Mossy Cottage Knits

Still Alive, Still Blogging, Despite Appearances

Howdy, long-suffering and patient Dear Readers. The blogging continues to come and go, come and go as relationship issues come and go, come and go. Women! Bah, humbug.

In the Knitting Current Events front, the Four-Acre Sweater which looked like this…

…and which, if you’ll remember, sported humongous, sinkhole-sized armholes which had me completely cowed, has been reincarnated as a sweater based on an apparently-no-longer-available Oat Couture pattern with a broken-rib motif which starts small at the bottom and turns into a shoulder-to-shoulder yoke at the top. Very autumnal, very barn-sweater-like, if, perhaps, lacking a barn. (It also reminds me of a military commando sweater, but since the chances of my owning a barn are astronomically higher than the chances of my joining the commandos, I think I’ll stick with the barn theme.)

Much like the Four-Acre Sweater, this one is large enough to fit around an elephant. You think I exaggerate? I have proof!

Speaking of elephants, as a reminder, the deadline for sending items for the Baby Harris Project is this Saturday, 12/15. Rumor has it that the baby is due this week, so that deadline should be just hunkydory.

Precious wittle things are starting to trickle in, and each package is more exciting and intriguing and heartwarming than the last. First arrived these adorable and beautifully utilitarian socks from local knitter and fave blogger Erika. For me, these immediately brought to mind the image of a baby in an old-fashioned stroller where all you can see are two chubby legs and sock-clad feet waving happily around in the air. There may also be a coo and a gurgle or two involved.

Then came these from Maeve in Virginia, modeled by a holiday Christmas bear who has been taking diva lessons from Franklin’s Dolores and who insists the socks bring out the blue in his eyes and who was predictably reluctant, therefore, to give them back:

The socks were followed by this amazing mint and yellow cotton sweater from Kristen in Pennsylvania. Swear ta’ God, when I pulled this out of the mailing envelope, the whole room grew a little brighter and warmer. Look at those perfect stitches! And you just want to smooch the adorable buttons. I may actually have smooched them, but you’ll never know.

Lastly, Bonney of New Hampshire contributed three cuddly-wuddly blankets and a plump little bunny (who looks a little too scarily intelligent to be, in fact, a stuffed animal, but there you are). Is the edging on the purple blanket not gorgeous?

Incidentally, there were a lot of questions about the little red elephant that Marti made which was apparently knit using Ysolde Teague’s Elijah pattern, for sale here. If you want to see more "Elijahs," check out Ysolda's December 8th blog entry.

Thank you everyone for these remarkable contributions! I truly look forward to what this week holds including, I hear, a burp cloth and baby bib are on their way from Cynthia. Looking forward to those!

Posted by Ryan at December 10, 2007 11:53 AM