Knit Animals are Blowing My Mind

We are back from California.  All I can say is boy am I tired.  A red eye flight + 3 nights of insomnia = crazy lady.  Maybe it's because my mind is chewing on the construction of knit animals.  Wow, I have never done anything like this before.  It's really hard.  Here is what I have done on the bear so far.

A bit of a freak show at the moment, but I think...think he is four limbs and one eye away from cuteness.  Obviously that string won't be hanging out of his right eye.

While in San Francisco, I bought the rest of the yarn I will need at a shop called Imagiknit.

Blue Sky Alpaca for Kangaroo.  Can't you just see him?

Lamb's Pride for Friends Bag - Bulky and Blue.

Tiny red yarn for the heart pin.

Lynn called and said she has the Family Tree Throw finished, and her knitters have the juggling balls, socks and some other items done.  Yeah, I can't wait to see them.

California Here I Come

We are taking off for California tomorrow. I am only bringing the skirt, which is mostly straight knitting, for the plane, and the teddy bear and kangaroo. When we land back in Maine, I need to have in my possession two stuffed toys. Thats the rule.

I am SO pleased with how the sisters pillow is coming along.  Look at that, right into a perfect circle, I still can't believe it.

The Mothers Cardigan finally grew some sleeves.  All that's left to decide is how to finish the neck, and attach the buttons.  Yeah!

This week necessity demanded I do a bit of sewing.

Cushion covers for the kitchen chairs.  I couldn't stand the other ones another second.

I made these curtains for Abe's office out of fabric I got in the Ikea reject bin for $1.

Round and Round

Thanks to short row shaping, I think that each side of the Sisters Pillow, which is 16" round, will work up in one clean piece.

It hurt my brain to figure out where and when to do the shaping. Once it was figured out, I still doubted it could be right. I knit this up last night and it IS right, hooray!

Fibre Company WW Khroma.