The Little Green Frog

Ramblings of my motherhood experience with knitting and other projects thrown in.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Can you have too much yarn?

So we are packing and I packed my yarn :( And Daddio realized how much I have. EEEEKKKKK I have 2 big boxes of yarn. Okay so I didn't realize I had that much yarn. As soon as we move, I think I need to destash....But which do I keep? Oh

On other news I finished Katja. It seems big on Miss M but I haven't washed and blocked yet so since it's cotton, I'm hoping that it will shrink a bit. I did a guage swatch too and my gauge was fine so I'm hoping that blocking it will fit the bigness of it. I'll get pics tomorrow.

I was thinking of making a little shrug to go over katja. I'll the patterns that I've seen are for older kids so I think as my first winging it project, it's gonna be a shrug.

I'll probably start C's wizard hat out of New KNits on the bLock. I think he's feeling left out of knitting world since I haven't knitted him anything in a while.

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Bob the Builder dresses up


C was proud to dress Bob in sis's clothes.

Why did I wait so long to learn to crochet. Both the top and shorts were really easy.
I did it in some acrylic yarn that my mom had. I didn't want to use the "good" yarn on something that I would frog and refrog and refrog until I got it. But I only frogged a couple of times when I missed a stitch here and there.

Friday, May 26, 2006

Don't knit and Drive....Knittersanonymous.com




I was driving yesterday and I saw the title as a bumber sticker. So I went and looked at the website and I found another bumber sticker that says Friends Don't Let Friends Knit Drunk. :)

Enough dorkyism from me.

I've been knitting instead of bloggin. I finished up a soaker for Lil M. The rise is a little high but that's to make sure that daddee-o doesn't get her shirt tucked in or her diaper hanging out and it keeps her belly warm. The yarn was some that I found at Goodwill in with a bunch of other wool yarn for only $2.99! It's really bright, but it will go good with a tie dye dress that she has. The pattern from a MDC mama.



Miss M and I went to Mabel's in Ptown and while we were there she found some Plymouth Fantasy Naturale. She wouldn't put it down. When I tried to take it out of her hands she would scream! Needless to say I bought it. She wouldn't even let the sales lady look at it so she could read the tag. She carried it around for a couple of days loving on it, while I tried to think of what to make her. I was thinking of making a top or a dress of some sort when knitty posted their suprises and I found katja! Perfect! So I've casted on and got the cups done, just need to do the bodice part. I decided to do it in the round cause I hate seaming.

Alright she's ready for bed so better post this before the

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

I hate my internet connection


So I had it all written out last night and when I went to go hit publish, my internet connection went out and didn't come back until this morning. ARRRRRRRRR I hate qwest!

So a short version of what I had last night cause the kids are up now.

I've finished 2 bucket hats, a newbie size and a mama size. I tie dyed them but the dye came out really light. so it won't work for the recipient. The red is pale pink, not so good for a boy. I'm gonna try and redye it but havent done it yet. And if it still doesn't turn out how I want them to look, I'll keep them or I just might give them away. The pict is of the newbie hat, preblocking and dying. I added an icord tie to keep the hat on but Miss M has figured out how to get it off.

I started making a throw for a wedding gift. Well I started way too late and well it didn't get done in time. Partly because of starting late and partly because it's so repetative that I'm just bored with it I think. It's based off of the Curly Purly Scarf Pattern. But I have added a couple more knit rows so that it's sturdier for a throw.

One of the other reasons is because I started crocheting. I picked up some bernat cool crochet in the neoplitan colors and well I wanted to make the skull cap pattern that's on it, thinking it would be quick. Well I started it a couple of times and had to put it down cause I couldn't figure it out. So I started working on a pair of pants for lil miss M. It's done in all single crochet so I thought I would work on mastering that first. So I've been working on that instead of the throw.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Nursing In Public Is Not A Crime!