I make things: Knittin'

Ok, ready for some yarn pr0n? Check it out!

Made the Flora hat a few months ago, still haven't added the flowers, though. This is that crazy Louisa Harding yarn that feels weird to knit, but the finished result really is quite cool.

Here's a picture from the book of the Bzzz Hat For Queen Bees:

I searched high and low to find just the right yarn to fit this project, and it took a while but I was successful. This hat is turning out to be a lot larger and floppier than I had expected, but I don't think it looks half bad.

(Please excuse the angle - it's really hard to take a picture of yourself while bending your neck down and to the side at the same time to show the top of your head.)

It might look done, but here's the secret escape hatch!

I also looked for a long time to find the right buttons - metal, hand painted, small, unique. I love these things though they cost me an arm and a leg ($3 apiece, yipes!):

These are the mittens I've been working on (well, one mitten) using that Korall Fancy I found on sale. I love this stuff. It sucks that this yarn is discontinued. Figures.

Modeling my mostly-done mitten is Hermie the Dress Dummy, who also happens to have articulated hands, which I think is amazingly cool. He also has some water damage, obtained before he came to live with me, one of these days I'll get around to recovering him:

I wanted to make a stocking cap for Jenn's baby, Katy. Except I thought I was soooo smart and would use circular needles instead of straight needles, and then I misread the pattern and some wacky-ass decreasing mishap occurred and I ended up with this:

It certainly won't fit Katy - maybe I'll Etsy it.

Here's the stocking cap, second attempt. I've got it all knit up, I'm about halfway done weaving in the ends, the bane of my existance, then I'll sew it up. Bleah. I much prefer working in the round because I'm lazy. It's going to be dang cute, though.