Saturday, January 5, 2008

dairy queen and spherey

i made this elizabeth zimmerman dairy queen hat for tammy for xmas. i was at her house last weekend and i just sat and knit it and then gave it to her. a very quick knit on size 15 needles. and its a fun pattern too. i got it from The Opinionated Knitter by EZ but watch out there is a mistake in the pattern. get the corrections. i used Harrisville Heathered Bulky by Harrisville Designs which i bought at Stash on solano ave. one skein does it with a bit leftover.
spherey and sammie. i used cascade 220 and the new variegated brown sheep lamb's pride for the legs. all from my stash.
spherey is for my aunt phyllis and uncle tony who live in boston. he is from the now-out-of-print book Unusual Toys for you to Knit and Enjoy by Jess Hutchison. she does however have a cute cat named kate on knitty.com. i think he is happy even though he has no mouth. i would ask him but i don't think he is capable of answering.