Japanese craft books are everywhere, including my house. I picked up a book a few months ago dedicated to sock and glove projects, and immediately stopped by Target to pick up some socks to make sock monkeys for my niece and nephew. This one is for my niece, Ava.
Here she is on her first birthday, back on June 3rd. She’s sitting with her Daddy opening presents. It was a terribly hot day, and she wasn’t feeling well, hence the teary looking eyes, but what a sweetheart! I think she like the monkey, and for Mommy and Daddy, I got Ava a CD called Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music – The Ultimate Sesame Street Music Collection. That way, there were songs that they could sing along with that they know from when they were kids, instead of all the Barney/Raffie/Wiggles stuff that kids get into today. She is already turning into a punk rocker anyway with her parent’s taste in music, but as soon as she starts understanding the lyrics, they’re going to be in trouble!
And I’ve finished the clogs except for the felting, so I can get back to putting the Knitting Bag Jacket together. After that I think I’ll show the progress I’ve made on the Barbara Walker Afgan in Den-M-Knit that I’ve been working on between projects. I’m not sure what to work on next! I’ve got some Debbie Bliss Wool Cottonin Navy to maybe make a classic tunic length cardigan. I’m thinking Rowan or Debbie Bliss style, with seed stitch borders and stockinette body. I dunno.
I have also been swatching a ball of Debbie Bliss Cathay in this great purple (#11) that I just love. It’s cotton/silk/microfiber and really yummy. It doesn’t have enough silk in it to have that stink of silk, and is I guess a DK weight. I have been turning around ideas in my head, but I may end up making something from Big Girl Knits with the yarn, once I buy some more. I just bought it because I had some free time while waiting to pick up my husband after work and had nothing to do, so I went and bought some yarn for swatching! I keep it in the car so I can try stuff out with it when I am stuck somewhere. Doesn’t everyone do that? Please explain that to my husband who is so helpful and cleans out my car periodically (we use my car for our weekly commute together) and doesn’t understand that I want to leave the ball of yarn in the car.