Where the Wild Things Are...

A very talented yarn dyer friend asked me to surprise her and this is what we came up with.......

A Frog and A Lil ND Fan

For a sweet mama that just had a baby boy to join their family. Both are Cascade 220 and one features a frog on a lily pad on the bum and the other pay homage to Notre Dame. The fave college team in this house too.

Peace Bus

Extra wide legs, VW Bus, and peace signs make these the perfect little hippie longies :)

Foofa Fluffiness

I love this vest pattern Imagine Peace Vest. I of course left out the color work and worked the front just like the back. Then used duplicate stitch for Foofa.

I used Cascade 220 in Light Pink, Dark Pink and Yellow. With great girly touches, such as the Juliette ruffles, ribbons and embroidered flowers.

Hunters Moon Shorties

What a treat! Knitting with Mosaic Moon wool is always lovely....and this colorway, on Cestari Super Fine was absolutely wonderful! And we just pulled it off that the little guy received them the Friday before July 4th....how perfect is that?

Duplicate Stitch

Obviously, I am a fan. :)

I love to whip out my coloring crayons and some graph paper and layout a chart. To me, duplicate stitch is just like cross stitching I used to do with my mom. It is the easiest way to jazz up a pair of longies.

I have been told that I do my duplicate stitch backwards...but I do it that way to avoid the "smooshing" of the pic that occurs when I duplicate stitch on the V's.

Here is how I do it.....and of course, from time to time I do 1/2 stitches and V's to make the picture look perfect :)

To follow a HMBM chart, each square corresponds with a ^ in your knitted object.

Cover each with the color specified on the chart, or feel free to substitute your own color scheme.

My full proof way of duplicate stitch:

Come up at the top of the stitch (the stitch is a ^ shape)....


Go under both legs of the stitch below it......

And then go back down into the top of the stitch........

When you are done you will have covered the stitch with a new color and it will look like this....

You cover each stitch with the appropriate color and it makes a picture!! The options are limitless....enjoy!!!!

3....2....1 BLAST OFF!

Rocketship colorway by Sugarbubbie. The yarn is aran BFL and totally gorgeous. I had to fight the pooling really hard, but they were worth the effort :)

and of course I used my Holly Hat pattern for the hat!!!!

Happy 4th!

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday today. The family and I are headed to a family reunion, hometown parade and fireworks for the day. Hopefully the rain will hold out. Of course I will be knitting on the road!!! Happy 4th!