Promised Pictures

So, last night I promised some pictures. Here they are. :)



A nice little hank of the yarn I handpainted over the weekend. The ball is much more impressive, but I think the hank shows the colors better. It's got this crayon / autumnal / crazy-not-really-categorical colorway going on. I can't wait to see how it knits up. 100% virgin wool, so I'll have be careful not to make anything out of it that'll need frequent laundering.



And this would be the completed (finally) Mark scarf from Rent. There are no numbers on this scarf anywhere, so please don't start singing that damn song or I'll give you 525,600 minutes of me screaming. Happy Graduation Heidi (3 months late).


The last picture is of the "My So-Called Scarf" I knit for my One Skien Pal. Even though it took forever to finish because I felt like I never had time to pick it up and work on it in earnest, I really and truly enjoyed this project to no end. The pattern was quite zen to work once I got the hang of its rhythm, and all the tinking I had to do along the way wasn't frustrating. I did get quite good at tinking, come to think of it. I guess that's why I felt like I never had time to work on it. The pattern was simple, but if you didn't have time to complete a full row or pay attention to what you were doing, it was easy to end up with a skip in the pattern.

The yarn for it was quite yummy as well. New York Yarns' Caprice: 80% cotton, 20% nylon. The cotton was nice and soft, while the nylon strand added just the perfect shimmer here and there. And that colorway! It was lovely in the ball, but once I started knitting, I couldn't help but stop and look at it every few inches to see how the color was playing out. All in all, I think I'd classify this "My So-Called Scarf" as a Transcendent Project (more borrowed Yarn Boy terms). I almost didn't want to part with it when it was done! Hopefully, my pal will enjoy it too.

FOs are falling!

From the sky it seems! I'm down to just two works in progress on my list and hopefully, by the end of the night, it'll be just one. I'm content to let the Irish Hiking Scarf sit on the needles for however long it wants to do so. I like it well enough, but not well enough to ignore some more gratifying projects that are calling my name.

I finished the gift for my One Skein Pal. Yeah, I know, a week late, but better than not at all! LOL. I'll post a picture of it after she's recieved it.

I somehow managed to dye some yarn over the weekend and roll it up into a ball. A really really big ball. I'll have to take a picture of it and post it, but for right now I just wanted to let the whole world know that I'm finally cleaning up all my UFOs! No more shall I have a half dozen PIGS stashed about! I'm in a position to get all my Christmas knitting done before December!

Speaking of before December, I'd better get a move on the Christmas knitting. We signed papers on the house this past Friday, which means we'll be closing the Monday before Thanksgiving. I might end up having an unintended break in my knitting... move over Thanksgiving weekend (might as well while everyone's off work to help =P), finals the first week of December, graduation December 16th, baby sometime between graduation and Christmas, Christmas, post-partum recovery, New Year's, and the start of the spring semester's classes. This is going to get interesting.

late night edit: the Mark Scarf is finished (only three months after the event it was a gift for... thankfully, the scarf's giftee is happy as long as she gets it before it gets cold, which means I had about another two months to finish it!) Next time: PICTURES!

Cursed...

If you'll look to the right and scroll down my sidebar, you'll see a link to Yarn Boy. So, if you don't know what a cursed project is, go there and you can find out.


This, unfortunately, is my cursed project. It's ugly. It's out of proportion. It's making me nauseous. *cry* I'm going to throw it out and move on to other projects.