They're all pretty self explanatory, I don't think captions are really needed. Alright, don't want to overload you on the cute, we'll move on to the boring. The knitting. Let's just get the orange out of the way first.
Yesterday I managed to work most of the foot at work. I was counting down the pumpkins I had left to work, which probably made it seem to take longer than it actually did. Just the toe left to do (yay!) which will probably get done today at work - hey, what else is there to do while sitting at 2 basketball practices?
Maddie gave her approval of the socks, and would like to get a bit more attention. She is very neglected after all.I was wrong the other day about my Tapestry Cowl. I only worked 3 more rows (to finish the patterning) and then the border.
And then it was onto Kitchenering 220 stitches. 220. I know that most of my readers are non-knitters and really don't know what I'm talking about, but knitters - you will understand. 220 stitches. Oi. And at one point, I was seriously concerned that I hadn't left a long enough tail!
But all was well. And the cowl is great. I'll show a pic of me wearing it another day, so that you'll know that if I had done the 20 more rows that the pattern called for, it would have covered my entire face.And now for a new project. After the cowl was done, I needed something new. So I started a hat:
Looks like a hat doesn't it? Ellie was most confused - but she was highly distracted by the fact that her fantasy players weren't getting her enough points (haha - she didn't check her roster and had a player and her defense on bye!). Anyway, that's what it looked like Sunday night. By Monday afternoon, it looked like this:
More hat-like right? Very interesting construction. By Tuesday afternoon, it looked like this:
Yay, done hat! Boo, it's too big. So Ellie might be getting this one. It's very soft and I'm sure crazy warm (50/50 wool/llama will do that). The Cascade Pastaza probably wasn't the best choice of yarn - it's such an in between weight. It's listed as Aran, but definitely works more like a chunky or bulky. I'll probably make another one of these, but with different yarn, and hopefully it will fit me. Oh yeah, the pattern is Quincy from the Made in Brooklyn booklet.Another new knit, is a Christmas gift. But Bridget doesn't read the blog, so I can show it. Soon, there won't be much that I'll be able to show so I should get it in now.
That's the start of an Ishbel. That is soon to be ripped out. Confession time: What I hate about my knitting. I hate that I have bad tension between my knits and purls. (Enough with the weird knitting jargon already!) Let me show you.
See those wonky stitches? That's what's causing most of the puckering in the first picture. Yeah, that doesn't go away with blocking. Basically what needs to happen is that when I re-do this, one needle needs to be smaller than the other so that the stitches will end up being the same size. And the finished object will be pretty. And I will be happy. Yes I am a perfectionist when it comes to little things like this. I can control it, therefore I can be obsessive. You'll see it again, and it will be pretty.
