Fun and fast as the links are addictive to knit.





Found last week while thrifting.





The pattern is on whipup.net; Dec. 6/07. I would add short rows to the wrist portion to make them looser.

Hat kick

Hats are fun and quick as you only have to make one, and not match it to anything like another sock or mitt. There are 8 cream hats in total from 965g. Orange and grey ones are White Buffalo and the red one is handspun. Magnets hold the chin strap.

snowflake stocking

Washed once. Needle felted snowflake.

stocking

Before washing. Will needle felt or duplicate stitch a design around the border afterwards.

knitter teatowel

Found last week.

sunning sims

The single one is silk/wool.

mini monkeys

I've been monkeying around lately and reading a lot. These ones are 3 inches tall.

For my sister, Lillian. Found at 2 different Goodwills.









For Lynley's birthday.

Yesterday's finds

What $6 can buy.










Rosewood lotus pod.

Beefeater

An unwanted souvenir tea towel. Mine now.

magnets

Posters and ads from the 30's

Labour

20th Century art.

crate images

More wall art

more hats

Hats and bags in other Birkeland window.

Crown and pyramid picture

Knitted yesterday; I hope it'll shrink down to size. It's 36" around.








On our kitchen wall.

felted hats

Window display at Birkeland's. Hats were felted by Harvey Mae and Erik.

Blue scarf

Started yesterday. It's 8' long and 155g of NZ aran; hand dyed by Hand Maiden. It will bloom nicely when washed.

baby fuzz

Here they are Angela. Hand Maiden wool gone blurry.

Russel Wright

Russel Wright dishes from various thrift shops.

Knitted while waiting for my mom's eye appt. to end. Sole is about 6" long and I'll slightly shrink them.

capelet

Handspun overdyed by Sandi mixed with black wool eyelash.

sock monkey sheets

Coming home from Seattle, we stopped at Target. Couldn't resist them at $19/queen set.

embroidery image

An image on a tea towel, maybe from the 40's. Looks like a container of knitting needles behind her skirt.

Brophy

Based on a Lopi sweater pattern but with one opening for both legs.

pile o' swippers

Some for gifts, the rest to Nova House. They had been drying on the kitchen floor.

grommet

From a neighbourhood yard sale a few years ago. Sarah (took one of my lunch hour knitting classes) only wanted 25¢ for Grommet, so I gave her a couple of my finger puppets.

EZ's baby surprise

Just finished the knitting part. Had to frog twice (did too many rows once and forgot to do one paired increase the other). I thought of doing paired increases at the corners when I cast off and should have to make the corners lay better. I started to edge the front neck but will have to sew the top of the sleeves before I can continue around to the other side. Texas cotton with 3.75mm.

colour chart

Sample noses for plush animals. In other words, "stuffy noses!"

rainbow

Arden's picture of the day.

guess

Can you guess what these are?

rescued animals

Unwanted by others.

Flair dishes

Most of the pieces were found at a Sally Ann in the early 80's. We don't use them anymore.

walkies and vases

Found at various times. Donald Duck was a Value Village find.








Searching for more vases to photograph, I notice I'm missing two.

swippered out

I'm done swippering. These are the latest ones just out of the washer. I like to use contoured inner soles to shape them. Kathleen Day is revising/clarifying the pattern to make it easier for you and me. Thank you, Kathleen.

vases and more swippers

Found at different times; blue one from a secondhand army clothing shop no longer in business.


Slippers are shrinking as I write.

more vases

German penguin, English Beswick and unmarked vase. All bought secondhand.

vases

Redwing found at the Sally Ann in North Vancouver for $10; bonus plastic flowers.









McCoy found at Union Gospel Mission for $3. When not holding flowers, it stores plastic vegetable bags.

slipper petals

Latest batch in various sizes and ways of adding the uppers to sole. They all seem to work okay.

Bunny love

This one's just too cute.

knittable

Table mat found while thrifting. I finished the other blueberry bootie tonight and it matched!

clogged brain, not drain

A new load of slippers. Lucky, my washing machine, doesn't mind the wooly bits floating around in the water. I said I wasn't going to knit any more for awhile, but the one in the middle was started last night and finished this morning. That one has a double sole.