Easter 2012! My Little Guy!

Well I procrastinated again! Don't know why I always do that.

Started some shorties using the kumfy kozies longies pattern late Friday night. Finished the last leg this morning. Cut out a tee to match Saturday night, finished it this morning. 2 hours to spare before company arrived! And I managed to have the house clean and cooking too, well thanks to my hubby and kids pitching in!

Here are a few pics of my little guy. I used Retro Baby's Kiari colorway on licorice twist. First time knitting with LT and I really liked it a bunch. Great for summer I think.

I asked my 8 yr old what should be on Tristan's tee and he said easter eggs. So I drew some easter eggs with a chocolate bunny peeking out from behind them.


Next year maybe I will plan ahead. I hope you all had a great Easter and spent time with your loved ones. We had about 18 family members here today and a nice time was had by all.

Love to Dye Yarn!! My Newest Addiction!!

So when I learn a new hobby somehow I end up going all in everytime! I couldn't be happy just learning to knit, I really wanted to make my own colorways! Now don't get me wrong, my yarn trunk is now overflowing! I love to BUY new yarn as much as I like to knit. But I thought it would be fun to learn how to do it.

My first time I started off with some yucky yarn that I bought at Joann's that was a lt yellow colorway. I didn't care for it much, so I thought I couldn't harm it! I threw it in the crockpot, added some koolaid on top of it and let it steam. This was what I ended up with. I did it a few times.


The middle one I decided to try and knit a cabled hat for my cousin. I think it turned out pretty cute!


Then I decided to try Wiltons colors and threw them into the crockpot. A little more muted, didn't really get the colors I was going for.


Did Wiltons again but this time I decided to paint it on and then steam. I think it turned out a little better.

Knit up into these!


Then I ordered some marr haven yarns and tried to dye it using wilton dyes. Believe it or not these were all boy colors, but I kept getting pink girly colorways!!



So I went back to a white yarn and wiltons in the crockpot and got this one which turned into these.



Getting close!
So I ordered some more yarn, this one was just a Plymouth Yarn, and I ordered acid dyes from Dharma Trading. Painted this one and then steamed it. I call this one All Boy!



And then yesterday I dyed some cestari fine yarn with acid dyes. I am calling this one Tropical Thunder. I like it and can't wait to see how it knits up!

My Little Rainbow Monster!

Finished my 3rd knitting project, Tristan's monsterbum longies! I just love how these turned out! I am not close to perfect yet, probably won't ever be, but I am really starting to learn things now! I can now tell the difference between stitches and can now find a dropped stitch! I have tried a few different stitches each time and now can proudly say I learned the bamboo stitch this go around and how to fix the jog on my rounds in my stripes. Didn't learn that until the end though, so we will see how great it works on my next pair!


Made a little tee to match yesterday and put the set on my baby boy this morning. It was the perfect day to wear it, because his little personality today has me running for the hills! He is really into everything now, and is running everywhere, no walking here! Definitely a monster in training today! But I love him anyway!!

I am so glad that I stayed with knitting and didn't give up! It really is so much fun! If you want to learn, please just google knitting tips and watch you tube! It really isn't all that hard to pick up and the outcome is so pretty!!

My 2nd Set to Match Our Shoes of Course!!

I found these adorable Livie and Luca shoes in a little boutique this summer. Tristan has grown into them now, but I have almost nothing to match them. Found some yarn a while back on ebay and what do you know it was a pretty close match to the blue!

Used the sheepy pants pattern for this pair and they went so much quicker than the 1st pair! No holes either this time to sew up! I think maybe I am getting better!

Made an otto tee to match with a quick hand drawn elephant to match our shoes! We were able to snap a few pics yesterday morning before it became too hot! Baby boy is 14 months old today!!



Now off to knit another pair! Trying a free pattern that I found on ravelry for the next pair!!