Itty Bitty’s
Lately my knitting has been geared towards smaller projects, ones I can bang out in a day or two. Part of that reason is because I’ve sworn to cast nothing else on the needles until I get my Anne Spencer completed…… well….. Anne Spencer has pissed me off and I don’t know if you will ever get to see her. See mum was here the other night and in all my excited showed her my almost finished Spencer. It was all sew up with crochet edging etc the only thing I had yet to do was knit the sleeves and attach. So I pulled Spencer out of the knitting basket, tried it on and…………….. *insert waa won noise you hear after someone looses on The Price Is Right* it didn’t fit. Well I shouldn’t say that, it did fit but it wouldn’t button. Cut off my boobs and it would have fit alright. Since when did MY boobs ever get in the way of me not fitting into something???? NEVER!!!! EVER EVER!!!!! This is completely ridiculous, I mean really is this some kind of JOKE???? GAHHHHHH!!! Talk about devastated, there was no way in heck it was buttoning up even the teenist bit!! Mum comes off with well you can just knit a button band on and then it will fit… yes yes, that would work if I had enough YARN!!!! I don’t even have enough yarn to do the full sleeves in the pattern so I was just going to make little cap sleeves. I’m soooo ticked off at it right now its not even funny. That sweater was knit on size 2 needles which equals alot of dang time and now it doesn’t even FIT????? ack I could throw something!!! I promptly soaked it again and put it back on the blocking board to try and block the crap out of the fronts, I know its not going to work. Its a cotton and doesn’t have much give to it at all! Its not like I could just throw it aside and try a different yarn, oohhhhh no I will not be knitting this pattern again I’d had my fill of it after I was done the back and one front. I am saddened, deeply saddened!!
On a good note, I said I was knitting small projects, well i’ve got two FO’s and they don’t have to fit anyone or anything!!!
Upside Down Daisy Hat
Start Date: June 13th 2008
Finish Date: June 15th 2008
Pattern: Upside Down Daisy Hat from Itty Bitty Hats
Yarn: Sugar n Cream hot pink and white. Canasta green.
Needles: U.S. 7 DPN’s
When I finished this hat I flipped through the book to see if I could knit anything else with the white cotton I had seeing how its a 1 pound ball. I cast of for another hat, that is yet to be embellished and this little cutie.
Birthday Cake Hat
Start Date: June 16th 2008
Finish Date: June 22nd 2008
Pattern: Birthday Cake Hat from Itty Bitty Knits
Yarn: Sugar n Cream white and Canasta Green. Bernat Handicrafter yellow.
Needles: 5mm circs and dpns
Molly thought she was finally getting people food 
I also have a finished Clapotis. Its been finished for quite some time but I can’t seem to get a good picture of it. Some day soon some day soon!
17 Responses to “Itty Bitty’s”
June 27th, 2008 saat: 9:17 am
SO sorry to hear about the sweater. ARGH.
That birthday cake hat is adorable!!
June 27th, 2008 saat: 9:53 am
The hats are super cute. I love the pictures of your german shephard. We had one that looked just like him (110 lbs.) for 11 years. Very smart dogs.
June 27th, 2008 saat: 10:15 am
Aah, that sucks! So much work for nothing! The hats are adorable, funny too! Love the picture with Molly!
June 27th, 2008 saat: 10:32 am
Too bad Spencer didn’t fit you.
I know all to well about working on a sweater forever…and not being the right fit! but those hats are so cute 
June 27th, 2008 saat: 10:41 am
sorry about SDpencers, but I love the hats. Too cute.
June 27th, 2008 saat: 10:56 am
The hats are really cute. Sucks about the sweater.
June 27th, 2008 saat: 3:05 pm
I’m so sorry about the sweater. Lovely hats, though. xo
June 27th, 2008 saat: 9:38 pm
Oh, boo on Anne Spencer. A not-fitting sweater on size 2 needles…blah.
Hooray for kiddy knits.
June 27th, 2008 saat: 10:27 pm
I say make the Spencer into a vest. Use the yarn to make a button band and leave off the sleeves. The sweater is making you miserable. Knitting is supposed to be FUN!
June 27th, 2008 saat: 11:09 pm
OH NO! poor you! i wonder if it would fit me… ? *grins* just playing, of course. : )
your hats are adorable, though! i’ve been knitting bunches of baby hats, but it seems like everyone is having boys, so it’s all blue and green hats. boo. so boring.
June 28th, 2008 saat: 11:57 am
How frustrating! I can understand how bummed you must be about Anne Spencer….such a lot of work.
The hats are exceedingly cute.
June 28th, 2008 saat: 8:29 pm
Those are totally adorable!
June 29th, 2008 saat: 8:12 am
Aww…sorry to hear about the sweater. That’s just heartbreaking!
The little hats are so cute! I’ve just finished (last weekend) a quick project myself…a pair of baby socks (picture on my blog). Such a quick easy pattern…I’ll be making more of these to put on the mitten tree at church this year!
Been scrolling through your other posts as well since I haven’t visited for a little while. You’ve got some great items finished, and great pics of them too! Love those little stitch markers – so cute!
June 29th, 2008 saat: 8:33 pm
Those little hats are adorable!
Ok, so was the name of the sweater COBBLESTONE? I hear that those tend to do that. hehe
July 1st, 2008 saat: 2:18 pm
I’m sorry about the sweater. Way too much work for nothing.
I love the patterns in Itty Bitty Hats. Your hats are very cute!
July 1st, 2008 saat: 6:28 pm
Love the hats.
I tagged you for the front door/back door meme if you would like to show us your doors.
Have a wonderful 4th of July!
July 2nd, 2008 saat: 2:50 pm
Cute hats!
But spewin’ (as we say in Oz) about the spencer…
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