And now for the long-awaited slide show of knitted wonders....:)
I'm going to go in order of importance, least being first and best being last. You know what I mean.
I am (slowly but surely) knitting a dishcloth out of your typical Sugar N Spice or whatever it's called (cream n sugar? I don't know, it doesn't matter). Anyway, Andrea gave me these dishcloth patterns that I think are kind of interesting...this one is called Columns, and I think it's pretty (and we badly, badly need the dishcloths around here...it's lousy not having a dishwasher)
Next, are a pair of socks that started out with the intention of going to one friend, but Grace looked at them when I was halfway through and said, "I really like those. When are you going to knit something for me?" I politely reminded her of the ridiculous lacy shawl that took me SIX MONTHS to knit, but then she got pouty and said, "but that was a long time ago and you just finished knitting a blanket for Corene, so I should get the socks." What can I say, at the time it was a persuasive argument. Grace got the socks. Corene will get the next pair.
Now, I have no attention span for knitting one sock at a time, so I shelled out one day for 4 addi turbos in size 1 in order to knit them in pairs...however, the yarn (Opal handpaints, maybe? Opal something self-striping. Clearly I'm not too with it today on remembering what yarn I'm using) comes in 100g sizes (one ball= one pair of socks). So I took the two ends of the ball and wound them until they met in the middle. The result? The socks are mirror images of each other, which I think makes them look kind of cool and Grace didn't seem to mind. This was also a first attempt at the after thought heel, which I think looks about a hundred times better when the sock is actually on a foot (which is, of course, the best time to look at it). Next time I'll get really daring and go toe-up so whenever I get tired of them I can just stop and call it a day. Now if only I could figure out how to make the kitchener on the heel look a little neater at the ends...
Mirror images:
Finished product, modeled by the new owner:
And last but not least, the long awaited wedding afghan. The pattern for this is called "Pleated Afghan," which I got from my mother, and the yarn is Patons Decor (this one I'm sure of). It's a pretty simple pattern, but I think it makes a gorgeous blanket and I did I-cord edging along the sides, which looks nice and is easy to do as you go along, not to mention way easier for tucking ends in. And the Decor is so soft! It was VERY hard to give away. But I know Corene and Dan will like it and *hopefully* get lots of good use out of it.
This is a little blurry, but I wanted to show an up close picture of the stitches and how pretty the colors looked together with the way they pooled.
So there you have it...coming soon, duck feet baby booties for baby Allan, a pair (maybe) of socklets (what are they? you'll just have to wait and see), and whatever catches my attention to start next!
