That's my "OMG Do you know what this means" face!
What does it mean? It means:
That's what it means!!
They're the Urban Necessity gloves (Ravelry link) from old school MagKnits (the designer is offering the pattern on her website). I used size 8 needles and Misti Alpaca Chunky. I have a whole hank and a quite a bit of a cake left (I bought three skeins) and I'll probably use that to make a cowl out of.
I hated this pattern. It had nothing to do with anything. I just don't like knitting gloves and mittens. They turned out quite well though and I don't think you can tell how much I hated knitting them. I should mention that the pattern was quite easy to follow.
So this is the status (I just like showing that things have been crossed off, I'm not trying to gloat really):
Socks for Stan's MomDairy Queen Hat for Stan's NieceJacques Cousteau hat for Stan's NephewHalf Socks for my brother's girlfriend"Almost A Mystery" project for BethFlap mittens for my bossPuff Daddy for Cousin SarahPuff Daddy for Cousin Rebecca
Jenn vs. Christmas
Jenn: 8 Christmas: 2
JENN WINS CHRISTMAS!
So what am I going to do with myself? Well, I'm preparing myself mentally for knitting with the luscious Malabrigo I picked up back in October. I'll be turning it into a nifty little Bog Jacket from Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Around. I've been waiting so patiently to get done with all my Christmas knitting so I could get around to this project. Now I'll just make myself wait a bit longer until I can get the Hemlock Ring blanket to a nice size.
I took the Hemlonck Ring Blanket workshop at The Point. I'm way far away from being close to even halfway done with it, but I think it's coming quite nicely.
I wasn't sure if the marled colors were going to show off the design of the blanket, but I think it's turning out ok. I really couldn't decide if I wanted to knit it in grey or if i wanted to knit it in brown, so I decided to knit with a color-way that had it all.
4 comments:
WooHOO! Congratulations! And such an early and decisive win.
Congrats! I'm still not sure where I am with my Christmas knitting because I'm mostly making small projects, so I keep thinking of projects I could add to my list.
Yay! Thanks! I think I want to knit a few snowflake ornaments, but they're not necessarily gits per-se.
You rock!
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