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Last month I decided it was about time I knit something for charity. A great yarn shop in Hampden called Lovelyarns collects and ships off bears for the Mother Bear Project. Each bear goes to a child with HIV/AIDS in Africa and I finally finished mine this evening! It was an easy project and a great way to get rid of some of my extra acrylic yarn. (No matter how many times I use the cheapo yarn in my stash it never seems to go away…)

I used Grad School Knitter’s version of the pattern which eliminated most of the seams by double knitting and knitting in the round. Double knitting is magical… by slipping every other stitch you end up with a seamless tube… brilliant. Just don’t forget to knit/slip the correct stitches or you’re in trouble. I also got some more practice at embroidery with the face. I tried out the spider web stitch and french knot for the eyes, both of which seemed to work out okay.

I haven’t posted a lot of knitting projects lately because I’ve been wrapped up in using Ravelry, which is like Myspace but way cooler (nerdier) because it’s for knitters. It’s fantastic because I can organize all my past/current projects with details and pictures, plus search for new ideas and patterns. Sadly there isn’t a public link to user profiles yet so I can’t share all of my lovelies with you. That being said here are some highlights of my recent projects:

	This iPod Nano sock I made for Amy has the coolest button ever! It’s so awesome and slightly creepy. I found it in a random bag of buttons that I got from the thrift store years ago.
	Here’s a super cute felted bag I made as a Christmas present for my Aunt.
	Nick’s awesome lightbulb hat!
	And a gorgeous hat, gloves, and scarf set I made for a lady at work!

I had some yarn leftover from one of my early purses so I decided to attempt a felted ipod sock. I just sort of guessed and hoped it would felt to the proper size and I lucked out! I’m very destructive to my things so it’s perfect to help further protect my ipod, which is already in a hard plastic case. I made it a while ago but I finally sewed a button on it last night.

I made this for my cousin’s baby shower. You can’t really tell from the picture, but it’s a light purple shimmery yarn. It’s a cute little thing.