After Midnight (again)
Sheesh. It's 12:09 and I just put Sophie in her crib. Poor kid - I do not know why she was so upset tonight, but she sure was, and Joe had to run back to work because the temperature in the computer lab was going up and somehow the system magically text messaged his phone. Thank goodness Julie stayed asleep. Anyway, I have a mishmash of responses to comments and odds and ends to share, so let's get to it.
If you're coming over here from Stephanie's site and you want to read my take on the Eau Claire visit, go here. But feel free to stick around and see what else I've been up to if you like as well. Poor Stephanie - I'm sending her positive thoughts right now as she finishes up that book. Hurry up, woman! I want to read it!
Oh, and for those of you who didn't follow along on the yarn-burial situation - I have a ton of yarn for my blankie. More than I can possibly use. I have already forwarded quite a bit on to others making blankies (see the knitalong list in the sidebar) as well as people making various things for charities. If you still have some sock yarn scraps that you are dying to get rid of, I will still take them and make sure they find a good home (possibly even in my blankie) - just send me an e-mail at shellyk at shellykang dot com, but don't worry about me not having enough.
A couple of people have asked about my knitting patterns. They are sold at a couple of local yarn shops - the Yarnery in St. Paul is where I teach, and they carry almost all of them; All About Yarn in Coon Rapids sells some; and a new store, the Yarn Garden in Anoka, just ordered a small batch as well. I have a small portfolio of patterns written up, including Toe-Up Socks with short-row heels and toes; Two-Needle Mittens for Beginners; Slip-Stitch Baby Hat (scroll down on that page to see them); Fall Leaves Socks; Ivy Motif Socks; Sherbet Stripe Socks; Argyle Vest; Glittens and Holiday Minis. If you're interested in getting a copy, or if you work for a store and are interested in carrying them, please e-mail me and I can either give you a price or send samples.
About the Fair Isle hats, I don't have a pattern written up exactly - I have class notes from a class that I teach at the store where you design your own hat as you learn to knit stranded. It's a popular class and I love teaching it. I might be persuaded to share those too if someone lives too far away to get to the class. I hope that answers the questions well enough.
I want to welcome Katy Kelsey to the blanket knitalong. She says she's starting a blankie in all Koigu. Katy, I want to see some pictures! It sounds luxurious.
Okay, I know I promised a picture of the pants on Julie last week, but she didn't end up wearing them till today. Let me just say it is very hard to get a good picture of pants on a three-year-old. Here's the best I could do:
They fit her pretty well, and she likes them, although she wasn't as over-the-top excited about wearing them as I had hoped. That's life.
Sophie celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day one day late. Here she is in the little shirt Joe bought for Julie at this age.
And, for comparison, here's Julie wearing the same outfit when she was about six months old.
I'm zonked. I'm going to bed.
If you're coming over here from Stephanie's site and you want to read my take on the Eau Claire visit, go here. But feel free to stick around and see what else I've been up to if you like as well. Poor Stephanie - I'm sending her positive thoughts right now as she finishes up that book. Hurry up, woman! I want to read it!
Oh, and for those of you who didn't follow along on the yarn-burial situation - I have a ton of yarn for my blankie. More than I can possibly use. I have already forwarded quite a bit on to others making blankies (see the knitalong list in the sidebar) as well as people making various things for charities. If you still have some sock yarn scraps that you are dying to get rid of, I will still take them and make sure they find a good home (possibly even in my blankie) - just send me an e-mail at shellyk at shellykang dot com, but don't worry about me not having enough.
A couple of people have asked about my knitting patterns. They are sold at a couple of local yarn shops - the Yarnery in St. Paul is where I teach, and they carry almost all of them; All About Yarn in Coon Rapids sells some; and a new store, the Yarn Garden in Anoka, just ordered a small batch as well. I have a small portfolio of patterns written up, including Toe-Up Socks with short-row heels and toes; Two-Needle Mittens for Beginners; Slip-Stitch Baby Hat (scroll down on that page to see them); Fall Leaves Socks; Ivy Motif Socks; Sherbet Stripe Socks; Argyle Vest; Glittens and Holiday Minis. If you're interested in getting a copy, or if you work for a store and are interested in carrying them, please e-mail me and I can either give you a price or send samples.
About the Fair Isle hats, I don't have a pattern written up exactly - I have class notes from a class that I teach at the store where you design your own hat as you learn to knit stranded. It's a popular class and I love teaching it. I might be persuaded to share those too if someone lives too far away to get to the class. I hope that answers the questions well enough.
I want to welcome Katy Kelsey to the blanket knitalong. She says she's starting a blankie in all Koigu. Katy, I want to see some pictures! It sounds luxurious.
Okay, I know I promised a picture of the pants on Julie last week, but she didn't end up wearing them till today. Let me just say it is very hard to get a good picture of pants on a three-year-old. Here's the best I could do:
They fit her pretty well, and she likes them, although she wasn't as over-the-top excited about wearing them as I had hoped. That's life.
Sophie celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day one day late. Here she is in the little shirt Joe bought for Julie at this age.
And, for comparison, here's Julie wearing the same outfit when she was about six months old.
I'm zonked. I'm going to bed.
posted by Shelly Kang at 12:15 AM
9 Comments:
Hey there, the pants turned out great, and that pirate shirt is adorable, the models are very photogenic too. Hope you have a great day.
Your baby is sweet! I just saw your pic on the harlot's site and fell in LOVE with your blanket. would you be willing to share the pattern? or info on where you found it?
Hi :)
I love the sock yarn blanket -- looked for your links to the knit-a-long group, but couldn't find any -- were you referring to the "how-to" links for making the blanket?? As a poverty stricken doc student (working on a PhD in library & information studies -- Children's Lit is my area) -- I'd happily pay the shipping to help you clear your house of any scraps left when you're done with your blanket! I have gotten addicted to the 'zen' of knitting as a way to both relax when I have time (and between teaching an undergrad class, working full time as a librarian for the College of Information, AND keeping up with work on my PhD... I NEED zen time!). I've become a pro at finding small projects I can work on during lectures, colloquims, etc. -- and am thinking this project has massive potential to be done in bits, and pulled together every evening... would be really interesting to see what could evolve as the PhD progresses! Hmmm... I think I feel a new blog coming on :) Wonder if anyone would be interested in tracking progress on both a blanket & a dissertation -- done at the same time!
Thanks so much for the great ideas -- and please -- drop me a note if you will have any 'left-overs' to adopt out to a good home!
Colette (colette8765 at yahoo dot com)
You should frame those two photos of the girls together - they are precious! The teddies you last saw are now on their way to Uganda, to a children's hospital. Thank you again, everyone, for the wool. It's knitting up fast - so much fun to have the variety of textures and colours.
a LYS in Anoka? I must find it!
the pants look really cute on Julie, and both girls are super-cute in the pirate shirt
Hope you manage to get some sleep soon. All four of you.
That shirt is just too cute ^_^.
Followed a link from Stephanie's blog - your kids are adorable, and I love the blankie idea!
I can't believe how much hair Sophie has! Adorable photos, as always.
Okay, but which pattern did you use for Julies pants. Adorable and even cuter in person.
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