Another knitted hat!

Currently, my favorite things to knit because they are easy and fairly quick. This is the newest hat that I knit for a family friend. The hat is a simple 2x2 rib and only took me a few days to do at work. The yarn is self striping in a greenish color way. The pattern is something that I found off of Ravelry called "Painted Forrest Hat".

I can't wait till I finish my next knitting project because it is pretty exciting! 

Disco Ball Necklace

Shirt: from some 2nd hand store in LA but I can't remember where!

Necklace: from a giveaway on Selective Potential's blog

Where: in the kitchen at my office

One of my co-workers took these pictures for me today while we were on our lunch break. We usually spend our lunch breaks knitting, which is awesome because my co-worker is the best knitter and she always helps me when I make a mistake (which is often). I get teased a lot for knitting but I seriously love to knit. It's really not just for grandmas - there are so many trendy knitting patterns from designers! Knitting was trendy a few years ago among celebrities and other hip people in LA and I wish that was still the case because there were so many more cool knitting stores. One of my friends went to a knitting store to get me a birthday present and the worker kept showing her things that a grandma would be interested in and my friend was like "uhh no, I don't think that she would like any of those things, they are all for older women". The worker was surprised that she had a friend in her 20s that knitted. Ha!

My favorite part about knitting is that I can make something truly amazing from a few balls of yarn and some pointy sticks. Also, unlike sewing if you make a mistake it is sooo much easier to just take out some stitches and fix the mistake. For me that is a BIG plus because I tend to make a lot of mistakes because I am usually multi-tasking at work and forget a few stitches in a pattern. The only downside is that I get really bad pains in my right arm after a long day of knitting at work so I often have to take long breaks in between projects.

I love how sparkly this necklace is, it was distracting me all day! I won the necklace in a blog giveaway from one of my favorite blogs, Selective Potential. You can tell that she spends a lot of time on her blog and she that seems really genuine and friendly. AND she is super pretty!

Hand Knitted (Baby) Sweater

One of my co-workers had a baby a couple of months ago and I needed a present for the baby shower. Of course I had to hand make something really cute. It is the best feeling to give someone a present that you have worked really hard on and you know they will love. 

I decided to knit this wrap sweater because all of the reviews said that it is a very easy pattern. I thought how hard can a baby sweater really be? (Before this sweater I had only knit hats and scarves.) Their definition and my definition of easy are obviously not the same because after hours and hours of knitting, ripping out sections and then re-knitting I finally finished the sweater.  I was hoping to have it done by the shower but since it took so much longer than I had anticipated, it wasn't all the way ready. But I had to get it done before the baby was born. Luckily, I finished the sweater the day after she left for maternity leave. The sweater is made out of the softest cotton and tencel blend that is perfect for delicate newborn skin. 

The patten is "Judy's Grandmother's Baby Sweater" from Greetings from Knit Café by Suzan Mischer. If you have any specific questions about the sweater feel free to leave me a comment or email and I will get back to them. :)