Trilobite Socks!

I got the book Socks from the Toe Up by Wendy D. Johnson from my friend Shelley for an wedding shower present.  I decided that I would make the first basic sock in the book as a practice as I thought socks were going to be really hard to do. I was very happy to discover that they weren't hard at all.
That was about a year ago and love them, but now I felt I was ready for something a bit harder.  I thought the trilobite socks were a really cool pattern, plus they had trilobites on them! For this pair of socks I used 2 skeins of Patons Kroy Socks FX in Cameo Colors.  They are so super comfy and it's great that they are made to fit my feet perfectly!

Gifts for my Mom

I have made a few gifts for my mom that I have not posted as I had not taken photos of them.  How silly of me. 
For my mom's birthday last year I decided I would knit her something.  So off to Make One I go.  I asked what I could make and the lady suggested I make the Stolen Moments Wrap (a free pattern found here)  Since I have made this I have lost the tag from the yarn but I am pretty sure that it is Misti Alpaca's Baby Me Boo hand painted yarn in Zanzibar.  This yarn was really nice and made the project so much better.   The yarn is a mixture of alpaca, merino wool and bamboo.  How could you go wrong?  I ended up using two skeins.

Then for Christmas I again thought I would make something for my mom.  This time I went to the library.  I took out the book Simple Knits for Cherished Babies  by Erika Knight.  In it they had a pattern for a teddy bear.  My mom has a bit of a teddy bear collection so I thought a knit one would be quite nice.  I used Patton's silk bamboo yarn in bark for the bear, and some scrap black yarn for the details.  When this bear was done it was super soft! 

The bear with Mini, my mom's cat