Faced with a serious dearth of blocking pins, I ran a piece of yarn around the edges of the Branching Out scarf, then pinned the yarn to my ironing board using brooch pins (thanks for those, Faith!)
Aaaaaaaaaand . . . done! I made a little knitted flower pin to go with it.
Lawyer’s Wife called to say she loved it. “It’s cream! It’s the perfect color!” she exulted. So I am officially in her good graces, and that is probably a Good Thing.
Oh. And, yeah. I felted some pears.
kraftie said,
December 29, 2006 @ 10:22 am
Ooo. The scarf looks lovely and the pears are pretty cute too.
Sachi said,
December 29, 2006 @ 12:01 pm
Ooooo! Is that your first official lace project?
uccellina said,
December 29, 2006 @ 12:15 pm
Why, yes, I suppose it is 🙂 First of many, many more.
Husband said,
December 29, 2006 @ 1:03 pm
I can’t find my way back to the nest. You keep redesigning the place.
Ellen B. said,
December 29, 2006 @ 2:30 pm
The scarf really turned out beautifully! Excellent job of blocking.
I LOVE those felted pears. I saw them at the SnB last week, but they were being passed around and I didn’t realize that you made them! Gorgeous!
Happy New Year!
Hugs!
Ellen B., who really does like you, Ms. Paranoid Dreamer!
MonkeyGurrl said,
December 29, 2006 @ 3:06 pm
Paranoid Dreamer. I *knew* I’d miss out on good stuff last nite!!!
Clever, clever girrel on the blocking job. It really is beautiful, and lawyer’s wife *should* be happy! And the pears are gorgeous. they look so fahncee when grouped together like that.
Leave a trail of bread crumbs so Husband can find his way back to the nest. . .
Husband said,
December 29, 2006 @ 3:43 pm
MonkeyGurrl: How did you know I was on a diet of toast and tea?
I been sick.
Mom said,
December 29, 2006 @ 5:22 pm
Love the leaves on the pears. And the font that this is appearing in. Background color’s pretty cool, too.
Annika said,
December 29, 2006 @ 5:30 pm
Damn! I was supposed to loan you pins, wasn’t I? I’m glad to see you made out so well despite my negligence.
mandap said,
January 3, 2007 @ 5:48 pm
I absolutely love the pears.
desiknitter said,
January 11, 2007 @ 7:40 pm
The pears are great (although I must have an exceptionally dirty mind to keep laughing as I look at them) and Branching out is perffect. You did a lot of knitting this past month,
Frank said,
January 26, 2007 @ 8:16 am
Those are awesome!
One, um, question though… What does one do with knitted pears?
xo
uccellina said,
January 26, 2007 @ 10:03 am
One puts loops through their top ends and hangs them from festive trees. If one is me, anyhow.
CanarySanctuary said,
October 25, 2007 @ 8:20 am
I love those felted pears! Knit-licious 🙂 Almost looks as good as the yarn-ball cake.