A trip to the library

I returned the horribly overdue Mason-Dixon Knitting and picked up these three knitting books on hold for me.
Spider webs were on the lawn yesterday. Weird.

Summer=cotton knitting

One pair cotton socks complete, one in the works, and one to be reworked (again)
I haven't knit with wool in a while. I went to FedEx today and right next door is a craft store I'd never been in. I picked up one ball of cotton yarn to try out the baby bib pattern in Mason-Dixon Knitting, which I have checked out from the library. It's a royal purple, not the blue it appears to be in this photo, and I think it should work for a boy or a girl. I'd like to make several but the color choices weren't so hot. There are other places in town to try, however.

M-D Knitting is a book worth owning. There's a huge collective blog for people knitting projects in the book. Here's a completed bib on an unusual model.

Who?

My husband's academic advisor is expecting her second child, so I've been thinking of baby projects. And then I thought that I could/should make something for her 2-ish-year-old boy as well. He loves owls, and so I went searching for owl stuff. I found a free pattern for "Snoozing Ned" at http://tinyurl.com/falo3. (You'll have to copy and paste to see him. This company has a ridiculous "linking policy" you can find here: http://www.coatscrafts.co.uk/Legal/.) I also found pictures from "And So to Bed…Handknits and Things," by Lucinda Guy. And what do you know? The Ned pattern is by Lucinda Guy as well. Guess she's the go-to person for knitted owl toys. Anyway, they're very cute. We'll see.

Check out the lovely house the above blogger recently scored in Portland, Oregon.