Mulberry Lane

Going to start another cowl.

Gather around.

I took some photos yesterday. Woo.



The Dolores Park Cowl #2. It's not lopsided. I just didn't straighten it out completely before I took the photos.





The progress so far on the Peony Buttony. It's coming along... I was hoping to have it done before now, but whatever... I did find some gorgeous buttons yesterday at Shuttles for when it is done.





And finally, Meret (aka the Mystery Beret). I'm making it sort of extra slouchy because as it is now, it's baby sized. I'm going to do 2 extra pattern repeats. I'm still on my first ball of Silk Garden.





Speaking of Noro... my friend Ryan asked me for a scarf for his birthday, so I succumbed to the lure of the Noro Silk Garden striped scarf. I got some natural heathered Cascade 220 for the contrasting color. I'm using colorway 47 of the Silk Garden.

Merry Cowl-mas

Everyone gets cowls this year.

I finished my second one up on Saturday during another college football game. It got blocked on Sunday and is now in the Christmas pile to be gifted.

I haven't decided who gets what yet. I'm just sort of knitting things. I have a stash of dishcloths that will divided out the same way. One here, two there, stack of a thousand over there. I made a list, but frankly, it scared the crap out of me, so I'm not looking at it again. Every year, I make this stupid list thinking I can magically knit a hat for everyone I know and still have time to knit a sweater (or 8) for myself.

Oh! I found my camera. I'll take some pictures this week!

College Football Knitting

I'm recovering from a pretty nasty bout of food poisoning. So bad that we had to go the ER at 2:30AM on Friday morning. I'm feeling better now and taking it easy this weekend. I canceled all my plans and am buckling down to get some knitting done.

I need to do some finishing stuff. I knit a cute, funky earflap hat 2 weeks ago and it needs something. I was thinking of adding a felt flower to it. I think that would add some nice color to it.

I also need to sew the buttons back on my Sesame. I took them off several months ago because they looked terrible. I couldn't get them sewn on right, but I have some smaller needles now that should fit through the button holes. Now I just have to find the buttons... I also re-blocked the sweater last weekend. It needed a good stretching, the sleeves were just a touch too tight. It fits much better now although I could still use a little more ease in it. I never tried it on with a long sleeved shirt until about a month ago and realized they didn't go well together.

The Peony Buttony sweater is going well. I sort of expected to have it done by now, but life got in the way. I should be able to finish up the body this weekend and then hopefully get the sleeves done over the Thanksgiving break. I am worried about the neckline on it. I think I might have mentioned before that it's rather floppy. I'll figure out what to do with it after it's blocked.

I knit up the Dolores Park Cowl this week for Vince's sister, Julie's birthday present. It was a pretty quick knit and it very cute. I used two strands of Bernat Alpaca held together. It looks nice and is very cozy. I made it a little larger than the one shown. I'm going to block it out this afternoon and we'll get it in the mail for her Monday.

Sorry for the lack of photos, my camera is MIA. I have no idea where it has gone. It's somewhere in the apartment, I just don't know where.