2ktog

First the hawing:

Here are the "yarn" cupcakes I gave to my knitting class the last day. The cupcakes are store bought, because yes, I'm like that, but the "yarn" is Twizzlers Pull and Peel rolled up into balls. I thought it was pretty clever, but none of the kids or other teachers seemed to get it? I think they looked too much like cherries. Over all, my experience teaching knitting was a good one. I think we made about five bunnies and a hamster. Unfortunately, the last one was the only one I got photos of:

Thanks for all the comment on the last entry about the flower girl basket for my friend's wedding. I think I've decided on a white basket with green squares that I will accent with red ribbons. The wedding is May 19, so I should start soon. Of course, May 1 is sockapaloooza deadline...and then there are those fishing gloves for my dad in June.

Speaking of socks, though,

I actually knit this entire sock while away for the weekend and ripped it out. I decided I didn't like the square heel and the instep was too big. I did like the double decrease toe from Folk Socks, and I'll probably use that again. This is going slowly for frickin' ankle socks.

New project: the Hourglass Sweater from Last MInute Knitted Gifts in Cascade Pima Tencel in a color that Knitpicks calls Rhubarb. (Mmm, rhubarb). It doesn't photograph well, nor do I feel that a picture of stockinette in the round is really warranted, but here it is all the same. I started this last Thursday in the biggest size. My swatch once agian lied and I ended up with a 56" monster. I restarted on Saturday and now I'm making the 45" size, which should be about 5" of negative ease, give or take given gauge adjustments. I'm thinking about making it with 3/4 sleeves, and I really want black accents of some kind on it. I like the hemmed look, although I picked up the stitches several rows after the purl ridge and it ended up slanting a bit in the direction of the stitches around the needle. I usually can't use Denises in this small of a size, but the 6s are working okay, the yarn is slick.