Bramblestitches: On a roll!

I’m so proud of myself. I’m finishing projects! (Hey, Mom! Did you hear that? I’m FINISHING stuff! Isn’t that exciting?)

This week I:

Finished two custom-ordered baby girl sweaters. They came out beautiful! I couldn’t find suitable buttons for them, so I decided to knit some buttons, and they are just perfect. Blocked them, made pretty tags, and packaged them up for two very special January babies.

Made a custom-ordered pair of baby shoes.

Knit a few dishcloths (including the “ball-band dishcloth” featured in Mason-Dixon Knitting), and crocheted three new potholders for us. I was given a lovely set of these potholders as a bridal shower gift, and always intended to figure out the pattern. Finally did! Used up about one pound of Peaches & Crème yarn. (Still have almost two pounds to go.)

Reattached a button to my favorite dress, which has been languishing on the mending pile for two years. (TWO years—for ONE button… sigh.)

Undid the crocheted seams of a baby sweater I knit before I was married, then re-did them properly using mattress stitch. Removed the too-small buttons, and replaced them with a larger set. Now the sweater is blocking on the ironing board.

Finished frogging a handknit thrifted sweater. The yarn is beautiful peach mercerized cotton, about dk or light worsted weight.

Also frogged a half-knitted garter stitch blanket, after I realized I had mixed dyelots. I never really liked it anyway.

Finished two “heartbreakingly cute” baby sweaters featured in Mason-Dixon Knitting. I started them sometime in the fall. Both are cotton (one knit from the above mentioned cotton). Knit a little hat to go with one.

Crocheted a fluffy scarf using the biggest crochet hook I’ve ever seen in my life. Used up several odd-ball skeins of Lion Brand “Jiffy” yarn that I’ve had for ages. Some of it was leftover from a lap blanket I made for The Man when we were dating, some was my Baba’s, and one skein I recognize as the leftovers from a sweater Grandma Kathy knit for my middle brother.

Made 14 cloth menstrual pads using the incredibly excellent pattern and directions from Adahy (http://shewhorunsintheforest.googlepages.com), and by so doing, reduced my flannel stash a bit. Also gave the snap press a little exercise. These are great! I love them. And anyone who is suffering under the delusion of ickyness--I've been cloth diapering for almost three years, now. This is way less gross.