dishcloth

dishcloth
Originally uploaded by funnybunnytoes.

while at the store picking up more yarn for the baby blanket i saw this yarn. it had such a cheerful color combination i decided to pick some up. i made a dishcloth out of it since its a 100% cotton and just did a basic garter stitch with it. i might give it as a gift or keep it for myself :-p i haven't decided yet. i've been on a roll with finishing things though :)

baby blanket is all done!!!

baby blanket is all done
Originally uploaded by funnybunnytoes.

well i added a border around the blanket to make it larger. i didn't know what to do, so i just made a couple of strips with different patterns and called it good :) the middle is all garter stitch, the top and bottom have ribbing, the sides are stockinette and the corners are either garter or the ribbed pattern. its really soft and gender neutral so hopefully it'll be well enjoyed (and used!)

my first hat

hat
Originally uploaded by funnybunnytoes.

yay for my first hat!!! i made it to match my first scarf that i made for my sister :) it didn't turn out quite the way i thought it would. apparently the yarn i used doesn't hold the shape all that well and it fits a little funny on me...so i don't mind if she never wears it (which apparently she's not a big hat person to begin with).

so yeah...yay for sisters to make first things for :-p lucky her, she gets a hat, scarf and baby blanket for the kiddo on the way! woot. i do love the yarn though...i'm still gonna make myself that afghan out of it eventually ;)

baby blanket

baby blanket
Originally uploaded by funnybunnytoes.

this a baby blanket i made on the bus on my way to chicago ~ it's a little small so i'm going to add little squares all around it to make it larger, or perhaps some other sort of border :) the yarn is super soft, i love it!!!

finished!

karen enjoying her new scarf
Originally uploaded by funnybunnytoes.

so i finished the scarf on a nice long bus ride to go to a pottery town in japan :) karen slept most of the time so i just listened to my ipod and knitted away ~ she loves the scarf so that's good since it's my first finished gift for anyone (its the first thing i've really ever finished to be honest :-p)

knitting

knitting
Originally uploaded by funnybunnytoes.

since i have a lot of free time while my sister is at work, i'm putting that time to good use by knitting her a thank you scarf :) i'm new to knitting so its just a garter stitch, but the yarn is super soft and i love the color so it doesn't need anything terribly fancy ;)

new knitting needles

new knitting needles
Originally uploaded by funnybunnytoes.

i only brought a pair of circular needles and i was having issues following my pattern :( so i decided that i needed regular needles for a more soothing vacation with knitting. so i bought myself some wooden needles ~ what a wonderful souvenir from my trip to japan as well :) i started knitting on them today and i love them!

scarf

scarf
Originally uploaded by funnybunnytoes.

so this is my first knitting project i started on my own. i didn't know anything about gauge, so i used what needles i had ~ which are size 9. that and its really really wide, i cast on 40...so its a very slow project indeed. i've been working on it for about 5 years now. i started it my freshman year in college, lol. mainly i work on it during road trips :) going to florida for spring break really helped it grow ;) there are tons of mistakes, but i don't know how to fix them and i'll be keeping it for myself anyways so i don't mind ~ i like to think of them as adding character :) that and the pattern kinda changed too, which i think is odd. its the yarn that varies and it started out with tiny spots and then they somehow turned into large spots :-p

my *first* finished project

my *first* finished project
Originally uploaded by funnybunnytoes.

This is my first *finished* knitting project :) I've been knitting for 17+ years, but this is the first time I've ever finished a project, lol. I just learned how to cast off with this one, oddly enough I have plenty of half started scarves I have yet to finish. So the plan is to make a bunch of these little squares and then sew them all together so I have myself a nifty patchwork afghan. I figure this will help me learn to knit, nice even stiches (I still end up dropping or splitting them, or worse with holes in them). Also, they aren't terribly big so they finish easily, which gives me a wonderful sense of satisfaction as I complete them :) so here is one ~ I have no idea how many more I'll need to make, but I certaintly had fun picking out pretty soft yarns to make them out of ;)