it's my turn!

Unfortunately for us all (and particularly me), I've been away from home quite a bit this winter. Two weeks around Christmas, this past week, and then there's all of that work I've been doing. So I really haven't had the opportunity to knit, and when I have, I haven't been photographing it because of lack of sunlight, lack of space, and not being in my own house at times.

So here are the two things that have been worked on recently. Sort of.



Parka from Rowan 34 in Polar in "Dark Truffle". I bought this yarn last spring in a ten-bag from one of the lovely sellers on eBay (either Jeanette or Cucumberpatch, I can't recall -- I've bought from both of them and highly recommend them both). This is the back and it is huge, seriously. I've just finished the armhole shaping and then it's straight stockinette until the shoulders. Therefore, it is kind of boring (I hate the post-armhole shaping part).



This is Bob's Blankie from Wee Knits 3 in seven colors of Mission Falls Cotton 1824. Hooray! My hairdresser, who has seen me since I was in middle school and who saved my hair from the tragic state it was in, is expecting a baby girl -- she already has a young boy, but hooray, a girl baby! My mother is knitting a corner-up blanket similar to the one in my last post (you know, from November?) and this is the blanket I'm knitting. We both opted for bright colors, since we know she likes them, and it's more fun to receive colorful fun things than getting an avalanche of pink.

And yeah, that's about that. Except I said I wouldn't buy any more yarn for myself (famous last words, if you may recall), but today I went to the local yarn store with a co-worker who crochets and wants me to teach him how to knit. Rock'n'roll, guys. So I bought myself some Lorna's Laces for a scarf. Because that's totally what I need.

Well, it just may be.

Beret and Scarf FO

Wow, you guys! Has it been two months since I have posted anything here? Insert list of typical excuses here (finals, thesis, work, total lack of natural sunlight in Pac-NW during winter) and not so typical here (vacation + cute nieces!! Denver airport suckitude! Blogger transition issues!) and move on. The typical issues are here to stay, but that doesn't mean I haven't been knitting.

C'est Voila!


(I look tired because I AM. Sorry about the no makeup. I saw sun, I ran for the camera to get some natural light shots.)

This beret-type thing and scarf came out of a cute kit my Aunt and Uncle sent me for Christmas. Normally I wouldn't even think about making a beret, and I make a scarf about once a year and find myself bored silly while knitting it. If I have to do that much of a long skinny object, I'd rather do a sleeve- at least the constant increasing holds some interest. But Marks and Sparks made this set look totally cute, especially on their adorable model, so instead of making something like the knit star scarf on craftster with the yarn, I cast on. The yarn came with the kit and is acryllic, and not terrible as far as acryllics go. My main complaint is the kit gives you plastic needles to go with the well, plastic yarn, and that ended up being quite squeaky. Not squeaky enough to make me dig out my knitting stuff from a moving box, but squeaky nonetheless.

The scarf is my first bias knit, which managed to hold my interest for slightly longer than your average scarf. I switched to garter stitch and kept going until I felt it was long enough, carrying the yarn up the side. The beret blob is done to pattern, again carrying the yarn up.

Next time I will have a pair of Knucks to show, and perhaps some progress on modified minisweater- take two. (cardigan mini-sweater is not cutting it for me, back to the pullover!)