Pattern: Beet by Norah Gaughan Raveled here
Yarn: Berroco Comfort DK – Lovage 2761-61yds, Rabe 2754 -50yds, Teaberry 2730-29yds,

Needles: US 4 (3.5mm) & US 6 (4.0mm) knit pick’s harmony interchangables.

Mods: I did not do anything different unless you consider threading pipe cleaners through the stems of the leaves.

Facts to remember: That the pattern might suggest something not possible like stuffing the body of the beet with stuffing and a squeaker after finishing the body. I placed the squeaker in the beet after the straight knitting portion. It might have been nice to have a casing that leads from the stems up the leaf so that pipe cleaners can be threaded through so that they have the stiffness of an actual beet with leaves.

Things I Love: How little yarn this takes. The fun photos that i can take with this piece and what pictures will be taken by our zany friends when they get this gift.

Reaction of the recipient: This is to be determined. We are giving this as a baby present to our wedding photographer and his wife who is a chef. The baby is due in June so we might have to wait till the baby is born.

I have been busy making upgrades to the blog and making things work again. We found the archives so those should work again and a google search box will soon be living on the blog sidebar so that you can find useful stuff within the blog.

I also have been getting submissions ready for Interweave. See they are all done and packed up to go early.

Now to my actually knitting WIPs, I don’t have many far along because I have really been into popcorn knits. I am getting really high off all the FOs that are flying off the needles. You will see them soon.

First up the Beet that made turtlegirl be interested.

I am pretty sure I am in love with this pattern, I just can’t seem to take it every where since there are several balls of yarn to use.

Next up:

This is the second sock for my BIL. He asked for Camo socks last year and loved them so I decided I would make them again. Well basically I will keep making them till he is sick and tired of camo socks.

Lastly

I have been working on a Firebrick Mitten.

I am doing this so that I can answer questions for my test knitters if they ask one where I can’t remember what I did and I don’t say in the pattern.