Nautilus for Chris

I finished gluing on the eyes for Chris' nautilus today. It came out so cute. The pattern is from Knitty.com and was quick and easy to follow.



I'm not sure what to take on next. I'd like to make something for my sister-in-law, Amy, who's expecting a baby this year. I'd also like to tackle this sock pattern. It seems challenging but cool and I have a few balls of sock yarn from Christmas. Then there's some fingerless gloves I'd like to make in order to sell on my etsy shop. Plus there's always Christmas knitting to start.

Terrible Photo of a Work In Progress

I'm nearly done with making this little Nautilus toy for Chris but I was super lazy about taking some in progress photos of it last night. It's based on a pattern from knitty.com that I've had on my queue on Ravelry for at least a year. I'm trying to make an effort to use up a lot of my stash yarn before embarking on bigger Christmas projects that will involve yarn buying.

After this I'd like to try my hand at knitting another pair of socks. I got some lovely skeins of sock yarn for Christmas and if I can get the hang of it I might make some cute pairs of socks for Christmas gifts this year. I love the Yarn Harlot's plan on her blog and in the awesome page a day calendar that I got for Christmas to set up 12 Ziploc bags at the beginning of the year, each with a sock pattern and a paired yarn. Grab a bag at random and knit one pair per month and by the end of the year you have 12 nice new socks for Christmas/Birthdays/yourself. But before I can jump into my own sock of the month club I need to, you know, learn how to knit socks well.

I also have a plan for some cute little mittens to make for my little etsy shop. I'm going to do a practice run with some cheap red heart yarn that I have way too much of before I go out and get something nice and soft.

Finally, and really most importantly, tomorrow is Puppy Bowl!! Since I'm totally not into sports and actually couldn't remember who was playing against the Saints in the Super Bowl tomorrow I'm going to turn my attention to the only sports event that I watch all year. And I'm most excited by this little puppy here.


Someone somewhere bred a chihuahua with a pug and I'm not sure if that person is a genius or madman. Sometimes I look at this puppy and think it's freaking adorable and sometimes it looks like some mad scientist glued the head of a pug onto a little chihuahua body and created an appalling abomination. Right now I'm leaning toward totally adorable. Chris voted for abomination. Either way I will be oohing and aahing as this and many other puppies chase around toys for several hours tomorrow. I'm weird, I know, but it'll make good TV for knitting.

My First Socks (In Progress)

I'm taking a stab at my first pair of socks. Just stockinette with a little bit of ribbing at the top to keep it simple. I'm using the Univeral Toe-Up Sock Formula by Amy Swenson from Knitty. I've got one sock down and about half of the second sock done. The toe-up way seems a little boxy but the formula was great and the completd sock fits Chris perfectly. Especially being my first sock, I really liked that with a toe-up pattern I could force my husband to try the socks on every five minutes to make sure they were progressing right. I hope to finish these up in the next week so that I can try knitting up a pair of ankle socks for myself. I've already got some bright red yarn picked out for them.