Finished size: newborn - 6 months
Yarn: TLC Cara Mia in Winter White
Needles: Size 7
Pattern: Be-Ribboned Bonnet from One-Skein Wonders

Started & Finished: 12 January 2008 (took about 4 hours)
made for: my friend Isis’ baby girl

My first quilt is complete. Don’t look too closely, there’s quite a few mistakes (squares not lining up, not-so straight lines, a bit of puckering, etc). But overall, I think it turned out pretty well.

Made for: a coworker. Her baby shower at work is tomorrow.
Finished size: 31.5″ x 39.5″
Started: late Dec 2007
Finished: 10 January 2008

Fabrics: a jungle print, green & blue tie dye, yellow gingham. all flannel
Batting: Warm & White - craft sized.
Thread: Guterman 100% cotton for the piecing, Coats Dual Duty for the quilting and binding.

I had issues with the cotton thread breaking while piecing the quilt. Not sure if it was a bad spool, or if my machine doesn’t like that type of thread. I switched for the quilting process to thread I know my machine likes. (though it did act up a bit sewing the binding on.)

here’s a few more pics (click to embiggen):

Finished size: Child’s 6-8
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Purple & White
Needles: Size 6
Pattern: Fox & Geese mittens

Started: New Year’s 2006/2007 …
Finished: 7 January 2008
made for: L (was supposed to be her xmas 2006 gift. just a year late.)

I don’t know what took me so long to finish these.
The cuffs curl more than I’d like. I think one curls less than the other (I used long-tail on the first, and the Maine cast on from the book for the second one. that one curls a bit less). I think I managed to swap the dominant color on one of them - if I look close enough I can see the difference. My stranding leaves a bit to be desired.

but overall, I like them, and they fit L, so all’s good.

long-haired black male cat. goes by the name of Wolfgang (wolfie for short)
currently in WI. looking to relocate (to somewhere other than my sister’s home)

is a cooperative knit-wear model:

this is so humiliating. and Chaos thinks the bibs are bad.

(Chris, I know you have a weakness for black cats)

I’m making a quilt. as in sewing. there’s a baby shower for someone at work on Friday. I’m getting close to done with it - the top is pieced, and I’ve made the batting sandwich and anchored it with safety pins (what a royal pain that was). tomorrow, I do the actual quilting (by machine. I would like to knit this week too.)

in other news, I’ve been completely distracted by Ravelry this weekend, and have managed to not knit for more than 15 minutes. (and that was to swatch some yarn for a project that I really shouldn’t cast on for, considering the WIP count.)