Finishing Up

Oops. I meant to post yesterday and got distracted by editing photos and playing on Ravelry. Who can blame me?

So photos! I haven't posted photos of F.O.s in a long time so I'm just going to make a little gathering.




1. 1978, a leftovers hat I finished ages ago but never got any good photos of it.
2. Aimee's Red Menace scarf. Was origianlly a stash busting blanket from DECADES ago.
3. Gryffindor book scarf for Julie.
4. Grey Cashmere hat for Etsy shop.
5. Green & White striped basic dishcloth for Vince's dad. Finished Monday. (I gave him a red & green on for Christmas but didn't take a photo.)
6. Oceanside Scarf for Vince's Mom. Actually has 2 more colors at the end but I can't find the photos I took of it...
7. Open Cabled Hat for Julie. Great hat. I loved it. I'll post more about it later. I made a set of matching mittens but the photos are on Vince's camera. I should get those off there...
8. Christmas Ballband. Another for Vince's Dad.
9. Purple & White Ballband. Finished on Monday. Just because. I'll probably sent it to my mom for her birthday.
10. Limeade Ballband. For Mom.

(If you click on the photos, most have more than one photo with them. I'm not writing out details because, frankly, it's all in Ravelry... and I hate typing out details. I only have details now because Ravelry makes it so frakkin' easy!)

I really like this project: A Tree Undone. It would be something Boulder-ites would enjoy. I found it via this article about Subversive Knitting.

Late nights.

I just noticed that it's 3 am. Oops. I should stop playing with yarn and the internet and go to bed.

Quickie update:

2 ballbands done!
2 diagonal stripe dishcloths done!
2 scarves done!

Woot!

I just cast on for a hat and will probably get started on the matching mittens tomorrow. I have a few other hats I want to knit but those can wait until after Christmas (they're being mailed places) and I want to make a few more dishcloths. And that log cabin... I almost forgot. It's growing. I need to spend some quality time with it tomorrow. I'm sure I'll need a break from insane cabled hat knitting.

It's the final countdown!!

Two scarves down. One ballband down. One halfway done. Log Cabin almost done.

Now I just need to knit some hats and a few more ballbands. Not too shabby. I'm going to be up weird hours this week because Vince has a million papers to write and I'm trying to offer moral support by staying awake with him. Which might actually be distracting him more... Anyway, I'm going to go knit a few rows on a ballband.

Some stronge language and violence.

Mesa Dating

Gosh. I thought I cussed a lot more. Whatever.

I'm almost done with the Bzzz Hat for Queen Bees (which may be the most annoying project name ever so I'm calling it the Hive hat) from Stitch 'n Bitch Nation. It seems a little large, but since it's a gift I'm just going with the flow. I really like the pattern though. It's an interesting way to add some texture without doing ribbing which I'm a little done with for the time being. I'm doing the hat without the bee buttons all over it. That just seems a little childish for me.

I'm going to try to churn out a few Ballbands this week. I haven't done one in quite a while so I'm looking forward to it.

I'm on the hunt for a good Celtic knot pattern. A friend wants a cashmere scarf with some interesting detail -- since he's Irish and I love impossible cables, I thought it would be perfect. Now if I could only fine one I like.

Speaking of violence (the title), we finally watched The Bourne Identity last night. Yeah. We were the only people on the planet who hadn't seen it yet. I enjoyed it. I like spy movies.

Blues clues

I couldn't resist the lure of new kitchen cotton... I cast on for a ballband yesterday evening and finished it up this afternoon.

I made it with 9 stripes so it won't be ginormous. I think the 13 stripes just make it way too large for me.

I added the pink stripe just for the heck of it and to add some more color. I have little odd bits left of many different colors. I'm going to end up with all sorts of oddly striped ones by the end of summer.

I've set a goal to finish my Hourglass: June 10th. I am almost done with the first sleeve. I'd probably be much further along if I weren't using the most slippery and annoying DPNs on the face of the planet. I get irritated after about 45 minutes of knitting and just end up putting it down and knitting something else (Noro hat, ballbands, etc...) until I'm less pissed off.

I've taken my little break and I'm all set to finish the first sleeve tonight while watching some DVDs. Wish me luck!

Ballband Hand Towel No. 2

My second towel. I just realised when I was adding it to Ravelry that I had forgotten to take pictures of it's progress! How dare I?!

I did stuff!

Pictures!

First, Hourglass progress. I messed it up a bit... again... but I'm going to try to figure it out and make it work.


Next, the finished ballband and towel for my Mom.

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*

Message in a box

Another ballband.



This one went to my friend Aimee in Nebraska along with some wonderful tea and some silly toys. I wanted to wait until she actually got it before I posted it and then forgot to post it until today.

I made it with only 10 repeats. I find I really like that size a lot better. The 13 repeats make them just a little too large.

December is flying by...

Ballband number 4 is done. I finished it Saturday (I think...) and cast on for another one last night.

Same colors as 3, just reversed.

I re-cast on for the Twiggy Bobble Hat today -- at work. I always forget how odd people find it when I randomly break out the knitting. I really don't think it's that odd... but that's me. I had people stopping by my desk all through my break (a measly 15 minutes people! I don't want to spend the entire time telling you that I'm knitting a hat and yes it takes 5 needles and no, this isn't the thing with the hook and no, I'm not crocheting. Sorry.... mini-rant) and then later in the day because I left it sitting on my desk next to my computer.

Um... I just totally blanked and forgot what else I was going to blog about. Yeah. I need a nap.

Three, it's the magic number.

3 in a week! Woo!



Lily Sugar 'n Cream in Dark Pine and Natural Ombre


And just because the other photo of number 2 was taken at night and looks really dark and wonky...

Another one bites the dust.

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Originally uploaded by museumatpurgatory.

Second ballband down! I started it yesterday evening, but didn't really knit a lot. I knock out the majority of it this afternoon.

Same needles and pattern as yesterday.
Same brand of yarn this time in Strawberry Passion, Wine and Cherry Swirl.

I'm off to start another!

One down...

A million to go! Well, maybe not a million, but a lot to go.

I knit my first ballband dishcloth yesterday. It's adorable and knit up so quickly!

ETA: I forgot the specs... Durrr...

Ballband Dishcloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting.

Size 7 US metal (crap needles that I hate.)

Lily Sugar'n Cream in Strawberry Passion & White

Started about 3 pm 11/27/06, finished about 2 am 11/28/06. (I have a cold so I'm sleeping in weird bursts hence the being up and knitting at 2 am.)