handmade by stefanie

...at least for a little while.  I've been working on this bad boy since last October, and while I'm loving the finished product, I'm ready for some faster-knitting projects.  It's going to be a while before I get back on the sport-weight sweater horse, despite the fact that I have at least two more sweater's-worth of sport waiting in the wings.  Luckily, I have even more sweater's-worth quantities of worsted to keep me busy 'til I'm ready to re-open this door!  This was a fairly easy pattern to follow - all measurements were in the metric system, which I find I kind of enjoy - it really doesn't make sense that we're one of the few countries that still insists on clinging to the English system of measurement.  I mean, the English don't even use the English system these days!  Come on! My only critique of this pattern would have to be the cables in the charts -  I found the yarn overs to be a little fussy and awkward at times, especially ...

Things are happening!  Yes they are!  It's been yet another whirlwind week - trips to the vet, a yarn party, a late night out last night seeing the Dum Dum Girls @ the Empty Bottle - and somehow, between all that and working two jobs, I've managed to get a few projects off the needles and start just as many to replace them.  It's all about priorities, right?! I need to block this finished piece, but I'm just so thrilled with how it turned out, I want to share it!   Robin, of course, wanted in on the action - since the couch is his new favorite hangout, I guess he was equally excited to have something new and soft to snuggle up to. Pattern:  September Pillow by Pam Allen Yarn:  Quince & Co. Osprey in Peacock I can't think of a time in recent OR ancient history that I've made a project using the exact yarn and color combination specified in a pattern.  This might be an historic first for me, but it was a total fluke.  Tyler bought me thes...