Slippers

The slippers are finished and on the way to my
95 year old Aunt Mae....will let you know if she liked
them. I knitted them of Lambs pride colors Onyx and
Flannel Blue, together. I tried to put a solid blue stripe
in them, don't do this, the one strand shrunk more than the mixed
colors, I had to so some pretty creative stretching to get the
Ronald McDonald shoe shape out of them. Okay, so now I know.
I put a daisy button on the top of them.
Will post a picture soon...maybe she will model them for us.
The Mustang legend lime slippers are next!!!

Slippers

The slippers are coming along....I think my friend was right! I can do it!
One day I hope to be as good a knitter as her.
My friend in CA wants a pair to match her Mustang.....I think that is cool!

Hokie Healing Project

I went to the Hokie Healing Project sew together event today and helped 7 other ladies make a blanket for a shooting victims family. We had a great day, the finished blanket was lovely. When we arrived, we were given a bag that had 62 donated squares in it. We laid them out on the floor and arranged and re-arranged them till we were happy with the design and then started sewing, we each had a row, sewed them together, then started sewing the rows together. We had a wonderful blanket when we were done four hours later. All finished blankets were displayed in the hall area, they were beautiful.
I was glad to be part of something so meaningful, and I hope this blanket brings some comfort to the family who receives it. I will try to get a picture posted soon.....

Another pair of slippers are born

I have decided to try to knit a pair of slippers all by myself. Yikes! I had a little cast on
help from my friend who refuses to enable me in my "doesn't know how to knit but still manages to make stuff" habit, you know who you are :-) So far so good, I have 8 rows done and there are still the same amout of stitches there! I find that knitting at our group meetings is easier by not having the kittens swinging on the yarn, but it is also more challenging due to my friend who wont "knit a row or two" for me, she makes me do it myself. Will keep you posted on the progess....

She liked them!!

My step mom liked her new slippers...they fit just fine! Hope to get a picture posted soon!

Slippers

We found out we have a new yarn shop opening in June and
I am very excited, we don't currently have a nice yarn store here.
I finished slippers for my step mom...picture will be coming soon.
Of course, someone else knitted them for me, amazing how many
folks I can get to enable my- "non knitter but still manages to make
stuff" habit! I have wonderful friends and stepmom. I put them together
and felted them, kinda hard when you are making slippers
that are two sizes smaller than you wear, so I borrowed
a foot tracing from one of my nurse buddies and it worked
out just fine. I just keep felting till they fit the tracing, then
I applied some spray rubber on the soles to make them
non-slip, it worked wonderfully...will keep you posted on
whether she likes them or not.