Sexy Sleeves for My Wife

I started these last year and we just located the perfect buttons for them today. The photos aren't great, but these are my wife's newest fingerless gloves which go all the way up the arm.

Something Fishy

Life goes on, with knitting joy. Here's the project I just completed today for Mr. Man. Last year I made him a kitty cat hat. This year he'll be sporting a fish head.



See the lovely fish lips to gobble his head?


Complete with dorsal and pectoral fins.


The full fishy frontal.


That's the end of this knitty tale.


Mr. Man rationed me to two pictures of him sporting his hat and neither do it justice.

Finished Set

I finished these about a week ago and haven't had a chance to post the photos. I'm happy with the way things turned out - an umbilical cord hat and two socks.

I'm working on a blanket now. Watch this space.

Dying of Cute

Yes, my wife is super cute. But this post is about my knitting. After two failed attempts at a hat for her, I went wild and abandoned all patterns to create this lovely red hat for my wife.


I was particularly taken with the decreasing pattern on the top of the hat. The hat's only flaw is that it is perhaps an inch or two too tall, providing a bit of a tufted point on the top of the hat.


That feature, combined with the fact that I alternated patterns to create a horizontal ribbed effect, is why we have coined this hat the condom hat - complete with a reservoir tip. In front of Mr. Man we call it the ribbed hat for the G audience.

But tonight was my proudest moment in knitting thus far. With two nieces/nephews on the way, I've been deep into the baby patterns. To date I have not made a sock, though I yearn to make some as intricate as this some day.

Drumroll please, tonight I shaped my first heel. It is the heel of a little bootie.


Not much to see here, but trust me it will be so cute when finished.


Okay, here it looks like a cock warmer, but it's destined for the itty bitty foot of a newborn baby.