My friend Wendy asked me to make a baby "thing" for a friend at work who was having a baby. This was easy and fun.

Valentine Knitting Part 2

And for Kathy, she gets this very large heart dishcloth. Knitting dishcloths are always so much fun. Immediate gratification - woooooooohooooooooo!!!

Valentine's Day Knitting

I was the co-host of the 2010 Ravelry Valentine Swap this year. I'd never hosted a Ravelry swap before and it was lots of fun. We had 40 terrific swappers. This is what I made for my spoilee.

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The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity and creativity inspires others in the blog world. I was lucky enough to be nominated by Miss Aine. Isn't she so sweet. She designs and knits the cutest stuff. Her sewing is very beautiful also.

The rules for accepting the Sunshine award
- Put the logo on your blog or within your post
- Pass the award onto 12 bloggers
- Link the nominees within your post
- Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
- Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

There are so many blogs that I enjoy reading I'm always terrible at choosing so I'm nominating everyone who faithfully reads my blog!!! You always being Sunshine to my world.

Bob #2

Kevin's friend Odette asked for a "Bob" like Kevin's. That yarn is long gone but here's Bob #2.

These are the last hats for awhile, or so I hope. They're for Dona's grand kids. You know kids, the hats HAD TO BE the same and they requested red.



And for Dona, she loves pink and hearts so when I found the pattern I thought it would be something fun to knit.

Shawl update

I finished it.
I didn't like it.
I frogged it.

Off to find a new project!!

What's a blog post without a hat in it

Justin wanted a hat like his big brothers so of course I had to make one. Isn't the vase a lovely way to show off a hat? I need to buy one of those "heads."


OTN - I'm currently in a KAL on Ravelry for this shawl. This is my WIP. It's quite a nice change from knitting a hat.

Need a beanie?

Apparently Kevin's friends do. Every time I finish one, another friend asks for one. Kevin's pretty proud of the fact that they all want knitted beanies by his mommy. :-)

Marlene's Mitts

Marlene asked for a pair of mitts to match her scarf and she wanted the same pattern that I made Kathy. I cut the pattern down by 1/3 because Marlene has very small hands. She says they fit perfectly. YAY!!!

Surprise for Kathy

I had this beautiful yarn made from 100% baby alpaca but I wasn't sure what to do with it. I then realized that it was the absolute perfect color for a gift for Kathy. I love the way they came out. Merry Christmas Kathy!!!

"Mom, Disneyland ate my hat"

Kevin put his hat in the front ride-pouch while riding Indiana Jones and forgot to get it out when the ride was over. He loved that hat and asked for a replacement.

His friend Laura liked Breezy's yellow hat so much that she asked for it's fraternal twin in black.

Christmas for Janet

I finished these over Labor Day weekend but I think that Janet reads my blog so I couldn't post until I knew she'd opened them. She LOVED this pattern and I nonchalantly asked her what colors she'd do them in if she knitted them. I also knew she'd not have time between then and Christmas so they're a gift from me. Months later I decided she might want a matching hat so here's the set.


She lives in Tennessee so I also sent this neck warmer as part of her Christmas gift. It came out a bit longer than I wanted after it was blocked but I'm hoping that just keeps her warmer during the winter.


She opened it all this morning and says she may not take the mitts off for weeks. Now THAT'S knitting appreciation. :-)

Breezy's Yellow Hat

Kevin's friend Breezy requested a yellow lacy hat. I rarely knit with yellow but there's something happy about knitting with that color.

Crystal's Kitty Ear Hat

Kevin’s friend Crystal wanted the same hat as Kevin but instead of the top tassel she wanted kitty ears. I improvised the ears and think it came out pretty decent.

Scarf for me

I've probably knit easily one hundred of scarves. Out of all those scarves I have never knit one for myself but our weather doesn't tend to lend itself much to scarves.

After I knit Marlene's red one I fell in love with the color and decided that I needed one in red also. I had to decide on what kind of yarn but there was no hesitation in my yarn choice, Malabrigo in Ravelry Red. The color in the finished photo is not correct but the picture of it on my table is very close to the color. What a pleasure to have around my neck. I might even make myself another scarf someday.

Need a Christmas Gift?

Here are some good places to look:

Mona's Handspun

Susan's KNITSnTHINGS

Wilma's MontanaNana Designs

Sallee's Bags

Dawn's Soap/Lotion Site

Christmas for Dona

Dona, if you're reading my blog before Christmas Eve, close it now!!

I don't think she tends to read my blog unless I specifically ask her to look at something but just in case I'll put the picture lower.

Dona asked for a Spring Shawl earlier this year and I had a really hard time figuring out which pattern to use for her. It took awhile but I found this one and knew she'd like it in light blue. Here it is, modeled by my 13 year old son.

I love when my Christmas knitting is coming to a close. I have two other posts waiting to be published after the giftees open their things.

Marlene's 2009 Scarf

Happy 2009 Scarf Marlene!!

Why do reds and purples not show up correctly with my camera. The scarf is more of a true red not orangy. I'm sure Marlene will like it. The pattern was very very easy to memorize.

Word Fun

My friend Kathy sent me to this site to play around. I put my blog in and this is what it spit coughed out. I tried it with family names and a couple of random characteristics and came up with this. Too fun.

Hats, hats, hats

Dona asked for a dishtowel

Feather & Fan Pattern
Details in Ravelry

Yarn Giveaway on Mona's Blog

Mona's giving away a beautiful skein of her handspun yarn. Click here for details.

(picture stolen from Mona's blog)

It's finished!!!

The middle section is wrong. I found out at the end sections that because I was left-handed I had to undo it and do them differently than the pattern said………. the same was true for the middle but I didn’t realize that until I knew that I messed up at the end. I just wasn’t looking closely enough at it.

I love it and no one but another girasol knitter will know that I messed up.

I measured it and it’s just over 6.5 feet in diameter…………. it’s sooooooo perfect!!!!

Girasol Update

I couldn't get the border right on the girasol and so after searching other borders I opted for the Hemlock Ring border. I'm hoping to finish it today and block it this week.

Invasion

Three more aliens have come for a visit on their way to their new homes. They'll be leaving tomorrow but they had a nice visit with their cousins.

Aliens and Hats

Justin already had the green alien. Kevin asked for a yellow one for a friend so I made her one. Then I decided I wanted a bigger one and used the thickest yarn I had. Here's the family before the yellow one went to his new home.

A friend needs chemo caps. :-(

Help me win a pair of UGG boots please!!

I've been invited to participate in a contest. If I can get 40 people to click on this link, I will win a pair of Ugg boots. I doubt that 40 people read my blog but I can hope. I'm also not entirely sure how this lets them see that it came from me but this is the reply I recieved from the lady who invited me:

When someone clicks that link it has a little code (the xref=arielzoe.blog) part which records all visitors that visit from your link.
If these visitors continue to enter it stores the entrant details under your code as well.. A bit confusing I know but basically I end up seeing a report with entrant numbers every day..

Please click here to help me win. Thanks!!!

BOO!!!!!

What a fun fun knit!! The pattern can be found here. Thanks Anita!!
Happy Early Halloween!!

More Chemo Caps

These are for Judi's mom. She just started chemo. :-(

Chemo Caps

My friend Susan is knitting chemo caps for the Cancer Awareness Center in Alamogordo, NM. I thought I'd help her out a bit.

Yarn Giveaway

My friend Mona is hosting her first contest. Take a look at her blog and enter to win this skein of her beautiful hand dyed and spun yarn.