Grab some coffee, cuz we’re going to be here for awhile. I’ll try to keep the chatter to a minimum, k?
First: some more FOs.
Sweet baby cap!
Pattern: sweet baby cap
Yarn: STR mediumweight, henpecked. I still have tons of this left. Sheesh! Will it ever end?
Needle: 3.0 mm (I may convert to metric. It just seems the right thing to do.)
Started: Dec 24
Finished: Dec 27
For: Baby J, to match his mittens
Mods: none
The yarn pooled kind of funny. It doesn’t bother me, though. In fact, I kind of like it. Next!
Some neckwarmers
Pattern: Giftblitz basketweave neckwarmer, by Huan-Hua Chye
Yarn: Malabrigo worsted, held double
Needle: 8 mm (US 11–It’s hard to stick to just metric. My brain is trained.)
For both, started and finished on Dec 25, on the car ride back from Chicago. I think each took about an hour and a half.
For: some nice people. Yes, I’m sure you know who you are. :)
I got the buttons for these at Joann’s. Who knew they had such a nice button selection?
I REALLY liked the pattern. Thanks, Huan-Hua! They turned out fantabulous.
Okay, that officially brings my Knitting Wars tally up to 13. I’ll do the breakdown tomorrow, as well as (I hope!) showcase my last and most glorious gifty FO. Yes, I found something else. And it is BIG. I hope I can finish the damn thing. I WILL be up to midnight, furiously knitting away. Godspeed, good needles!
Now for some gifty things for ME!
Yay for knitting books! From top to bottom: At Knit’s End, from the blub; When Bad Things Happen to Good Knitters from my mum; Stitchionary 2 from the blub’s parents; and The Natural Knitter from my BIL and SIL. Thank you! I love getting knitting books. Isn’t it the best? I also got some yarn! Goody goody gumdrops!
2 skeins of this lovely tweedy brown Bartlett Yarn, 2 ply. I’m got this hat in mind.
1 skein of the same Bartlett Yarns in grey, for Gretel.
1 skein Habu Textiles laceweight bamboo. This is so freakin pretty. I don’t know what it’s going to be, but it will be nice!
All that yarn is from the blub. To be honest, *he* didn’t pick it out. Up there is what I exchanged the yarn he got me for. Tee hee. He DID get me yarn, though. But one I didn’t like (Tofutsies–no give! I started a pair of socks with this awhile ago, which are hibernating), and the other I didn’t like the colors (but it was 100% silk. He still gets major brownie points for that). I also got a pattern–the wonderful wallaby. Not bad, eh? AND, I almost forgot, I also got a KnitPick’s gift certificate from my mum. It’s not spent yet, but I’m pretty sure I know what I’m going to get. Thanks, Mumsie!
And last but not least, I got my winter swap package from the knittyboards! It came to my parents’ house on Christmas Eve. Perfect.
And perfect is the word I would use to describe this yarn. It’s Ellen’s Half Pint Farm yarn, 50% merino 50% silk. It’s from Jesh, of course. I think she must have crawled inside my brain and mucked about for a bit, because I love love LOVE this yarn. It’s really gorgeous; you’d have to see it in person. Believe me. I’m thinking of making some fair-isle mittens with it (these). Would that be bad? I don’t know how it would work with the slippery silk. Or maybe I’ll make it into a cute stripy scarf so I can wrap it around my neck. Or maybe I’ll just sleep with it. I don’t know. I DO know that I very much enjoy just admiring it. Lovely, lovely. Jesh also sent some very yummy homemade fudge, which is um, gone already. And some catnip stuffed hearts for Izzy, that I don’t have a picture of because they’re covered in cat spit and look really disgusting now. But that just proves that Izzy loves them. :) Also in the package were some teeny tiny little origami stars. Jesh did you make those? I wouldn’t have thought that human fingers could fold things so small. I mean they are TINY! Sorry I don’t have a pic of those, either. I was afraid that they’d blow away if I took them outside, and the light in the house is always poor. Anyway, thank you so much, Jesh! Should I gloat and say I knew it was you all along? No, I don’t think I will. I am above such things, thank heavens.
Hee.
Okay, I’ll see everyone tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed for me that I can pull this huge project out of my nether-regions.
Oh yeah, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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December 31, 2007 at 9:59 am
Batty
Oooh, yarn and FO’s! I may need one of those neck warmers. They’re fabulous. That baby hat is great too — makes me want to try for an adult version!
December 31, 2007 at 10:26 am
Andrea
I have four skeins of Ellen’s Half Pint Farm sock yarn that I haven’t used yet. I have to do that!
No give in Tofutsies? Hmmm. . . I may not like that. I’ll try it though.
Oddly enough, I think I have both colors of malabrigo that you used for the neckwarmers. I at least have the purple. Is it Hollyhock?
December 31, 2007 at 12:40 pm
weezalana
Oooo, lookit all the spoils! I vote for scarf on the Ellen’s. Can you imagine how fabulous that would feel wrapped around your neck? Mmmm…
Hope you and the blub have a Happy New Year’s! :)
December 31, 2007 at 1:04 pm
jesh
I knew you knew it was me ;) I’m so transparent I’m nearly invisible.
That yarn is so yummy. I think I need to snag some more for myself at some point. It’s just so smooooooth.
Those neckwarmers are excellent–soft and coooozy lookin’. yum!
December 31, 2007 at 3:03 pm
orata
Good luck getting that last project done!
I love the neckwarmers in Malabrigo! And your button choices! The toggles are the same ones I used on my Sunrise Circle jacket.
I finished my Selbuvotters and ever since, I’ve been obsessing over that Bird in Hand mitten pattern. Maybe we should have a mini-KAL! Your new yarn looks so delicious.
December 31, 2007 at 3:33 pm
carrieknits
Wow! All the FO’s look great! ANd the yarny presents….what a great Christmas!!!
Good luck on finishing tonight!! Happy New YEar!!
December 31, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Emilee
Happy New Year! That yarn looks scrumptious.
December 31, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Que Sarah
Such yarn-y goodness! WoW! Great FO’s! Good luck on your project! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
January 1, 2008 at 12:00 am
Nell
Cute baby hat! I really like the pooling because the colors go so well together!
January 1, 2008 at 7:49 am
Zonda
Nice gifts and yarn! Hehe..the STR skein that’ll never end! You should post just what you can knit with 1 skein…well, you know afterwards! Good luck with the knitting wars!
January 1, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Lauren
Wow lots of fabulous FO’s, and pretty yarn! Thanks for the link to the neckwarmer pattern, it looks like a great little project!
January 1, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Jennifer
Oooo….such pretty fibery things!! You must have been a very good girl.
Good luck on pulling that thing out of your nether-regions.
January 3, 2008 at 10:48 am
Macoco
The neckwarmers are awesome – I love those buttons. They go with the project so well.
January 6, 2008 at 12:46 pm
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