Ohio State winter coordinates for Kenny

My friend Kenny just moved from Florida to Ohio, and what better way to prepare him for a Midwest winter than a set of knitted goodies? He requested silver and scarlet for his Ohio State colors, and so I made them using a chevron theme. I'm not done with the gloves yet; they will be red with silver trim and black chevrons on the back of the hand. I'll get some pictures of him wearing them soon enough.
The scarf is made using size 7 needles and Lion brand wool ease using a simple chevron pattern:
knit first 4 rows (garter stitch) then start pattern:
odd rows: k2, k2tog, k6, yo, k1, yo, k6, sl1, k2tog, psso, k6, yo, k1, yo, k6, sl2 and knit together, k2.
even rows: Purl
The color stripes are just 2 rows of the color, and they naturally zig zag in the pattern.

The hat is knit in the round with with circular needles. I used the interchangeable needle system, and i really like it, i only had to unscrew the needles and left the knitting on the cord. The single rib on the bottom is made with size 6 and the body of the hat is size 7, with a simple 4 row repeat:
R1: P1, k3
R2: k1, p1, k5, p1
R3: k2, p1, k3, p1, k1
R4: k3, p1, k1, p1, k2
I just kept knitting until the hat was long enough (about 8") then bound off loosely. I left the tail long and sewed it together in a plus-sign shape.

Moss Stitch Baby Sweater

I made this a while ago when my friends had a baby, but by the time I finished it, she had outgrown it. Its one of my earlier pieces, so there are some mistakes. I'm not quite sure what to do with it now except wait for someone to have a baby!

Enterlac blanket

I finally finished the Enterlac blanket. This was the first time I tried this kind of pattern, and just kept knitting until I ran out of yarn. I used baby yarn and size seven needles. The border is lion wool with a glitter strand throughout. I had to modify the enterlac a bit so I wouldn't get so many holes along the edges of some of the squares by knitting until the end before i passed the stitch over instead of slipping it.
I'll upload some better pictures soon!

Concentric Square Afghan

I started this when it was still a little cold, but with finals, it took me until now to finish it, when i wont be using it for a while. I get the e-mailings from Lion brand yarns, and this pattern was in one, and I thought it was neat looking, so i bought the pattern. Turns out, its pretty simple, just laborious.
It was knit in the round from the center with wool-ease, and took 4 size 8 circular needles to fit all the stitches in the end. It did give me an opportunity to try out the interchangeable circular needle system, which was pretty handy. It started with 8 stitches, and ended with over 700.
It's not perfectly square, so its hard to block, and thus hasn't stretched out completely, as I use it, i'm stretching it a bit.

Suede Baby Booties

I've been studying for finals a lot recently, and though its productive, I don't feel like I'm doing much, just sitting and looking at books and notes and code sections. So, with my restlessness, I decided to do something constructive. After cleaning my apartment a little, I saw these on one of the design pages in my stitch and bitch calendar, and thought I'd try it out with some extra yarn i happened to have. I think they turned out cute. One skein ended up making 8 1/2 booties. Good thing for whoever has the next 4 babies!

Felted Purse

This is my first attempt at felting. The yarn was on sale and I thought it would make a nice purse. Plus, i found these neat purse handles on sale too, so here it goes:

I just started knitting a square until i thought it was long enough, then started decreasing until the yarn ran out, and did one more panel, then sewed them together. Here are the materials before felting:













Here's a picture for scale:
Next I ran it through the washing machine, and stuffed it with grocery bags to form a shape:

Here's the finished project, the scale really changed. Its width isn't much smaller, but its shorter:

Basketweave scarf for Genie

I made this scarf for my awesame friend Genie. She lives in San Fransisco, and a scarf is appropriate for the weather there. It was an experiment, trying to use the basketweave stitch. I'm glad she likes and wears it!
Thanks for the pictures, Genie!

Cable Sleeves

I got this idea from someone's blog online, so its not my design. I had never seen cables like this and thought i'd try it out. I used "I love this Yarn" from hobby lobby, and both only took about half a skein, using size 7 double pointed needles. They're nice and warm too!

Shoes cross stitch

I finished this one winter break in undergrad. I've been crosstitching since middle school, so there are lots I have yet to show n tell. This one is one i brought with me, I'll have mom take pictures of the others.

P.S. shoutout to my friend Pants!

Warm up America Afghan

I got the idea from my Stitch and Bitch calendar, so I started knitting some squares for an afghan. I'm hoping my friends will help make some squares and we can make some people around here warmer! These are the squares I have so far.