Aimee's jacket

I made this jacket for my sister-in-law for Christmas.  The picture of the back of the sweater looks a little odd - that's probably a combination of the fact that she has her hands on her hips, and the fact that there was supposed to be a frog-type closure for the front at the waistband, which I chose not to include.  

I shortened the openwork section on the bottom of the back - I made it about half the length.  I also added Fun Fur trim to the sleeves and around the outer hem.

I used TLC Essentials Fusion, TLC Essentials Razzle, and Fun Fur Raspberry.

That's Aimee in her Christmas morning outfit. :)

Gage's afghan

This little afghan was soooo much fun to make!  I will definitely be repeating this pattern in the future.  I really like the color combination and was pleased with how nicely it turned out.  This one took me a bit longer, because it called for a smaller hook than Tiffany's, but it still took less time than a regular size afghan.  For this one, I let the parents choose the pattern, but I chose the colors because they hadn't really picked any out yet.

I was really pleased with the results. :)

I can't remember which yarns I used =^^=

Tiffany's afghan

This was my first baby afghan.  I made it for my brother-in-law and his wife for their first baby, a little girl.  I was really surprised by how quickly it worked up; I guess maybe because I was so used to doing full-size afghans?  I actually completed this afghan in approximately a week and a half.

For yarns I used (if I remember right!) TLC Baby in White, and Powder Blue Sparkle.

So, here is Abby's top (in progress)

The Fun Fur on the sleeves is what I had originally purchased to embellish this same style top that Tess got.  After working up the top, I decided that the cream looked much too elegant on it's own to put the Fur with it, and Abby still wanted it on hers, so she chose a yarn to match one of the variegated tones in it.  Her top is actually 95% done, there are just some tweaks she wanted me to make, like I added three plain yarn rows to the bottom, and she wants me to add another two with the Fun Fur to match the borders on the sleeves.  I also modified the neckline again; instead of doing the diagonal split on the right hand side, I turned it into a sort of a scoop-neck deal.  I also made the front a leeetle larger than the back, to give her some extra room across the bust and so that the underarm seams won't stretch as much as she's wearing it.

The plain yarn is Caron Simply Soft in Country Blue.  The Fun Fur is Citrus.  More photos forthcoming once I've added the extra rows to the bottom.  

My first TRUE article of clothing

This sweater was to be a Christmas gift for one of my younger sisters.  I worked on it in front of her to see if she would make any comments as to the color/style, to get a feel for if she'd like it and actually wear it instead of being like "I have to like it because my sister made it for me and I'll hurt her feelings otherwise."  No.  I want it to be something that she'll actually ~want~ to wear, and show off, instead of a frumpy old piece that ends up in the back of the closet, never to see the light of day again.

She and I discussed it and she told me she didn't really care for the color.  Since I was 80% done with this one, I finished it anyway and gave it to the next younger sister (Tess), who really liked the color, and took Abby to Joann's to pick out a color she would wear.  She ended up choosing a really pretty dark periwinkle/dusty blue color.  Anyway, here is a picture of the first top:

The whole top section, from where the shell stitch ends and all of the sleeves, was supposed to be worked with a furry/fuzzy yarn.  Obviously I modified that a bit, carrying the shell pattern stitch up a little higher than the pattern called for.  I also modofied the sleeves to include three columns of shells running the length of the sleeve at evenly spaced intervals.  The opening at the neck was supposed to have shank buttons, but Tess decided she liked it left open like that.

Actual entries are forthcoming...

It's just 1:30 in the morning and I've been working on this thing for about 2 1/2 hours, and I have to work in the morning, so I'm going to BED!!