UFO: Lion Brand Easter Bunny

Well here's the bunny rabbit I made for Easter... which was just FOUR Months ago!!!

:)

Well... this one didn't come out as cute as the picture:

and that's ok.

It's done and, at this point...

I don't care.  I'm just glad it's done!

This pattern is from the Lion Brand site and it's the Easter Bunny (Pattern # L0137AD).

I used the suggested yarn which is the Lion Superwash Merino Cashmere and it was really nice to work with.

It's Weight Category # 4, which is a medium weight and it's made of 72% Superwash Merino, 15% Nylon and 13% Cashmere.

Hey!  Any cashmere is better than no cashmere!

It's super soft and did not get linty or fuzzy at all!

This pattern is easy 'cause it's just a basic Knit 1 row, Purl 1 row with some decreases and increases in there.

It's worked on size 4 needles and works fairly quickly.

As always, I work on circulars...

I like that your work never slides off the needles with circulars.

The lil ears!

Maybe I didn't stuff it enough???

El Hub LOVES to make fun of this one and before I'd sewn the face on, continuously reminded me of how much it looked like a voodoo doll...

He said it looks like a stuffed sock and that I coulda saved time and just stuffed one of his gym socks.

Great!  Thanks!

;-)

I don't care.  At least it's done...

UFO - Fingerless Gloves - Wedding Knits by Suss Cousins

And, these are done...

These were supposed to be my Maid of Honor gift to my Best Friend for being in my wedding...

Um, that was FOUR YEARS AGO!!!

And I finally finished them last month. 

:)

The good news is that she is always freezing (even in this 90 degree weather we're havin') so it's actually ok!

I used the Patons Brilliant (which is now in the Discontinued bin... that's how OLD this project is) and I will say...

This is about the itchiest yarn I've ever felt!

No wonder it's discontinued!

Visually, it's a beautiful yarn.  It has little hints of silver shimmer.

And it worked up really well.  The yarn laid nice and flat.  It did not unravel as I worked it.

But when I tried these gloves on, my arms were dyin'!  They were itchy!

This pattern is super easy (which is all the more embarrasing that it took me so long to finish this project).

It's a simple k1, p1 rib all the way.

The thumbhole was easy to make with adding another skein of yarn and working from two sides.

There is a teeny bit of increase in this pattern towards the end (upper arm area) which is easy.

Come to think of it, this project would be a good starter for someone just learning how to knit!

Anyway... I finally gave these to by BFF and she said "Thanks... I'll wear these when it's not 90 degrees out."

Well she better!

:)

UFOs...

Now that I'm finally feeling back up to knitting (and making things in general), I've been wanting to start a new project!

I really liked this Sketchbook Cardigan from Lion's Studio Knit-along.

I thought it'd be fun to join in on this knit-along (all the way from the West Coast) until I thought, "oh wait... I have like 10 UFOs that I should probably power through..."

Then, the knitting (and crochet) world went nuts (along with everyone else) for Kate Middleton's Minne Rose green Grocery Shopping Shawl...

And I decided that I needed to make this for myself too...

Until I remembered again... I have like 20 UFOs sitting in a huge storage tub, waiting to be finished!

So I have decided that before I start ANYTHING else, I'm going to power through those UFOs.

I'll post them lil by lil and hopefully be done sooner than later!

It's like shopping in your closet...

:)