Life of the Lintee Bean

Since neglecting my fitness, I’ve had a lot more time to play with yarn!  I’ve even been brave and developed new skills.

I knit my very first pair of socks! They don’t fit particularly well, but they do FIT! Now that I am over my fear of double-pointed needles, my opportunities for knitting have VASTLY expanded. I am no longer restricted to squares (like dishcloths), rectangles (like scarves), and circles that do not get smaller or larger (like cowls/neckwarmers).

My first knit socks

My first hat knit in the round! (for charity)

My first knit mittens! (for charity)

Knit scarf (for charity)

My first love is still crochet and I’ve whipped up a bunch of new projects using yarn and hook.

In some VERY exciting news (to me) – I found a lovely and talented woman on Ravelry that will custom make buttons to match yarn!  I was able to barter with her for two sets.  One set of buttons replaced the ones on my Saturn sweater, which I’d previously posted about here.  From the other set of buttons I created a Soft Serve cardigan.

Saturn ring with new custom buttons

Close-up of buttons

Mocha mustard Soft Serve cardigan with awesome custom buttons!

Better view of buttons

More crochet projects:

Aasha shawl

black lace shrug

black lace shrug

Neapolitan circle vest – I love how this turned out!

Heat wave mini-dress

Chevron striped sweater

Geisha shawl

Another fugly doll – which really warrants an entire blog post to relate the saga of how I attempted to get a photo of Norman Reedus holding the doll (and failed)… perhaps later.

Daryl Dixon II (front view)

Daryl Dixon II (back view)

A skirt… which again really warrants it’s own blog post… I started with solid gray yarn, over-dyed it… finished the skirt, decided the skirt was HORRIBLE because of the yarn pooling, and then over-dyed the skirt (but was too lazy to remove the original dye first so it’s still oddly pooled…)

Skirt prior to over-dyeing (again)

Skirt after over-dyeing (again)

Some scrubbies (tawashi):

Pumpkin dish scrubbie (tawashi)

camo scrubbie – made two of these

Hat for charity

Scarf for charity

Blanket for charity

Another blanket for charity

A tape measure that bears some resemblance to a very sad sheep. (I stink at making tape measures!)

Quick cowl (neckwarmer)

I’ve got a sweater on the hook at present… actually two sweaters as I started with one yarn, then changed my mind so started over with another yarn. I’ll eventually make a decision and “frog” (rip out) one. Stay tuned!

Edited to add:  This time I added links to my Ravelry pages… if you click on the photo, you should go to my Ravelry project page.  so, if you are a fellow fiber enthusiast and want details on yarn or pattern used, there it is!