Watch me swatch!

Swatching for Grace, from Fiddlesticks Knitting. I love these patterns. For this sweater, she's included fully charted shaping for front and back - in each size! Much, much love for Dorothy Seimens.

leaf lace swatch in Baby Twist by Alpaca with a Twist

oooooh, the halo. yum.

Done the back and I'm 1/2 way up the front now.

Braaaaaiinzz

It's done! More details here.


We tried to make it as deranged looking as possible. Note the teeth, ever-so-slightly curved inward, and the one, giant blood-shot eyeball.

Brainmonster progress

Sewing the brim of the hat inside
Originally uploaded by VTrilliums

Brainmonster and it's teeth are blocking today, and probably tomorrow, too, because they'll take a while to dry. The hat itself is quite thick, especially the brim. I decided to turn a hem at the bottom instead of doing ribbing like in the original pattern, and to do garter stitch earflaps instead of stockingette. Negotiations for eye type, size and placement are ongoing.

For Mom

This is a picture of the hat I'm making my brother Michael. Mike. Sorry. It is going to be a brain-eating monster hat with big eyes and teeth, and possibly ear-flaps if I have enough yarn.
The yarn is Manos del Uruguay in a colour that reminds me of nothing more than pumpkin pie.