Froggin' Knitter

Current Projects

Sockapalooza 4 Sock Savior Socks

"Springtime in Paris" socks, 6-sox KAL

Toe-up socks in Trekking XXL

Custom socks for Aidan

Victorian Lace Socks, 6-sox KAL

Brea Bag, Berroco Free Pattern (ON HOLD)

Flower Basket Shawl/Scarf, Fiber Trends (ON HOLD)

Broad Street Gloves, Knitty (ON HOLD)

Finished 2007

Fair Isle Headband

"Grow-with-me" Hat, Commission

Sparkly Kiss Hat, Commission

Children's Cotton Hat from LMKG, Baby Eaton

Baby Vine Hat in Rowan Wool Cotton, Commission

Tidal Wave Socks, bartered with Molly

2 pair of baby booties, Baby Eaton

Monkey Socks, Sockapalooza 4 Pal

5 cotton washcloths, Ann

4 nature-themed face cloths, Mom

Baby Bucket Hat, Lil' Max for May

Vine Lace Baby Hat, 2 versions, Baby KAH

Horcrux Socks, Jacque

Lace Anklets, set #2, Mom

Herringbone Scarf, Plymouth Housing Group

Spiral Scarf, Mail Carrier

Baby Booties

Baby Socks, set 2 in leftover yarn

Baby Socks, Set 1 in wool/cotton blend

Garter Rib Socks, Me!

Ankle Socks, Mom (attempt #2)

Bunny Hat, Lil' Max for April

Shamrock Hat, Lil' Max for March

Ankle Socks, Me (Frogged!)

Lace Anklets, Mom

Hat, Bryan

Hat, Kevin

Antifreeze Helment (Knitty), Colten

3 hats for Charity Knitting

Sparkly Kiss Hat, Lil' Max for February

Baby Basics Set, Little Girl S-C

Cabled Gaiter, Craig

Fun Fur Scarf, Mom

Odessa Hat, Jane

Knitting Links

The Anticraft!

Knitty

MagKnits

Yarndex

Knotty K

Strawberry Hat, Cascade Fixation

Watermelon Hat, Cascade Fixation

Etty-Spun

blue/teal merino

"Happy Together" superwash merino, Crown Mountain Farms

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Time for change

I've moved here. Hope to see you on the other side.

posted by Karen @ 8:06 PM 0 comments

Busier than a bee...

Here's the latest off of Etty: on the left, Juan Diego, single ply; on the right, "Happy Together", two ply. "Happy Together" is fairly accurate to my monitor, Juan is much richer than what the monitor shows.

Thursday was Open House at our school. Kev got to hang with the older sister of Colt's best buddy, and she read a book to him. Kev was thrilled.

Saturday we headed to Port Angeles to watch hydroplanes. The sky was nasty, but held off all torrential showers until we left on Sunday.

Busy, busy, busy!

posted by Karen @ 2:40 PM 0 comments

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Project Updates

Here is my Fair Isle headband. The grey is more of a dark charcoal. It's still not my favorite, but it's no longer as scary as it once was either.

My first project entirely made by me, start to finish! The yarn is my own handspun. The roving is superwash merino in the "Happy Together" colorway from Crown Mountain Farms. I didn't do anything special to get the stripes, it just happened that way, which was pretty cool. I made it to be a "grow-with-me" hat for a friend's baby. It fits my head, although it's a bit short, so it should work just fine for a few years.

This was the first sock of my sock savior socks for Sockapalooza. This sock is now frogged and a new one is started. The pattern wasn't making me happy, so it had to go.

Next up, some more of the "Happy Together" and the progress of "Juan".

posted by Karen @ 11:51 AM 0 comments

Sunday, September 23, 2007

The "Haves" and the "Have-Nots"

In light of the big fuss of Ravelry, here is my "invite"

You signed up on: Never
You are #0 on the list.
0 people are ahead of you in line.
Unknown people are behind you in line.
0% of the list has been invited so far

Yup, you got it, I don't have any overwhelming urge to join Ravelry. I'm sure it's lovely, fantastic, and the best thing since sliced bread. But I procrastinate enough on my own without help, and I don't feel the urge to put up every single thing in my stash and every single note I've ever taken on a project. If you find me and ask me what I did about a project, I'll tell you gladly. I'm just not big on all the hoopla with this one yet.

Speaking of procrastination, I have pics of socks, a hat, some Fair Isle (gasp!) and some "Juan" to post. Maybe I should do something about that...

posted by Karen @ 8:01 PM 0 comments

Monday, September 17, 2007

Acts of Kindness

Juan Diego (see last post) is actually alpaca, and he's soft enough that Dianna and I think he might be baby alpaca. I don't care what he is, he's soft and cuddly and he was a gift! and as soon as I get two bobbins cleared off (I've been practicing with keeping my thickness consistent), he'll be meeting my scale.

I'm a sockapalooza 4 sock savior as well. Hi, Tammy! I have some yummy yarn ordered from Woolgirl (2 orders down, 5 to go before Wooly Woolgirl status... mmm...) and I'm just digging for a fantastic pattern. I did Monkeys for my other sockapalooza pal, so I think I need to find something a bit different for this one.

Dianna gifted me Juan, I'm gifting Tammy some socks. "Pay it forward" at work.

posted by Karen @ 9:29 AM 0 comments

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Name: Karen
Home: SeaTac, Washington, United States
About Me: 2 kids, 2 cats, 1 husband and a load of yarn.
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