Follow my unending quest to knit up my fiber stash.
Friday 02 Jan 2009
Sweet!
How do you restrain yourself from eating lots of yummy, fattening food while watching the undefeated Utah Utes crush Alabama in the Sugar Bowl?
Knit a sock, of course.
Tuesday 30 Dec 2008
78
The post-holiday lull contrasted with the impending doom of NaKniSweMoDo, inspired me to take a good look at my WIPs and decide which I could finish before the end of the year.
The first was a no-brainer. It’s a Baby Surprise Jacket that just needed to be bound off. I also decided to add a collar which I really love.
Next in line was a pair of mittens that needed thumbs. Really. Just two little thumbs.
My Tempest sweater got buttons:
And, finally, I finished a scarf from some yarn that was given to me last Christmas by a friend:
Unfortunately, I won’t have time to finish a pair of Norwegian mittens that just need one thumb tip.
Instead, I’m trying to complete a pair of socks for DH.
After adding all these projects to Ravelry, I counted up my 2008 FOs (some large, some small) by checking my project pages and my Flickr account.
18 hats
9 sweaters/tops (2 baby)
5 pairs of earrings
5 pairs of socks (2 baby, 1 toddler)
20 scarves/cowls
2 shawls/stoles
3 felted bags
6 pairs of mittens/gloves/mitts
5 misc projects, including 1 dishcloth; 1 toy; 1 felted oven mitt; 1 string shopping bag; and 1 set of felted fortune cookies
5 “shhhhhhh” mystery projects which will be revealed in 2009, including three pairs of socks (same pattern), one small shawl, and one very large super secret project
Grand total: 78 completed projects
Now I’m off to count up all that yarn I’ve spun in 2008 . . . .
Sunday 21 Dec 2008
In Which I Repeat Myself
The holiday knitting is done. *phew*
I took a different approach this year and focused on just a couple of patterns which I knit over and over (and over) again.
Pattern: Baroness Beret by Susan Power (awesome pattern!)
Yarn: Patons Classic (Not-)Merino
Pattern: Forest Canopy Cowl by me
Yarns: Manos Silk Blend (the blue and rust) and Royal Fiber Spinnery Hand Dyed Alpaca (the pink)
Pattern: Bijouterie by Rosemary Hill
“Yarn“: 32-gauge wire held double
Mods: I made some mods to Romi’s inspirational pattern. Ravelry links are here, here, and here
Pattern: Sweet Honey Beret from Winter ‘08 Interweave Knits
Yarns: Noro Silk Garden Lite, Glorianna, and Cashsoft DK
Notes: I added some notes to my project page on Ravelry.
Pattern: Nottingham by Melissa Hall (one adult and one child size)
Yarn: Shepherd’s Wool by Stonehedge Fiber Mill
Wait, what’s this.
One more hat to finish. *sigh*
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