That was the name I gave it on Ravelry, to coincide with the fact that it was for the Harry Potter group. I know, roll the eyes. But seriously, I was really pleased with how they all came out. 6 were for Charlie and 4 for Sarah (to avoid the inevitable fighting, at least attempting to anyway). Each got a "bowling ball" as well.
Ellie was good enough to deliver them her last visit. But she didn't take any pictures of the kids with them. I hear they went over well, I mean, it's a penguin bowling set, how could they not? And due to the particular brand of awesomeness of this project, I won a prize - which I think I already showed on the blog, so I won't go searching to find the picture of again.In other knitting news, I finally managed to finish the Lily of the Valley scarf (started it way back in April if you don't remember, I didn't). Blocked it and it's gorgeous.
If I were to make it again (and it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility) I would do more repeats to make it longer. I followed the pattern and blocked it to the recommended dimensions (10"x44") which makes it a lovely decorative scarf that needs a shawl pin to be worn.
The lovely edging, and a close-up of the nupps (the little bumpy things that make up the "flowers" of the lily of the valley). The pattern is from "Knitted Lace of Estonia" which is an absolutely amazing book of lace. Every time I look at it, I want to drop everything else and work on patterns in the book.
I think that pic really shows you the nupps - which really aren't so bad, once you get the hang of them. The trick is to make sure that you knit them loose, and I like to insert the needle through the back and then bring it around to the front to purl 5 together - just works for me.I'm torn about showing you any of the other things I've recently finished. Most of them are Christmas presents, and while a few of them have been seen by the recipient, it still feels like spoiling it. So you might have to wait to see them until after Christmas. We'll see how much blog fodder I have this month - as I still have Christmas knitting and crafting to do.
In other news, basketball season officially started last night. The girls had an away game. Home game on Saturday - well, I say "home" but it's really away. The new gym isn't ready yet, so we have to go play at the dinky college gym we used last year. That I hate. With a passion. And Tuesday's game (which was supposed to be in the gym because suppposedly that's the first day of occupancy) has been postponed so that everyone can be trained on the scoreboard. Oh, and maybe our team will have had at least a day to practice in the new gym. I'm told that's kind of important. I'm really only worried that my training room will be open and the ice machine (which now has plumbing) will be up and running. Photos of the new digs when I get them.
