On, and off, the needles

From Erika Knights's Simple Knits with a Twist....a tote bag knit from plastic bags cut in strips. Fun! And when you think about it, when something like 100 billion plastic bags end up in U.S. landfills (and take upwards of 500 to 1,000 years to decompose), it's a good project, period.














And my tank is finished!

Here is the beautiful Catherine ...

... recipient of the Tutu tea cozy. Isn't she a gorgeous bride? (Too bad we don't have the tea cozy in the pic with us...)

Tutu tea cozy

From Tracy Ullman's Knit 2 Together. So many interesting patterns in this book. I was looking for a wedding gift for a friend who appreciates handmade things. It came down to this cozy and a felted wine sack. She doesn't drink much wine but does drink tea. So I went to Old Towne Orange and shopped for a beautiful vintage teapot. I had already made the body of the cozy, and when I was back home and tried it onto the teapot, saw that it was a tad big for the teapot.

Still, hopefully she'll like it and have other teapots to use it with. It's the most fru-fru cozy; reminds me of a French poodle.

A few things I'm working on

I love working with white yarn, and this white cotton yarn by Blue Sky Alpacas is so delicious to work with, and so soft. It's a Blue Sky Pattern I bought last year: The Fitted Tank, designed by Alison Williams.



The blanket is from Mason-Dixon Knitting. I started it last August and work on it sporadically. Here it is on my son's bed. Learn more here.