The Wedding Present is Finished!

Last week, I finished the wedding gift for my nephew, Eddie.

Wool Leaves done in Willow Bulky

It laundered beautifully and feels lovely and soft.

As I had a bit of a freak out about the yarn, I have enough left for a second afghan of some kind.   It will be a bit before I use it.   It may end up being for me.

The off white afghan I have was knit while I was in chemo.   I am enough away from that (five years) that I don't really like looking at the afghan any more.   It might go to a new home.   I could make myself a different one in a pattern that I would like better.  Not this pattern though...after the baby blanket and the big blanket, I don't need to see it again for quite awhile.

Burrow Bulky is a really nice yarn.  It washes very well and feels good.   Good thing I like it...I have enough for blankets in off-white, bright pink, brown, and green.   Need to get knitting.

The Pocket Bunny

The wedding afghan is coming along.   The Wool Leaves pattern is so nice, that I am not yet tired of doing it.  Sometimes though, I just need a small and fun project.

The Pocket Bunny pattern is very, very cute.   The pattern has the bonus of being well written.    JoAnn's had a sale on Bernat's Pipsqueak.   The bunny was meant to be.

 This was great conference knitting.   Ana Rose (with her mother) stopped by.  Her small hands latched on to the skein of yarn I held out.   Her fingers rubbed the yarn and she looked happy.   Naturally, the bunny goes to her.   I have enough yearn for a second bunny for a family baby that is coming in the next few months.

Pipsqueak is NOT the most fun yarn in the world to knit with.   The yarn does not have a lot of give.   That can be a problem during long stretches of knitting.   The fabric this yarn produces is absolutely wonderful for stuffed animals.   I have used it before.  When I saw the Pocket Bunny pattern, I knew exactly which yarn I wanted to use.

The knitting and assembly took only three days.   This is a good, quick project if you need one.   I loved the finished product.

I do wish that I had some slightly larger safety eyes, but the ones I had were fine.  After I assembled the bunny, I tugged on the limbs to make sure little fingers could not pull them off and ran my fingers along the seams to test for any problems.

Now, I want to make the other one before the yarn gets sucked into the depths of the stash.   I do have to put in more time on the wedding afghan before I have this project as a reward.