Hello gnome!

My first beard and it's really cute. Totally worth every bit.  If I went with this beard, I would have been finished yesterday (Monday) for a total of 19 days start to finish.  (That includes about a week of not working on it at all!)

Now, onto the cuteness. This is the beard knitted with Foxy Sable. I thought it would be too dark from looking at it in the skein, but when it's knitted it seems lighter.  The light strands show up more. I like this beard, but am open to others. (So of course, I'm knitting some more to test!)






Typical. Always involved in the photo shoot.


More pictures on my flickr page in my gnome set..

Hello

Just a quick hello for my first post on this blog. I think it's fitting that my first post contain cat pictures since the title is little green cat.

Don't worry, this isn't going to be all about my cats - or even mostly about my cats. But they are cute and they photograph well, so I should introduce them as they'll appear from time to time. 

This is Cassidy.


and this is Kaya.


I'm also going to import all of my posts from my earlier blog, since there are just a few of them.  That way everything can be together. So in a little while this won't be the first dated post, but it will be my first post here.

ETA: Well, it's a good thing I posted pictures first as they are all cropped off on one side! I'll have to figure that out later. Enjoy the part of the photo you can see for the time being.

ETA: (later) got that fixed now!

ETA: (later still) Sadly, Cassidy passed away on December 17, 2009 from kidney failure. The photo posted above was taken a couple of years ago and it's always been one of my favorites of her. She looks so satisfied with herself. What...white stool? Of course it's for kitties! And no, I'm not getting off. 

FO Pasha the Penguin

My sister's godmother is a really awesome lady. I've gotten to know her and really like her bunches. She's great. For Chirstmas, she goes above and beyond normal decorating and hires people to come and decorate her house. It looks incredible. And it is sprinkled with many many penguins. I had seen (and saved the link) to Pasha the Penguin on knitty.com, just saving it for some day when I would have the opportunity to knit it. I walked in her house while decorations were going up and BLAM! I knew I had found a home for a little knit penguin.

This is the cutest thing ever. I knit it up in a couple days and spent a Saturday while watching football seaming and stuffing. Oh - and one more day knitting a scarf. I just thought the scarf added a little something extra. (Plus, lots of the penguins in her house have scarves, so it went with the overall theme.)

Cute penguin!

Pattern: Pasha the Penguin from Knitty.com
Needles: size 6 - I think I used Clover bamboo DPNs or maybe my Boye interchangeable circs
Yarn: all from Michaels or Joann's -
Lion Brand Wool-Ease Solid, Color: 153, Black
Lion Brand Lion Wool Solid, Color: 187, Yellow
Lion Brand Wool-Ease Solid, Color: white frost - 501, White

Modifications: none really, although I did fold in more of the beak stitches (about half) to make a pointier beak and let those folded in stitches be the stuffing for the beak. Made a scarf out of scrap yarn. (6 stitches wide, as long as I thought it needed to be.)

Instructions are very complete. Great instructions. I did have to look up how to pick up the stitches for the short rows (my first short rows ever). Just wanted to make sure I was doing things correctly!

Top row: Under beak, close up of face
Bottom Row: View without scarf and posing with a kitty (Cassidy) for size comparison

Super Cute. I have to make one for myself! Lots more pictures on my flickr account.

We have a tree of beads!

It was inevitable that I would put the branches into tree form sooner rather than later. I now have a tree! Yipee! I just need lights and some more ornaments and I need to make a tree skirt. (and did you know that one of these suckers sold on eBay for almost $300!) Woah!
I present le tree!

Le Tree fini!


Tree with pen (for size comparison)

Yeah - it's leaning a bit. But hey - it's wire. I can bend it to straighten it out. Just didn't notice the lean. Of course, it could have happened when it fell over after this shot.....

Kaya loves to snoopervize.