I do still knit. There are fleeting moments when both of my "angels" are asleep...occasionally they are both engaged in some activity (for Ragnarbaby this is crawling around on the floor finding stale cheerios, for Ragnarson it's playing in the dirt in the front yard and screaming at passing pedestrians "Nice to MEET YOU! My birthday is in AUGUST!!") and I can squeeze in a few rows. Due to the time constrictions I mostly knit very very slowly. While this has cut down on yarn purchases it has also eliminated that feeling of accomplishment that you get when you pull the yarn tail through that final cast-off stitch...another one bites the dust, well done Ragnar, your family will be warm this winter.
Enter: very small knitting projects.
The Sons Ragnar are soon to be in possession of a spanky new play kitchen made by their Grandfather, and so I thought it would be fun to stock it with food. A lot of our eggs come from the farmer's market, or from friends with backyard chickens, so that's the look I was trying for. This is the pattern I started with, but I added a few rows here and there, made some eggs more pointy...etc. so that I could get the mismatched dozen. The yarn is Cascade 220, and the color variations come from coffee, tea and walnuts that Ragnarson collected for me from the backyard.
This was a fun project, and I love that I can actually finish something.
You'll probably be seeing a lot more food around here for awhile.
Ragnar...why not knit it?
2 comments:
Aw I totally thought the post said 'itty bitty kitty' and I was going to try and convince you to take care of the feral kitten that has taken up residence in my garage. Still looking forward to the boobie-hat if you need new knitting projects. Missed you at the baby shower, a good time was had by all.
very cute! keep on clicking.
I like that these are not "konk-able" - i.e., getting konked on the head with this isn't a problem :)
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