Friday, January 25
And because we love modeled FO's...
Just a couple things
Picky Pants capris/shorts: Size small. Elastic waistband. Short rows. Cascade 220 (brown) and Cascade Quatro. Picot bind off (my first!)
A new large mystery item all for me. Size 6's. That is all. :)
The covers have been done for a bit. I have one sock done on a pair for me as well but no pictures until the pair is complete. That might actually prompt me to start and finish the second sock. :) I was thinking about my knitting the other night very impressed with the amount of items I completed last year (yes that's still lovely to me) and thought about all the recent new things I've learned. Elastic waistbands, short rows, picot bind off, and knitting on two circs at a time. They all make me very happy. I haven't branched out into the more complicated stuff (to me at least!) like cables or intarsia or anything but I'm still pretty impresed with myself. In the last year I have really upped my knitting skills. Go me. :)
Tuesday, January 8
Whew!
My dad also got his hat. Now the fit was forgiving on this. I did lots of extra rows hoping for it to be long and it was. My sister talked to him (haven't been able to get a hold of him yet) and he said it fits like a dream. I was worried it might be a bit big since he has a tiny head but apparently not. The extra short rows worked out well too. It's just long enough that when he pulls his coat collar up the hat stays tucked down in there so there isn't a gap for the air to sneak into. It will be one well used hat I'm sure. It's pretty cold in Utah and he does a lot of outside work so I'm sure it will become part of his outside wear. As soon as I can get a hold of him I'll get a picture of it in use.
I gave my mother in law her hat as well. It's not as long as I would like but she loves the length of it. I'm not sure how much she's used it but it is in her purse and her purse goes everywhere with her. She loved the color and did wear it around the house the night I gave it to her.
That's the only knitting as of late. We moved this last week. The Saturday before New Year's Eve we packed everything up and stayed with my in laws. We had no internet service for that time and I only had one knitting project with me (a pair of socks I hadn't started yet). The husband left on Monday and drove a Uhaul and me and the wee ones flew down on Thursday night (getting here at an unseemly hour on Friday morning). I've almost got the house totally unpacked and then I will tackle my yarn closet and everything that entails. The knitting will be breaking out soon!
And once that does knitting and blogging will resume a normal schedule. And pictures will be more frequent.