Dog Sweater! Sort of.

Though the knitting itself was done maybe a month ago (yikes!), I finally finished sewing the row of closures on the back, so now I can say my first dog sweater is finished.

I think that the pattern was partly to blame for the sizing oddities. It's too big in some areas, and almost too small in others. Oh well. It's a first try and knitted dog wear with a closure is not a readily available pattern anyway. My dog is happy. Just in time for summer, ha!

In other news: when you don't have enough ingredients to make s'mores for everyone, make s'more bars. Verdict: yummy.

Toe Up? Toe Down? Top Down? Yeep.

I'm scared to cast on my first pair of socks. I have my DPNs and some luscious bamboo/merino yarn, but I just can't seem to bring myself to start. First, there's so many ways to start a sock. And how do you know to hate a Kitchener stitch if you've never done one? Does it make the sock uncomfortable? And why are all pattern sized to a Women's 8? What if you have smallish feet? I can't seem to find anything about downsizing, except changing your needle size, and that's not an option for me.

In the Guardians of Ga'Hoole (film coming out this year), an owl goes yeep when it is seized by fear mid-flight, and forgets how to fly. I think I'm yarn yeeping.

Snood Snippets

Since I enjoy ren faires and swing dancing, I really want a snood; since I can, I decided to make one. I found this awesome pattern from Twisted Stitches, and also saw that another knitter on Ravelry had made it with yarn I have in my stash. Score!


But. I don't have circular needles.


I do have knifty knitter looms. That'll work. Right?


Sadly no. 


I was hopeful, mainly because it was so perfectly round. I started the lace pattern with the help of two straight needles at first, then one straight and a crochet hook, maneuvering just the two stitches I was working at a time. Oh boy. It kinda worked. For at least the first two steps of the pattern (up til row 12). But it was torturous, and I'm really not sure it'll come out usable because the work doesn't flip. I'm not even sure that's relevant, but my fingers hurt. 


End verdict: the snood will have to wait until I get some proper circulars.

First Project Pictures!

Here are some pictures of my first project completed on needles. Though I completed it in February, it's taken me a while to get some snapshots done! Thanks Kristy for being a patient photographer! I call it a draped vest.