New Scarf

Since I had been making leg warmers for the girls I told Dude that I would knit him something too.  He was really excited about the idea of going to the fabric store and picking out which yarn he wanted... and, of course, he picked out bright yellow!  i was going to do stripes of different colored yellow because he had picked out two, but he it didn't really show up, so he just went with the brightest yellow he found.  he loves it!  And I think that he looks pretty darn good in it too :)



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Leg Warmers

The need to knit stuff hit hard!  I didn't knit last winter because I was training and running, but so far this fall? Not so much.  I wanted to make Lucy leg warmers the last time I was really knitting but never got around to it, but this year I did!  We went to the fabric store so she could pick out her yarn and then we got some colors for Norah too.  I had to remember how to knit pretty much all over again.  Lots of different lingo to remember :)

Since their legs are so short I could bust those things out in a few days.  They're adorable!  I like the stripes ones better, but Lucy seems happy with her solid color.  

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Knit tie

I decided that I should branch out and try something new besides a cowl... and with Christmas around the corner what a good time to start something!  This way I can experiment and give them away.  :)  I started with a tie because it seemed like it would be fast and easy... and it was, after I figured out this guys pattern.  He had numbered his stuff wrong, which made it extremely confusing but with the help with a Physics PhD we got it to work.  :)  I think it turned out very nicely and am planning on making another one for my father in law.  Next... maybe a skinny tie and fingerless gloves and leg warmers!  haha



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Cupido Cowl

Yes, the obsession has gotten the better of me.  I finished another cowl.  I think the pattern on this one might be my favorite, but if I made it again I would make it longer.  I gave it to Kathy tonight and she loved it.  :)  She told me that I should make more and she would sell them at her school!  haha.  Maybe that's a thought... feed my obsession and get paid.  ;)  I did finally get some yarn for myself to make one, so we will see how that goes!  I am still debating on which pattern I'm going to try.



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GAPtastic Cowl

So... I'm a little obsessed.  I like making cowls because a lot of the patterns that I like are pretty mindless once you start going.  I finished the honey cowl that I gave to my sister and then I saw this other one that I thought my neighbor would really like.  I think that it turned out nicely and she LOVES is, so everybody wins!  :)  I have started another cowl... yes, I have a problem.







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Honey Cowl

While I was waiting for my yarn to arrive I started a new knitting project.  Amy was wearing a darling cowl while we were Skyping so I wanted to try and make one for my sister.  She sent me the pattern and it seemed simple enough and it was.  I was probably about half way done when I realized that I messed up and had to rip the whole thing out.  I was annoyed.  For this type of pattern you have to do something called knitting in the round and they always warn you about making sure you don't twist your yarn.  Well, I thought that I had been careful and didn't but it turns out I wasn't careful at all and there were many many twists in it!  Eek!  So, I ripped the whole thing out and started over.





I was about 1/3 of the way through when I realized that I had dropped a stitch a few rows back so I had to spend an entire evening going back and picking it back up.  Well, I am happy to report that there were no more snafu's and that the cowl is done and I think it looks great!  :)

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Sweater progress

I am a knitting fool!  So far I have the body finished and one of the sleeves.  I had to learn quite a lot to start the sleeves, but now that they are started I feel good about it.  First time using double pointed needles, joining and having to pick up stitches.  I think that they look good!

Working the body

Doing the bottom ribbing

Body done!

One sleeve

Finished product.  I modified mine to 3/4 sleeves because I prefer that and also because I was running out of yarn...

The back... looks nice!

I have now finished both sleeves but I ran out of yarn... so I was trying to get more yarn and realized that they stopped making the color that I needed.  We luckily found the same thing on eBay so we purchased it, only to find out that the dye lot was a little bit darker than what the rest of the sweater is.  Oh well.  I think that it will look just fine having the finishing touches be a tad bit darker.  I'm almost done!  Whoo!

I am finally done with my first big project!  I did find that I dropped a stitch here and one there, but overall it looks good.  I don't think I would've noticed it but I'm glad that mystery of where I lost two stitches was solved!  I Don't think that it looks funny with the darker borders and I just have to put buttons on it now.  It's really really warm, so that's a plus!  It does look like it was knitted, but I think all in all it turned out well.  :)  On to another project!

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