Madame Latimore, my French teacher for all four years of high school, taught me how to knit the spring of my senior year. As you can tell by this site, I am certainly thankful for her help in getting me started in this field! In 2005, I made her a scarf as a "thank you" for her lessons that she gave me five years prior.
I made this sweater for my dad's 50th birthday (Oct. 10, 2001). It is a Rowan pattern, and I used a fantastic bulky merino wool and alpaca blend.
One result of the successful 2006 New York Sheep and Wool Festival trip!
Andy modeling his striped socks (stripes from dyed yarn, not multiple times of yarn used to make stripes).
I knit this simple sweater in the winter of 2000 using three colors of the same cheap worsted wool/acrylic blend. It was a fast project, completed in less than 2 weeks and as you may be able to tell, the finishing wasn't the best.
A simple cableknit scarf knit with some great English cotton I picked up at School Products in NYC.
A simple dark grey winter hat I knit for my friend Clint in college. Unfortunately the hat doesn't get a whole lot of use right now because Clint and Maggie (his wife, and another college friend) live in Texas now.
I made this baby blanket for Emma Charlot when she was born -- she is the daughter of Leigh Ann Charlot, who I worked with on the Susan Garrett for State Senate (IL) campaign in 2002. Leigh Ann reports that 4 years after receiving the blanket, both Emma and her new baby brother Tad, still enjoy its comfort and warmth.
Baby booties made for Lev Weinstein, using the same pattern as this set of booties: http://www.madhuknitsandcooks.com/madhu_knits_and_cooks/2009/11/newborn-baby-booties.html
Winter hat knit with bulky yarn for Liz Drew, though unfortunately made it in D.C. where the winters are not too deserving of bulky hats.
These thick black mittens are knit with bulky wool on size 10.5 needles. I've made pairs for myself, my sister, and a former co-worker, Nate, as well as a few others. I have a tendency to always lose one of my mittens, and this pair is no exception, which is why you only see one.
Winter 2005 was definitely the winter of fingerless mitts -- my second of two pairs (other knit for Sandra).
I was once inspired to make this scarf, what exactly inspired me I am not sure, but it's fun to wear (and keeps me very warm!).
My straight and double-pointed knitting needles, all tied up in their handy new case that I sewed in winter/spring 2006.
My straight and double-pointed needles arranged by size in their individual pockets.
If you see anyone in New Haven, CT wearing this hat, make sure you stop them and ask them where they got this one-of-a-kind wonderful hat! And then make sure you take the hat back from them and tell them that stealing doesn't pay.
Made in late winter 2007 -- unfortunately after the cold weather passed!
These socks look huge don't they? Well, in fact they fit my size 7 1/2 feet (the average for American women) -- knit socks ofen are larger than commercially produced socks because they often lack the elastic that commercial socks have to stretch the socks at the appropriate places.
Alpaca Socks that I made mostly in Europe, and finished up with the pink when I came back home to MI.
