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• I’d start the ruffly thing a bit lower on Fanilla and add some short-rows to turn it into an empire-waist, but it’s a pretty design. I like that Berroco is creative with the shapes they put out, and this is another interesting offering from them.
• Have you seen these Daisy Stitch Hand Warmers from the Purl Bee? They’re so cute! If I didn’t already have my Dashing gloves, I’d make these in a second.
• Heeheehee! It’s a knit lobster. I would totally do this up if I had kids. Add this to the growing list of sea animal patterns out there. Example here.
• I had no idea it was full of ends and things! Apparently Saartje’s Booties are a bit of a pain for those who don’t really like seaming and weaving, so in comes Fleegle with Saartje’s Fleeglized Booties. Excellent!
• Here’s a nice Bolero Sweater that looks cute and cozy. Example here, with modified neck and sleeves.
• Here’s the Rangoli Hat from Adventures of a Desi Knitter. Example here.
• I like these Cabletini Socks (PDF), example here.
• I also found these cute Wollmeise Socks from the same place.
• From Punta del Este, here’s Caroline, Violeta, Valery and Miranda.
• I really want to knit Stella’s Hat!

Happy Christmas Eve, suckaz! I am finishing things like all get out.

Cabled Baby Jacket, started June 13th, 2007, finished December 21st, 2007
Pattern: Cabled Baby Jacket from Nursery Knits by Debbie Bliss
Yarn: Higgins Tweed, sadly discontinued.
Needles: Size 4 circulars.
Modifications: None! The pattern was wonderful, perfectly clear and needed no improvements.
Would I knit it again? I love this little jacket so much. I would definitely knit it again for any future babies that spring from my womb, but I think I’ll stick to knits that require less seaming when I knit for other people’s babies. I don’t have much time for finishing, because I prefer to knit on the TTC instead of seaming and all my other time is taken up with school. I’m terrible with putting it off, so it takes me longer to finish a seamed object than a non-seamed object, which means there’s greater pressure and I constantly fret that the baby will get too big and the present will be ruined. Still, it came out fantastic and hopefully the parents will like it.

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• Celestine is either a star to put at the top of your tree, or a Pokémon. Example here and a slight mod here.
• Here’s a crochet Baby Snow Dragon, example here.
• And a crochet Horse, example here.
• Need socks? Here are some Fruit Basket Socks, Belle-Maman Socks, Grapey Socks, Prisoner of Azkaban Socks, Thermal Socks, and Pony Express Socks (PDF).
• Need buttons? Here’s a Buttons and Stripes Scarf.
• I like the idea of these I-cord Shoelaces, with a neat tute on how to install “aglets,” which I guess are those metal things at the end.
• 60% of the adorableness of Hunca Munca Baby Socks is their name.

Need to clean up after yet another giant Holiday party? Fleece is your answer.

I’m totally doing this! This is a great idea. Now all I have to do is figure out a way to make a homemade housekeeper.

Cheers, CRAFT.

What is creativity to you? The Glass Door Knob’s Holiday Guide 2007 has interviews with a variety of creative people. It’s quite an interesting read! Seeing as creativity is my main research focus, I was excited to read their responses to the prompt, “creativity is…” Here are some of the more interesting responses.

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I love these wreaths. If only I had giant piles of buttons with which to make one. Anyone have tips on where to get buttons in bulk?

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• Finally, the Piggy Mittens are out!
• In other pig-related news, here’s Lola Curly the Pig (PDF)
• Minutia are cute little sweater decorations. Not sure if I want to use this pattern or one that I have in a book somewhere. Whichever is easiest, I’m doing 6 of those for Christmas presents.
• Here’s a flakey sock pattern.
• ILGA LEJA’s free pattern is Sea Swirl.
• This poncho would be great if it wasn’t a poncho.
• Jess (PDF) is a pretty popular name for a Rowan pattern, so I’m not sure which book this is from. I also can’t tell if it’s nice or not, seeing as the photo is too low-res. Ah well, a mystery pattern! Find out what it looks like by knitting it.
• Here’s a great tutorial / pattern for knitted bangles.

Yesterday was E-Day. That stands for Eve’s Day of Axtreme Yndustriousness. EDAY.

My theory is that if I have too much to do, I will GIV’ER and get everything done. If I don’t have enough to do, then I’ll be lazy and not do anything. So I artificially increased my workload to push myself, and this is the result. My jobs were thus:

• Plan out main points of my paper
• Write 6 pages of my paper
• Finish seaming baby jacket

First two legitimate, third as a challenge. Here’s what I crossed off:

• Plan out main points of my paper
• Write 5 pages of my paper (I’m a slow writer)
• Finish seaming baby jacket

All in all, I’d say that’s a pretty productive day. Considering the amount of extra research I had to do yesterday, I’m well on my way to finishing this paper and well on my way to finishing that baby jacket. The buttons still need to be sewn on, but I don’t have enough battery power in my camera to show you what they’ll look like. I have daisies and duckings! I’ll let you choose when my camera comes back to life.

Holy cow! A lot of ornaments and Christmas decorations have been popping up on the knitterweb lately. Here are just a few. Ornaments made of:

• cinnamon clay;
• clove and frankincense;
• owls;
• pigs;
• sweaters;
• mini pears;
• storm troopers and vaders;
• toadstools;
• birds;
• flying spaghetti monsters;
• denim;
• shrinky stuff;
• foam.

It’s a good day to be a Christmas tree.

You can imagine what this post is about. I bit the bullet and bought myself some Malabrigo. It is soft, and wonderful, and will become a neckwarmer on the bus to Kingston on Sunday as a celebration of finishing my last paper of the year.

Oh my goodness, I can’t get over how soft it is. I’m so glad I live near Romni Wools! On the way back I kept looking into the bag and touching it. The Beau spent a lot of that trip rolling his eyes.