Mr. Sock Bunny...Ears is his name.

Made from the original sock monkey/bunny pattern I googled out on the net. Whipped together in a few hours one evening for my youngest guy who is five. Spent the next evening knitting his shorts, vest and scarf. He has already been replaced by a new stuffy named scruffles the dog. Sigh.

MIL is AOK!

Actually I'm loving the results! The muted striping of the Noro yarn is much nicer than the picture portrays. I think this will make a fine V-day gift for my MIL. Now I just have to make one, in a slightly different color variation, for her sister. This may provide opportunity for disaster. Keeping my fingers crossed.

"MIL Hat"

Out of the Blue a hat for the MIL and I'm really hoping this turns out as well as I want it too...as you can see it is not finished, and the finish is the entire anticipation of the whole project... which is why I LOVE the whole felted hat process. You have this vision in your head and you knit and you envision and you throw it recklessly into a tub of hot water and agitate until you think you have agitated enough and you pray that the sizeing is right and you tug and you shape and you envision and you re-envision and you shape and you push and you pat and you pull and stretch and then... well you let it sit for hours of endless waiting and hoping and pacing and anticipating and then you put it on again and look and gaze and well...either you smile and continue or you take that deep breath and sigh and let it go and try to think of a way to resurrect it in some other fashionable way...and if not...well...I'm hoping this time, this one turns out the way I envision...out of the blue...

Yarn: Gjestal & Noro 100% wool

The red hat.
I have been busy with hats lately. I'm enjoying the mindless knitting and having fun experimenting with the felting process. It's very stress free and relaxing. You can watch TV while you do it and sometimes you even get a response from the family like "Wow, how did you do that?" I like to give them a grin like I've figured out some ancient secret that is very complex and mystical.
Here my daughter is dismayed with me that I am forcing her to model the hat when she hasn't spent at least two hours preparing for the photo shoot.