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!

Hey. What's up?

I am posting from the library. My internet at home is a bit wonky right now. I did manage to get a few photos uploaded of the freshly completed items.

The Silk Garden hat v 2.0:
1 skein Noro Silk Garden Color 205
US Size 6 DPNs
Basic hat recipe



And a cute little felted box:
Partial skeins of Yarns Brunswick Brunsana (Persian Yarn) in black and pale pink
US Size 11
8 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 3"
Based on the pattern in Mason-Dixon Knitting



The box has shrunk down a little more since drying totally. I might give it another round of felting. I forgot how fun these are to knit. I made a very small square on for Mom for Christmas and really liked it. This one felted a little better. I went up a few needle sizes. I think I got it prefect this time.

A HUGE GIANT FANTASTICALLY ENORMOUS Thanks to Lauren for my Lurve Package! I love, love, love the yarn. It's mouthwatering. The Swiffers wil help keep my hardwood floors looking lovely for photoshoots.
And thanks to Cynthia for making me the most lovely stitch markers! I love the colors. They match my Hourglass perfectly!

Thanks so much you guys! I was having a really crappy day and that really brightened things up!

ETA: Photos! I got them uploaded! Woo!

Home is where your hat is.

My little pink and green hat is all done!



Infomatics:

4x2 ribbing on US 8
Pink: Caron One Pound in Country Rose
Green: "vintage" Le Yarn by Pingouin, color 035 (80% Orlon/20% wool) Whoa, didn't know there was wool in that. Helps to read the ballbands...

Attn Lauren:
There's a penguin on the label. I kept it for you.

Hat tricks.

I have some photos of the finished and blocked IHS. It looks lovely, I'm just too tired to edit/upload photos. I wore the scarf out on Saturday morning to go bridesmaid dress shopping. By the afternoon, it was too hot to wear and it was happily living in my J.Crew bag.

I finished the grey hat for Nick on Thursday evening... And it was too large... It got frogged Friday. I'm going to re-knit it soon.



I finished the purple and pink Silk Garden hat, but I'm afraid it might be a little too small. I'm going to pull out the CO end and add some more length. I love the way the colorway knit up though.



I also started a very cute 4x2 pink and green striped hat. It's just some generic yarn that was in the stash, but the colors looked great together and I wanted to knit something especially for Project Spectrum. (I've been falling behind... I still haven't finished my grey scarf that I cast on at the beginning of this round.)

I have another hat in the works for as soon as Vince decides what kind of pattern he wants. He played in yarn for quite a while on Sunday night trying to pick out what he wanted.

I think that's all the knitting news... I honestly can't remember. I need some sleep.

Think pink!

The leg warmers are done and adorable. I ended up running out of yarn around 13" into the second one... so that meant ripping back the cast off edge of the first and just knitting until they were even. They are about 18 1/2" long. That's quite a difference from the 26" noted in the book. Not sure what happened there, but it worked out and I like them a lot. Of course, now that I've completed them, it's 70 degrees outside... although during March in Ohio anything is possible, so it might be -14 tomorrow.

I also got the yarn from Knit Picks today for my Hourglass sweater. It got here so quickly!!! I'm really pleased. The color is gorgeous!

It's Wool of the Andes in blueberry. The price can't be beat and it's very nice. I also got a ball each of forest heather and lake ice heather. I'm going to make a Hogwarts Slytherin scarf from them.

Pinko

I'm definitely going to run out of Cascade for the leg warmers. I'm really pissed about this. I made the completed one 3 inches shorter than called for and I'm still not even close to having a enough. I don't know if I should try to get another ball... or just frog back a few inches of the other one until they are even... Any thoughts?

I'm 11" into the second one and have about a 2" ball left... I doubt that's enough to complete 12 more inches of 1x1 ribbing.

One!!

One leg warmer done. Mwuwahaha!

I stopped at 23 inches. The fear of running out of Cascade just took over and after trying it on, it really seemed long enough.

I'm too out of it to take pictures so you'll just have to wait.

stinky pinky

I'm still knitting, knitting, knitting away on the first leg warmer. It's about 16" long now. According to the pattern, it should be 26"... I'm starting to think that maybe they made a mistake... I'm getting low on yarn.

Warm my legs!

I'm trying to knit my Super Easy Leg Warmers from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts as quickly as possible. I am almost constantly cold and I thought these would help quite a bit. They do not, however, knit up as fast as quoted in the book. I spent a good 6-7 hours on them yesterday and am still less than halfway through one. Aargh.

Fortunately, I love the yarn and am enjoying knitting them. I have a feeling that they would move along a little more quickly on circular needles.

Greys

Knitting something grey while watching Grey's Anatomy is great fun. Not that I got much knitting done tonight during it. I cried more than I thought possible. Whew. What a great show.



Mmm... pink...

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.