Idle hands, idle hands

A rainy day stopped our trip to the pool so I had a little time on my hands. I could have worked on the baby blanket. I could have worked on my Go With the Flow socks. Instead, I stuffed and "eyed" the Little Teddy Bear from Kyuuto Japanese Crafts Amigurumi.

I'm pretty sure that I made the head too small - the ears look too big! - but it was fun and now I can move on. A hedgehog? An owl? What to make next . . .

The Egg and I

I had a great time at Yarnover today and learned a lot about Bohus Stickning from Susanna Hansson. I feel exhausted despite just sitting in a chair all day. Outside of class, I won a book, met some bloggers and saw some lovely knitted goods. Just about a perfect weekend!



The colors are just lovely - really rich and deep. I am seriously thinking about one of these on my "to do" list.



After we worked on our wristlets, we got a chance to show them off and see how different needles gave different gauge.



This Saturday Seven was a simple bookcase purge. Two book club books, some gifts and a school book from Youngest Daughter - I need the room for other things. Bye!

My favorite thing I worked on this weekend - however - wasn't the wristlet but this . . .





A Happy Egg from Amigurumi World by Ana Paula Rimoli.

Sad, so sad

What could it be? Theoretically, it's supposed to be the head of a little teddy bear. Unfortunately, it looks like a upside down baby booty. I had to have another quick crochet lesson from GFM (we had a secret meeting in the middle of an Open Gym full of preschoolers this morning. Don't ask - those little kids are really anti-crochet!) and figured out my stitch issues but, obviously, I don't have the "count your stitches in between increases/decreases" issues put to rest yet.

ON the knitting front, I took my baby sweater with me this weekend and, in between bouts of intense cross country skiing, crochet and swimming, I finished the two sleeves. I'll be working on the body this week. And, once I get this lumpy bear head ripped out and re-crocheted, I'll be working on the Little Teddy Bear pattern from Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts' Amigurumi.

Back to working on Lumpy the Bear.