This is gonna a be a pure eye candy post with lots of pics and swooning.
I went to Manhattan today to go to Container Store. Somehow, I wandered by Lion Brand Yarn Studio. I think the yarn fumes must have led me there. Anyway I bought the cutest button ever:
I also saw a button for spinners that said “Drop it like it’s hot!” I don’t even spin and I wanted it.
So I finally get to the Container Store to pick up non-craft related items. I guess the fumes were still lingering because I picked upflexible totes while I was their; the small one is working out nicely as a yarn bowl. The large one I’m using to wash/block small items like hats, etc. The best part is that they came to under $10!
Well, I got sorted into Gryffindor. I have to say I'm very surprised. I requested Ravenclaw and Slytherin as my top two choices. I told the Sorting Hat to place me in any house if those two filled up.
I have been busy knitting and plotting um... I mean planning my HPKCHC projects. I cleaned up and reorganized my queue. I'll talk more about HPKCHC and Ravelympics in my next post so stay tuned for that!
I finally bound off the Cordelia hat. All I have to do is weave in the ends for wip the 1st and I can get detentions points out of the starting gate!
So so glad I learned Magic Loop to do these hats. Right now I'm just doing one at a time. I tried doing TAAT but my poor mind crashed out on the second attempt. I modified this preemie hat pattern because I'm using Bernat's Softee Baby yarn.
I have become addicted to doing preemie hats. My knitting improves with each hat. I can watch Doctor Who while doing the st st section of the hat. Anything more complicated, the project is toast as you can see from the second hat. Great for those times when I know I'm going to have a long wait!
O.K. I'm back from the Pesach madness. I'm in the middle of returning the kitchen to normal.
I did manage to get some knitting done. I felt awful about dropping the ball in March. I was too frazzled. Thursday, I sent Hubster to Argyle to pick up some DK yarn for the Remembering Remy KAL. He also got me a 40" interchangeable needle cord and size 5 wood needles from Knitter's Pride (and yes they work with my Knit Picks interchangeable tips!)
I linked the original pattern in the picture captions. The first preemie hat came out almost newborn size - if a larger baby needs it they will have it. I do have to wash/block them but I won't do that until I have a half dozen under my belt. May, I will buy pink, blue, and white yarn so I can do more hats.
Still On The (dang) Needles
I made great progress on my Cordelia hat:
I decided to finish the hat using my new 40" cable and magic loop. I'm staying away from dpns for awhile. Those socks totally turned me off to them. Hopefully, by Monday I will have a full parade of finished objects.
So I've been MIA for awhile. I'm back. Nothing was wrong except I had no internet and I tried mobile posting once and I was done :p
Anyhoo, I have a finished object to show off and a stash flash!
Meet Peppermint Patty:
It's the Ribbed for Her Pleasure scarf that I was working on in March. I used Premier Merit in Kelly Green. I wasn't feeling the yarn so I switched it out for my Lamb's Pride Worsted in Turkish Olive.
Now HPKCHC is on break before the spring term starts so I organized my queue and my stash. I moved my knitting tools to a giant project bag while my Nantucket bag is waiting to dry.
I don't have any FOs this week. Thursday morning I woke up feeling like warmed over poo. Friday morning rolled over on me. I was so run down I could barely stay up on my crutches. So I'm curled up in bed doing a Blogger Mobile posting experiment from my Blackberry. *fingers crossed folks!* Hubster was kind enough to procure me Alka-Seltzer Cold along with a slew of various cold remedies!
Anyhoo, I did manage a few projects this week. For the Escargot hat I did gauge swatches for the Dragonfly BFL yarns in Espresso Roast and Poseidon. I made stitch gauge on the size 7 KP nickel needles (I like them a lot.)
The other thing I'm working on is the Ribbed for Her Pleasure scarf that I started last month. I did a modification on it. I am using Premier Merit yarn and I HATE it. The yarn just doesn't feel soft...it's rough like a cheap acrylic and it's 100% wool. So I decided to blow out the skein by adding a keyhole like S 'N B's "windy city scarf." I then joined Lamb's Pride Worsted in "Turkish Olive" after the keyhole. I like how this yarn feels. So hopefully that will mitigate the yuck factor of the other one!
So I can type via the old blogger dashboard but Blogger is not playong nice with my Blackberry. My Gmail has gone into the drink ever since Google r with the verification mess. Plus Blackberry has a bug with email on their end as well so really annoyed!
Now my nightime cold meds are kicking in so signin off before I ramble in my sleep :/
O.K. my poor foot has been subjected to a lot of trauma this week. Monday night, I stubbed my toe and cracked my cast. I saw the podiatrist the next day in a panic. Luckily, he said my toe was fine and reinforced the cast (only the tip cracked.) I'm telling you I got skills!
Here's some random sick ish I ran across:
Toilet Yoga - because sometimes sh*t doesn't happen! Very funny
This on the other hand is SO not funny but still full of sh*t:
Yes, some fools are putting this on their cars!
Now that I got that out of the way, let's talk some knit.
Spring, is almost here and I'm feeling a bit of dread. I'm finding warmer weather to be a conflict of interest. So this month, I'm going finish off the rest of my winter projects and start looking ahead to Spring cardigans, shawls, and sweaters.
What attracted me to this pattern is that I can make two hats out of both skeins of yarn. This pattern called for a cable cast-on which made me a bit nervous; CO 240 was tedious to say the least! For this hat, the main color will be Poseidon and the contrast color will be the Espresso Roast. So far, I'm liking how the KP metal tips feel; it slips between the yarn very easily and the tips are super pointy (but not so pointy to poke my fingers.) The metal may too slick for me. I will have to see what I think once the knit progresses.
Pattern: Ribbed For Her Pleasure, from Stitch 'N Bitch
Needles: US size 8
Yarn: Premier Yarns Merit in Kelly Green
I haven't made any progress on it since the last post.
Hibernating
I also started a pair of socks for the HPKHC Sock KAL but I'm not feeling them at the moment so they are hibernating.
The pair of mittens I started are also languishing. I don't even have one-sockits; I got nil-sockitis. I figure on finishing the scarf and tackling the socks before I mess with the cloche. I need to catch a case of finish-upitis right quick!
