Knitting

So, with a shop full of yarn at my disposal, how long did you think it would take me to start something new? Or, maybe, several somethings?

Let’s see. First I started the Omega Wrap, a möbius style wrap made with several different weights and textures of yarn. A good way to sample several different yarns I hadn’t worked with before!

And then…well…Carrie has pretty much outgrown the orange cabled hoodie from last fall. So I started her a green cabled jacket which may or may not have a hood – I haven’t decided yet. It’s the Duffle Coat from Zoe Mellor’s Double Knits book.

Finally, we had a couple of balls of this clearance yarn left, and I whipped up a scarf in a couple of hours and will turn the second ball into a hat. For Carrie of course!

Hopefully I’ll manage to finish these before something else tempts me! (Please let’s not discuss the other projects sitting around unfinished in my craft room…)

My newest project. So much for Project Spectrum…

My brother-in-law John requested an knit covering for his ipod nano. This is what I came up with:

(Although I have to say this little article makes me almost want the official pack of socks, just for the lime green one…)

Julia just posted a knitting meme – and since I haven’t taken any recent pictures of my stuff-in-progress I figured I’d do this instead. Pictures tomorrow…maybe.

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OK. You’re going to be gone for 36 hours. About 4 of those hours are going to be daylight driving time, another 4 are nighttime driving, and some 2-4 hours will be spent in a hotel room with a (hopefully) sleeping child.

You have three current projects on the needles.

So, you should:
a) pack just one or two projects – there’s really not that many hours to knit.
b) pack all three projects, because yarn is small and squishy and doesn’t take too much room.
c) pack all three projects, and for good measure take a project that hasn’t even been cast on, just in case.
d) pack all three projects, an extra project, and think about finding a yarn shop while you’re gone.

I should be worrying about packing clothes and diapers rather than knitting, so I guess I’ll go with option c.

I’ve been working with the same pit orchestra director for three years, and she’s seen me knit several pairs of socks during breaks over the years…so, I thought I’d gift her with a pair of mini socks as a thank you for being such a great orchestra director.

A cousin of mine is expecting a little girl in a couple of months. I picked out a cute little pattern, and I was going to do it in the pastel pinks, purples and blues shown, but then I spotted these colors:

Just in time for last week’s cold snap, I finished knitting my mitten-gloves! And then I determined that the leftover yarn I was going to extend the scarf with looked enough different that it would be better to just bind off. So I hid all the ends on the whole set, and wore them to rehearsal the night it got down to 1°F (before wind chill).