Look what I finished !
a stack of scrap afghans for the nursing homes. I used various acrylic yarns & 12″ square patterns, various joining methods & edgings. I think they came out great!
These are all “boy” colors, I have some squares good to go for “girl” blankets, but haven’t started joining them yet.
While on vacation, I also got finished shots of my wrap
and I finished my socks on the way up to Maine, too!
My lucky sock got to go on vacation!
Here he is, just cast on, on his way to vacation!
Here he is, at the York Wild Animal Kingdom & Zoo,
enjoying a nice ride on the merry go round
Here he is, the next day, having grown a bit, at the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge,
a little wet from all the rain, but enjoying the day all the same
Now he is at the Antique Auto Museum, where it’s much nicer than all the rain outside
The sock enjoyed camping, even though it rained
and even managed to get to the beach
Man, wasn’t he lucky, that sock of mine?
progress on my pax…
i’m on the lace part now!
progress on my luneta (almost done now)
progress on my bag
progress on what’s turning out to me the world’s ugliest socks
you probably didn’t even notice I didn’t post at all this week. I’ve been enjoying a break from spending time online & enjoying my “vacation” from designing, being online, & blogging. I miss everyone terribly, but I have to admit – I’ve been really enjoying not being glued to the computer!
So, a day late – I finished 2 pairs of socks!
Catherine socks, started over a year ago! (according to the date on rav, I started these may 15, 2011)
and a generic pair of socks using a bamboo/wool/nylon blend that’s really quite lovely. toe up, 64 stitches, & a simple (yo, ktog, yo, p2) pattern on the leg.
Both pairs are for my mom for christmas, she keeps seeing me knitting on the purple socks, keeping asking if they are for her, I keep telling her they are, & she keeps replying “I’ll probably forget by then anyway!” it’s now a running gag for us.
Look! I finished my New Edge!
This was a lovely test I did for a designer friend of mine. I just LOVE this & it is so much fun to wear!
I used a fingering weight yarn I dyed myself with kool aid. I crocheted a big, big long scarf like blank & attempted to dye stripes with it.
Very fast to knit, and the scarf / shawl is so much fun to wear. You can see from the photos, I tried to show some of the ways you can wear it. I just love the shape.
Before I get to the fiber fun, I wanted to let you know that I’m taking a break from being online for most of the month of June. I’ll still be blogging, but probably just one or two posts a week instead of more often. I really need a break & time to work on other projects – and you know, actually finish things!
I’ve been working hard on finishing up wips, & trying not to start anything new.
progress on a test I’m doing
progress on Pax, I’m almost done the body!
progress on mom’s socks
progress on the balance socks
and look ! impressive! I’ve been knitting on the catherines!
And not fiber related, but look, my cactus is blooming!
Howdy! Here’s what I’ve finished up recently…
some 6″ squares for charity, H crochet hook, various scrap acrylics
Balance Rock socks, a toe up slip stitch sock pattern. You’ve seen these socks a lot on the blog the last few weeks!
you can see here where I got the name of the socks from!
Ever done Broomstick Lace? I’ve played with it before, but have never finished a project. It’s on my list of things to do – someday. Here are some of the broomstick, aka Jiffy Lace, leaflets that I have.
love that vest, don’t you?
Remember the socks that mom fell in love with?
Well here they are!
And mom wearing them at the drive in
I’m not really sure why the can is in the shot, other than, at the time, it was really really funny!
I also managed to grab a few photos of a tunisian scarf I’ve been playing with.
I have some ideas for a new design, but wasn’t really sure exactly what I wanted, or how I wanted it to be done, or what stitches I wanted to use, so I just kept playing.
I didn’t want to frog each attempt because what if I changed my mind? Not to mention I couldn’t remember which things I had tried, & which I hadn’t. So I kept going, & the finished scarf is pretty funky, I do say so myself. It’ll be added to the donation pile.
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