the blue blog archives: flowsies, front and center

Starting the front panels of the baby daisy cardigan. More flowsies! Knitting these flowsies is really addictive. It's like doing the color stripes on the cardi raye. Each flower (or color stripe) is relatively small, so I rush through it to see how it turns out and then I want to just start the next one. Before I know it that one's done and I wanna start just one more. It really keeps me interested and motivated. Despite the constant chart-following (and the sparkle/no-sparkle controversy), I'm having a blast! Plus, I get to say flowsies all the time.

Speaking of flowsies, have you seen the sweet spring flowers Georgia has been crocheting? She's inspired me to try using my crochet hook for more than just rescuing dropped stitches and scratching my back! Gotta see Claire from my knitting group for some crochet pointers and I'll let you know how I do. Crochet flowsies, here I come!

posted by alison at 7:31 am | in baby (sweater) factory

Comments

I just love all the flowsies everywhere. I may have to try that design on a tank. I want to try Georgia's flowers too. Though I am very new to crochet, they are so cute I just have to try them.

And what a great shot of your little cutie surfing the web.

Posted by: froggy at March 26, 2004 8:31 AM

I have to smile every time I read about flowsies on your blog. So cute!
Can you please add me to the Spring Fling knit-a-long, thanks.

Posted by: Brenda at March 26, 2004 9:58 AM

We're all about the flowsies here too! (Although when my kids were littler, it was "flowtoos"!)

You aren't alone in having the crocheted flower bug either. I made some the other day for a felted purse (pics on my blog!) and now I want to make LOTS more!

Posted by: Christine at March 26, 2004 10:26 AM

Oh, it's like walking through the woods over here and spying crocus everywhere!

Becky has been going nuts over flowers here since Monday (some switch must have been flipped on Monday)--"AHHHH Fwower! Yook Mommy!" She gets all gleeful over stepping on them. I don't get the stepping on them part, but Noel seems to understand and he tells me, "Mommy, she just likes the flowers." Hmmmm

the flowsie sweater is turning out very nice--I wish I had liked knitting those flowers as much because they look so cute.

Posted by: Leigh at March 26, 2004 12:00 PM

It's amazing how quickly they find bookmarks. Liv can't read but she has the "look" of the names memorized, especially barbie.com. Oy. When I caught her moving my desktop folders around with the mouse, she said "But, Mom! They are like stickers!" Cute flowsies.

Posted by: Kerstin at March 26, 2004 12:31 PM

Loving the Flowsies!!! *lol*
Hey, can you add me to the Spring Fling? I know I swore off knit-alongs .. but I think I was just in a "mood" that day *lol*
Thanks!

Posted by: Carissa at March 26, 2004 2:15 PM

I love everything you're working on! I wish I loved everything I was knitting right now...wanna swap?

Posted by: gwyn at March 26, 2004 7:15 PM

Do you ever see copies of the Marie Claire Idees at your magazine shop? The current issue has this rug crocheted out of Phildar - it's like a little patch of pink flowers - for next to your bed. I can't really read French - I just follow along and look at the pictures, but I think they were crocheted - you might take a look!

Posted by: Ann at March 26, 2004 9:33 PM