My knitting, and other crafty things

I learned to knit when I was in college and recently I've gotten back into it. Click the thumbnails for bigger pictures.

The first challenging sweater I ever made, 30 years ago.	I still wear it all the time.
A fisherman's gansey from a Penny Straker design. It's a three-ply English yarn that's practically waterproof.	A miniature gansey, a sampler, from Beth Brown-Reinsel's Knitting Ganseys. (George Cat provides scale.)
The pattern's called "Rocking Cables". The yarn is Classic Elite's Waterspun.	I liked knitting this one. It's a little heavy and droopy.
These mitts are Noro's Kochoran. I love the colors and the angora fuzziness.	These excellent mittens were a free pattern. The yarn is Rowan's Tweed TK.
I've made two of these hats for myself and a couple for friends. Get the free pattern at Kittyville.	The Equilateral Triangles Hat from Tradewind Knits. Noro's Kureyon.
My first Tomten Sweater from Elizabeth Zimmerman's pattern. I got help from the Knit Baby Surprise group at Yahoo!, devoted to knitting EZ's patterns.	Another Tomten.
My current project, a Lopi cardigan.

	I made this little quilt a few years ago. I like these optical illusion designs.
	This is a wall quilt I work on sporadically. It's a copy of a Amish wool quilt that was made in 1950. The colors are amazing. Mine is cotton. I pieced the top by machine but I'm quilting it by hand.
	Here's a close up of my quilting.