Aunt Joyce's Afghan

A couple years ago I made this afghan for my Mom. My Aunt Joyce liked it so much that she asked for one of her own but in different colors. I also used different yarn. This is a machine washable merino wool. It's the same yarn I used for my green cabled afghan. It's softer and less itchy than the craft store blend I used for my Mom's afghan.

Black Bart

Elizabeth Zimmermann Socks

Man Booties

Chullo For My Sister

My sister lives in the frigid arctic of upstate New York. A place where it actually snows and the ground is frozen for months of the year. So when I asked what she wanted for her birthday, she said that she could use a cute, whimsical hat. I got the basic pattern from knitty.com and switched it up a bit.



It was a lot of fun to knit, but oh my goodness, so much color work! The great thing about all the colors is you can use up some of those fingering weight remnants that sock knitters are bound to have lying around. Most of the yarn for this one is superwash wool from knitpicks. A few are leftover yardage from gorgeous hand dyed skeins.

Cassin's Kingbird

Black-Necked Stilt

Loggerhead Shrike

My Latest Knits

Brea Bag for my mom:

pattern: Brea Bag
yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes, Cranberry
needles: US 9

This a bag I promised to make for my mom last year. It's fully lined with repurposed denim. I can't wait to finally give it to her this weekend!




Fern Lace Scarf
yarn: Spinning Bunny Merino/Tencel Hand Dyed Yarn, Blueberry Patch
needles: US 10, bamboo

I've made about a million scarves since I learned how to knit, but I've sold and given away almost all of them. I got this gorgeous yarn from freecycle and decided that it's finally time to make a wearable scarf for myself. The lace pattern comes from Vogue Stitchonary. I love it!




Stripy Gloves
yarn: Knit Picks Felici, Atmosphere
needles: US 3, bamboo DPNs

I started these back in January when a wind storm knocked out power to most of Davis. We were without power and heat for 3 days. While I was freezing my butt off, I decided that it was an absolute travesty that I didn't have a decent pair of (non-snowboard) gloves. So I picked up my needles and some sock yarn and started these. When the power came back on, I totally forgot about them and didn't pick them up again until this fall.





Fall Fingerless Mitts
yarn: Mystical Creation Yarns Wool Silk
needles: US 5, aluminum DPNs

Our chilly evening walks with the puppy inspired me to finally pick up this yarn and knit up a pair of fingerless mitts for the fall. I love this yarn. It has a really rustic look, but it's so soft and wearable.

More Swap Love

Here's what I sent to my partner for the stocking swap.




I made these slippers by slightly modifying the Twinkletoes pattern from knitty.com


Biscuits for her pups.


Hand carved stamp.


Apple Cozy





Mini Stocking Ornament


Drawing of her hubby's vintage VW.


And, of course, the stocking. I sort of made up the pattern from a hodgepodge of sock patterns, stocking patterns and color patterns.

Hubby's Scarf

I made Matt a Danica scarf from Knitty. I made it twice as wide as the pattern calls for and sewed into a big long tube with closed off ends so that it's the same on both sides - I don't like the look of the enterlac on the purl side.

It's Matt's first ever scarf, so he was getting a bit goofy, modeling it for me!

Handmade Gifts

Here are some of the gifts I made for this last Christmas.

For my sister and my sister-in-law, I made cute, girly aprons.


My mom and mother-in-law both got knit bracelets.


I also etched some beer mugs and wine glasses.



And I made some jammies, too. These are the ones I made for my father-in-law. They are being modeled by my fantabulous husband.