They are finally done !!!!

I have been working on these on and off for what seems like forever. I started and finished the sock on the left side of the picture yesterday.


Oh how my hands hurt soooo bad. I used size 3 needles so now my fingers are permently curled.


lol


Well i think i'm going to give it another try with a super cute pattern i found.

I have had lots of knitting time lately. This has been such a bad winter. This wonderful state of Ohio has been hit yet again by a huge snow storm.
Two days of missed school and one happy little boy. My son woke up to this great big blanket of snow and he couldn't of been happier.
Well i guess he will get to use his snow toys he got for christmas.

Best wishes and happy stitches


mandie

Gothic lace pattern

From a very old knitter dictionary from my great aunts collection:

The Gothic lace pattern:

Multiple of 8 stitches plus 1.

special abbreviations:

SKP: slip 1 knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over

S2KP: Slip 2 stitches as if to work knit 2 together, knit1, pass slipped stitces over

YO: Yarn over

Row 1: *K1, YO, SKP,K3, K2tog, YO; repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 2: Purl

Row 3: *K2, YO, SKP, K1 ,K2tog, YO, K1; repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row4:Purl

Row 5: *K1, YO, SKP, YO, S2KP, YO, K2tog, YO; repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 6: Purl

Row 7: *K2, YO, SKP, K1, K2tog, YO, K1; repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 8: Purl

Row 9: *K3, YO, S2KP, YO, K2; repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 10: Purl

Row 11: *K1, K2tog, K1, YO,K1, YO, K1, SKP;repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 12: Purl

Row 13: * K1, K2tog, K1, YO, K1 YO, K1, SKP; repeat from * to last stitch K1

Row 14: Purl

Row 15:* K1, K2tog, K1, YO, K1 YO, K1,SKP; repeat from * to last stitch K1

Row 16: Purl

Row 17: * K1, YO, SKP, K3, K2tog, YO, K1; repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 18: Purl

Row 19: *K2, YO, SKP, K1, K2tog, YO, K1; repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 20: Purl

Row 21: * K1, YO, SKP, YO, S2KP, YO, K2tog, YO; repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 22: Purl

Row 23: *K2, YO, SKP,K1,K2tog, YO, K1; repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 24: Purl

Row 25: *K3, YO, S2KP, YO, K2: repeat from * to last stitch, K1

Row 26: Purl

repeat these 26 rows

Enjoy:

best wishes and happy stitches,

mandie

baby sweater finally finished

This wonderful little bundle of joy is Phoenix Raynes. He is so sweet and a baby punk rocker in the making. I made him this sweater fromt he "baby's first tattoo" pattern from the Stitch N' Bitch nation book.

This is his awesome mommy Morghan.

I made this for Phoenix's big brother Saige rivers. This is the "knit your own rock star" pattern from Stitch N' Bitch nation book. This is Henry Rollins.

Next on the project list is a pair of leg warmers for Morghan.

my ebay

Hello all,

I've been out for the past couple of days with a killer headache. My pain killers are not working much. I try to take them as little as possible because i don't want to "need" them.

So i have decided (at a friends advice) to start selling some of my stitch markers. I love making these and i think they are super cute so i decided to put some of them on ebay. If your interested in them or know someone who may be check out my ebay store at My ebay store URL:http://stores.ebay.com/mandies-medical-fund
I think they are cute and most of them are no snag. Again, these are all handmade by me. The shipping is free and these are not an auction, they are buy it now for only $5 for the set.

Thanks,

mandie