!

It appears I have nearly become a designer of miniature socks!

So, what's on my list?  I have about 14 sock ideas ... now I just need to get them written up and decide which ones go with which month!  Here is what I have so far:

January - Owl
February - Snowflake
March - Dragon
April - Rain
May - Trees
June - Sea Shore
July - Whale (to go with Silverdale's Whaling Days)
August - Briar Rose
September - Coffee
October - Apples
November - Moose
December - Angel

Other items on my list that may replace or rearrange the above:
Dog
Whale (I have 2 - short-finned pilot whale and a humpback)
Mt. Rainier
Salmon
Totem
Ferry
Halloween
July 4
Ballet
Harry Potter (couldn't forget something for these!)
Pirate
Magic (Ian wants me to do one for his favorite card game)

A good many of these I have NO idea how I'm going to do them.  They were just ideas we came up with when brainstorming.  Most of them are on the "other" list at this point.

Well, that's my news!

On a Creative Frenzy

Creating dragons - first an foremost is a dragon sock.  I have the body.  Not quite sure about the nose.  May have to revamp that.  I have also been asked to design a small Christmas sock for the yarn shop, as well as some other designs.  They'd like to sell them at the shop!  I don't know if I'm quite up to that.  Debbie (Macomber) really likes my wee tiny socks, and she off-handedly asked me last December to maybe teach a couple classes at the shop.  I'd have to use original designs, because the others are patterns I get as part of the Wee Tiny Sock Club.

That being said, the creative juices are brewing, but nothing has come to fruition yet.

Mother's Day Fingerless Mitts

I designed these fingerless mitts just for Mom for Mother's Day this year.  They were fun to do and came out as well as I had hoped.  I love the design on the back of the hand with the beads.  I also like how the palm designed turned out as well.

I took a "formula" for making fingerless mitts and a couple pattern ideas from a book and began writing.

I finished knitting them on Mother's Day and got them into the mail Tuesday afternoon after sharing them with my friends at the local yarn shop during our Tuesday social knitting time.  Mom got them in the mail today and is very happy with them and reports they fit very well (something I was a bit worried about when making them).

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!  I love you :)

Another test knit completed

Amber is modeling my latest completed project. It's not blocked yet. I'll be doing that this afternoon. This was a test knit for someone. The name of the shawl is Katherine Hepburn. It was the perfect size for Amber. I felt it should have been a bit wider and longer for an adult. I like to bundle, myself, and would like it to come at least to my waist to be long enough.
This is the front. It would look nice with a pretty shawl pin.
And here is a full shot. Very nice model. Thank you, Amber.

Where's My Cow?

I lovingly call this little cow Elsie. This is a special garment by British designer Ann Kingstone. I made it during a KAL on Ravelry. It is being gifted to our friends Nate and Olivia Harrell for their new daughter, Ehlena.
We are going to also send along a little Webkinz cow for their first born, Brian, and a story by Terry Pratchett titled, "Where's My Cow?" to be shared with both children. Oh, and in case you didn't guess, the romper is based on the story :)

And, for any knitter out there who wants to know, the romper was knit entirely as one piece; there are no seams. The yarn is a cotton shine from Knit Picks and the colors were chosen when Daryn asked Olivia what her "colors" were going to be for the baby. The cow was applied using a Swiss darning technique and the flowers added for that extra special girl touch and splash of girlish whimsy and color.