Friday, February 29, 2008

Finishing Frenzy... Not....

I try to be a good knitter... I want to get some of the WIPs off the needles... I do. Really... I don't need to be racked with guilt over every new project I want to start.

I even have a genuine FO... Nothing special just a pair of toe-up socks using my favorite "plain" socks pattern.

Pattern: Universal Toe-Up Sock Formula by Amy Swenson
Yarn: Knitterly Things Vesper Sock Yarn in Sherbert
Needles: KnitPicks Circulars - size 2

Unfortunately, I also have a new WIP to show you...


It is the Wavy scarf from Knitty.... This is a great pattern; I will certainly make a few of these. But I will slip the first stitch of each row to clean up the edges as they are a bit messy. Easy and fast to knit as long as you commit to knitting one full repeat at a time. It is VERY easy to get lost if you put it down for a while. For the record, that's Eli in the background. I wish I could tell you what the yarn is but it is just 5 balls of wool/silk heavy worsted weight cabled yarn I frogged from a project approx 100 years ago. I do remember I got it out of the clearance bin at Fabric Place in Woburn, MA -- not that it helps me remember what the yarn is.... lol

So the short of it is that my WIP list remains exactly the same length -- but at least it hasn't gotten any longer....

Friday, February 22, 2008

Hats Galore and, well, some other stuff...

Here I am again... I don't know why I am such a bad blogger. I have the best intentions, but it all seems to back up on me... lol You know the drill... I'll write a blog entry when I finish X (project du jour) and the next thing you know there are 4 things finished and none of them written about. lol

I have been knitting a lot of hats lately... actually I may be sorta obsessed with them. I think it's as much about the fact that I only have to knit ONE of them... While folks often look at me like I have multiple heads, the reality is that I only have to cover one. Two socks, two mittens... I am not very good a completing a pair of anything... Once I have completed one, I get half way thru the second and stall out unless I am on a deadline or I really love the project.

Here is my herd of Hats...

Pattern: Claudia Hat by MJ Kim
Yarn: Labelless Taupe/Purple Merino
Needles: KnitPicks Options size 4



Pattern: Belle Starr Hat by Anne Podlesak
Yarn: KnitPicks Merino Style in Nutmeg
Needles: KnitPicks Options size 6



Pattern: Shedir by Jenna Wilson
Yarn: Rowan Wool Cotton in Dusky Purple
Needles: KnitPicks Options size 4

For more information the rest of the details are on Ravelry. I am DogRunDesigns.