Meet Annie

My little orange kitty happens to love yarn too....
<3 S

Hello Again

It's been a long time, I know.  The VV sisters have had a busy year... work, cats, snow... well, that's my excuse anyway.  But I have been knitting in my spare moments.  In fact, this winter has been so cruel that I have become a total home body and spend much of my time curled up in front of a movie or British tv program, knitting away.  So, here I am, at long last, sharing a few of my projects.

Orchid & Fairylights Hat by Tiny Owl Knits

Terra Shawl by Jared Flood

Autumn Leaves by Pickles

Sorry the pictures are not too amazing.  I've been lazy with my picture taking and have been using my iPhone rather than a proper camera.  To see more details on these projects, check out my ravelry page (and be my friend if your are also on ravelry).  I am also working on a very pretty cardigan right now.  I hope it doesn't take me forever to finish.  Oh, and I'm also part of a small weekly knitting group... we don't have a name or anything fancy like that, but it's fun to meet & talk & knit & share:)  I'll try to get Leiza to post something soon too... she's made a very sassy shawl/cowly thing.  Toodles for now, dear readers. -S

Gnome Home

Oh I really love my gnome home!  I think these little fellas are going on my needles soon. -S

Crafty Update

Once again, the VV girls have been taking a rather long blogging hiatus.  Our apologies!  I thought I'd throw up a few pictures of recently completed knitting projects.  Here we have a wee hat & booty combo I made for my friend's new baby girl, Sammie. 

 

Also, I made this quick and easy cowl for myself.  It was starting to get a bit too chilly out here in Boston and decided to use up some of this left over yarn.  It was a fun and simple pattern, can't remember where I heard of the stitch, but this is pretty much all you need to know: 

Row 1: k1, p1 (repeat)
Row 2: k3, p3 (repeat)

Then just knit it to desired length (I made it long enough to wrap around my neck twice), sew the two ends together into a loop, and voila!  You have yourself a cozy cowl!!!  I've also been working on some sewing projects which I hope to share pictures on here soon.  Until then, Happy Autumn to you all!!! -S

Jumpology

I am completely enamored by these series of photographs taken by Phillippe Halsman.  After taking formal photos of various celebrities of the time, he asked them to "JUMP!" and these are the results.  Here are some of my favorites.

That monkey's for you, tom.  Enjoy - S

Red, White, n' Blue

Happy (late) Independence Day!  Just coincidentally I finally finished my red cropped sweater just in time for the holiday.  It was much to hot to actually wear it this weekend, but I had to at least take some red/white/blue styled photos.  The pattern came from KristenMakes, I very sweet & talented gal.  She was a delight to work with!  Also, I should say that I am spending my summer in Boston, land of our founding fathers, which made this holiday all the more exciting... yes, I'm a history nerd.  Or as they say in I.T. Crowd, a "Standard Nerd!".  I'm sorry for our blogging hiatus, I (or my blogging sister) will try not to let that happen again. - S

Mrs. Darcy

I'm pleased to announce that I FINALLY finished my first cardigan (not counting a couple of shrugs).  It took way longer than I had anticipated and I came across more than one challenge, but I learned a lot along the way that I think will help me with future knitting projects.  The pattern is called Mrs. Darcy (hence the title of this post). 

Here are my final thoughts on the finished product:  I love the color, the neckline, the twisted rib detail, and my rad little black/white vintage buttons.  What I don't like is that it has stretched out soo much already.  I think it's my poor choice of yarn.  I used Vintage Wool by Berroco which is a synthetic/wool blend.  I think if I went for a pure natural fiber, it would have held it's shape better.  Anyhoo, those of you who are also interested in knitting this little lovely pattern, here's the lovely girl who designed it along with her FREE pattern.  I just discovered that her pattern is no longer available, sorry folks.  But the good news is that she's reworking it to be published in a book:) 

Leiza also finished the sweater she's been working on for as long as I've been working on this.  Unfortunately, she directly went out of town for a couple of weeks and hasn't taken photos yet.  Hopefully she'll be able to share it will y'all soon!!  Cherry-O! - S