Mmm, protein.

On my walk over to the gym this evening a bug flew straight down my throat. I coughed and spit a lot but the thing stayed in there. Yuck.

I've been trying to find a knit pattern for something like this with no luck. Apparently meshy bags are only to be crochet. I've hunted through stitch dictionaries trying to find a similar stitch and no luck. Ugh. So far I've tried 3 different ways and everything looked weird and awful. I'm giving up for the time being.

I finished Branching Out last night. I need to wash it and block it tomorrow (since I forgot today) and get it in the mail. It was a very lovely knit. Great pattern and easy to manage. It did get a bit boring after a while, but that happens with any scarf.

What I'm Knitting Now

I still haven't managed to upload all the photos from the stuff I knit while I was in Ohio. I'm terrible...

But I've been knitting some new stuff so here it is:


A Herringbone scarf for Vince. It's nice warm Cascade 220. It's a neat color, sort of mossy golden-green. He picked it out.



My first lace!! A scarf for my Mom for Mother's Day. (She doesn't read this all that much, so I don't think I'm ruining it, if I did -- OOPS!) It's yummy Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK. It's coming out so well.

Back to the stuff finished in Ohio:


A great little stripey hat. I listed it on etsy yesterday. It's soft and warm and perfect for spring!



A pair of red Fetching. I really do love this pattern! It's fun, fast and cute. These ones are Rowan RYC Cashsoft DK. The smoother yarn really made a difference in making the cables pop.

I think there is just one more hat thing to be posted from Ohio. I actually want to take some new photos of it because they all turned out lousy. I knit a set of buttery yellow dishcloths for Vince's Mom while I was there, but I didn't take photos of any of them. I also knit a handtowel for our bathroom, I need a picture of that too...

I'm planning a hat for my brother's upcoming birthday. I picked out a pattern yesterday and now just need to decide on yarn. I started knitting some pieces for a new blanket too. I have no idea way, I just felt like knitting a big diagonal strip yesterday, so I did. It's nice mindless knitting since everything else on the needles right now requires lots of attention. Maybe I can finish it up in time for Christmas and gift it to someone.

I think that's it! I'm job hunting. I hope I can find something good soon. I need to make some money so I can pay bills and buy yarns.

Ahoy!

I just popped on to update my progress bars. I took photos of the completed hand towel and ballband washcloth today. I'll post them later tomorrow.

Mom is heading back to North Carolina tomorrow. It's been great having her here.

In sad news, the Buckeyes lost the NCAA championship. *sniffle*

Offline (sort of)

My Mom is here visiting from NC, so I'm sort of taking some time off from the internets. I'm still reading blogs galore, but not really doing anything else.
I'll see you soon!

It grows...

I didn't touch my Hourglass at all yesterday. I just sat and knit, knit, knit away on the hand towel. It's growing so quickly. I still have about 11" to go, but I'm really loving it. I keep petting it.

Slipper

Since hours and hours of tinking is not the best way to retain one's sanity, I decided to give the handtowel for my Mom another try. Cotton + metal needles = very sore hands. I need to remember to pick up some bamboo needles in US 7. I was originally going to do the traditional ballband pattern, but I've been curious to see how slipping it a little differently would look.

I like it! A lot! I'm going to make some dishcloths/washcloths using this now. Even the reverse side looks good!

Now what to call it...