HPKCHC: yay I finally got sorted :D

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.

So yeah...ROAR!

knit it out!

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!











I'm still doing Knitting Brooklyn's Remembering Remy KAL.

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!

Spring Break Knitting

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!)

Finished Objects


Preemie Hats for the KAL

Karmaloop Duo

Pyjama Party Preemie Hat

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.

Cleaning House

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.

The bag o' yarn spillover:

And of course the doggy bag of yarn leftovers:

Now, I'm off to bed phew!