This is hector the turtle knit from remnants of my lucky green socks and hubbs vintage socks.  I got the pattern from somewhere else, but tweeked it quite a bit to fit my liking.  I hope you like it as much as I do.  I was going to use him as a pin cushon, but that just seems wrong, so here he will sit.

Hector

I have a cousin that just had a baby boy and another one that also has a son turning one.  My mom asked that I make a bear for each of their birthday’s.  This is the same as the Devin Bear, just with some custom ideas.  Both bears were sewn the same and were a lot of fun to do.  I hope they like them as much as I liked making them.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOYS!

Birthday Bears

Can you believe the size of that ball!  It took an extra large yarn winder to get it all together.  There are about 800 yards on there too!  It’s not mine so I am not sure what is going to be knit out of it, but I think she is using it for a sweater.  Hope all goes well.  What’s the biggest ball of usable yarn you have seen spun?

Yarn Cake

I knit this shell for my mom, sorry only a pic of the yarn used.  It was a quick project, but the shaping was really a pain and took forever because it is to be worn under a jacket and not just by itself.  I have the pattern unedited if you want it, but it hasn’t been posted yet.  I made the pattern in the round, so besides weaving in ends and the three needle bind off at the shoulders, there is no seeming.

This pattern is also at the LYS.  I designed it for some new Noro yarn that was just coming out at the time.  I made sure that it only used one skein of the yarn because it was a little expensive, but you could use any worsted weight that you wanted.  I also added a frog on the front to dress it up a bit instead of a button.