Thursday, July 17, 2025
Craft On: Do We Have a Bear Yet?
So, I'm not sure if I mentioned this last week, but when I picked up stitches for the sleeve, I realized that there were far too many. Initially, this was a vest, and I think the armholes were larger for pulling it over other clothes. However, they were a lot larger. It was obvious that I would need to decrease the stitches quite a bit to get a normal sized sleeve for a baby. But it was going to take a lot of creative decreasing, and now that I'm more than half way through the sleeve, I kind of hate it. I may rip it out and pick up fewer stitches, and do more normal decreases.
There is a secret project I have from the Stitch Along, and I can show it in a couple weeks, but it is a gift for Shawn's baby shower, and so I don't want to post a picture where she can see it. It is super cute, and I can't wait for them to see it!
I finished Caramel Pecan Roll Murder, started and finished Pink Lemonade Cake Murder, and am about half way through Taco USA. Like I said, it is interesting to be reading about the history of the ascendance of Mexican cuisine in the USA at this time - including the white washing of it, and the ways it had to be made palateable to Americans.
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Labels: Books, Design, Family, Homemaking, Knitting, Stitchalong, WIP, Yarn Along
