...3.30...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...I have lots of deadlines over the next month...none of them are causing any stress though...just pleasant knitting and crocheting...because if I miss any of my 'deadlines' there are other things I can do...I can just send one less birthday to Japan...and finish it up later...I can order a gift from Amazon and have it shipped overnight to my little niece...and of course I can wear something else on Easter Sunday...

...so about that little mean eyed thing-amy...this was the rather wooly (I'm talking about texture here...the yarn is vegan)...and I thought something a bit 'shinier' would be better...

...I keep this baggie in my stash BIN with all of the little bits from leftover projects...mostly socks...as I need those for darning...and I remembered these Black Diagonal Rib socks...

...and YEP...the yarn was in the bag...

...and in the bin was this mercerized cotton crochet thread...not quite as shiny...

...not sure what it's from...either a Church basement sale in North Dakota...or from that bag of yarn Mom gave me...it still has it's price sticker...so it's pretty old...

...and I think it might look nice with a little glint of white reflecting in the eye...

...so I crocheted a new eye...and I'm still not happy with it...the brown is actually too thick and not as shiny/silky as I'd like...

...but wait...I also made a pair of chocolate brown socks using that same shiny crochet cotton...there are a couple of posts about them...also from North Dakota...ONE...and TWO...

...so I rummaged through the bin until I found it...this ball was too big for the baggie...I guess...

...but you can see the difference in the two threads...

...so I crocheted another little eye...and I must say...I'm a lot happier with this one...I wove the tail through all of the outside stitches...and cinched it up a bit to make it a little bit rounded...

...the PATTERN...if you're interested...

1) make a magic circle
2) 8 hdc in the mc
3) sc inc in each stitch 16 stitch
4) finish with a slip stitch and weave the tail around the eye in the outside loop of each stitch then pull it up a little bit to cinch the eye into a little rounded shape...

...and then I stitched a little white reflection on each side...so I'll get those stitched on and they'll be 'safe' for a little one for sure...

...next up is a little giftie for my littlest niece...actually my only niece's little daughter...and I'm making her a ball...this one...it's called Oh Balls!...funny name...

...and I need six different colours...well you could do them any colours...or solid...but I'm going to use a bunch of girlie colours...pinks and purples...alternating a sweet variegated one with a solid one...

...but wait...I like this colour combination better...especially that old fashioned tri-colour baby yarn...it's very old...and I often use it to make my Super Simple One Hour Baby Hat...

...ok...now on to the Easter Sweater Update...I finished the bottom of the front...and separated the stitches onto three needles for the dart sections...

...and I knit the first one...and spread the sweater out on the floor and went to get my camera...and when I came back Kitten was luxuriantly stretching out on it...she's so funny...if I leave anything on the floor...she is ON IT...like I put it there specifically for her...haha...

...so I budged her off and took a photo...but she wasn't at all happy about it...

...and she said...ok...I won't sit on your sweater then...I'll sit on your pattern...it's MINE!...haha...

...what's in your workbasket this week?...

~Have a lovely day!