Mini-Brynn's sweater

In just a couple weeks, Cole and Brynn will have a baby sister. I expect her to look like a mini-Brynn. And she's going to have a sweater just like her cousin Ava's. Maybe not right away, but that's why it's a 9-month size. Here's my progress so far:





Notice the aluminum needles. I recommend them for smaller needle sizes. The tip of one of my bamboo size three needles got crushed in my yarn suitcase.

Dropped Yarn-Over Scarf

I am a daily reader of both craftzine.com and craftstylish.com, and a couple of months ago one of them linked to this site: http://mycraftastrophies.blogspot.com/2008/12/weekday-quickie.html. I was intrigued by this pretty, lacy-looking stitch, so I decided to give it a shot. I'm really happy with how quickly it knat and how lovely it turned out. "Craftastrophies" explains it about as well as it can be explained. Basically, here's what I did:

cast on desired amount of stitches.

Row 1: knit.

Row 2: k1,yo. Repeat to end.

Row 3: k1, drop yarn over stitch, k1, drop yarn over stitch, repeat to end.

Row 4: knit.

Row 5: k1, yo (wrapping yarn around two times this time). repeat to end.

Row 6: k1, drop two yarn over stitches, k1, drop two yarn over stitches, repeat to end.

Repeat rows 1-6 until scarf reaches desired length.

Its new owner is very pleased.