sarahspins

I finished the babywearer!

I’m glad, because now it’s off the needles and I don’t have to procrastinate any more about getting it done.. since I knit most of it in about two days and then totally lost momentum!

See, it was all going well until halfway through the second bottom extension I realized that it was just WAY too long for me.. it felt like it came halfway to my knees, and it just really didn’t look right. So I just cast-off the one side where I was, and then I had to frog about 6″ of boucle yarn.. not fun at all! But I did it, and aside from the fact that this thing is insanely HOT in already hot weather (which explains the lack of pants or shoes on the kiddo) and it sheds like crazy, I do like it… I will be making another at some point with a MUCH lighter weight yarn, probably a DK weight or similar knit on 9’s or 10’s to make it light, airy, and drapey. It’s a brilliant idea.. and I’m sure the kiddos will be warm while wearing it

Kaia thought the remnants of what I frogged were too temptin to resist… so she “made” herself something to wear [LOL] She’s just WAY too cute sometimes!

So since I finished it, I’ve allowed myself to start on another “big” project… the tangled yoke cardigan from the current issue of interweave knits.

I bought the yarn yesterday, and I’ve gotten a slight start on knitting I’ve set a goal to finish it by Kid ‘n Ewe in November, which I think is doable – we’ll just see if it happens!

Oh, and see those stitch markers? My friend Nesreen sent them to me.. and they’re great. The wire is flexible so they really don’t get in the way of knitting at all, plus I *love* the millefleur beads.