Posts from ‘February, 2010’

Ravelympic update

I still have half the shawl to go. There are only 4 more days. Yikes.

Hey look, more snow

This morning

When I got up today, my yard was covered in frozen slush.

Update

3 out of 13 short-row wedges finished.

Slow slower slowest

I just finished the first of 13 short-row wedges.

Shaky start

-I thought I knew how to do an invisible cast-on. -I did not know how to do an invisible cast-on. -I couldn’t figure out how to do the stitch correctly. -I thought I had figured it out, but I kept ending up with an incorrect amount of stitches on both sides of the cast-on. -At [...]

Antsy

I’m restless. I want to get started but I have to wait until the opening ceremonies. That’s over two hours away! So, I’ve pulled out my poor, forgotten Bat Shawl to work on as a warm up.

FO: Homespun Hot Head

The Hot Head pattern is back. I like this pattern, okay? Actually, it’s the combo of the pattern and the Lion Brand Homespun yarn that I really like. It’s nice and stretchy for my big head. This one is for M. She’s been jealous of my awesome hat so I decided to make one for [...]

Ravelympics 2010

The Ravelympics (Ravelry knitting challenge to go along with the olympics) start tomorrow. I’ve been back and forth about whether or not to participate this year. I have plenty of things to be doing without adding to my to do list. On the other hand, I had a lot of fun taking part in Ravelympics [...]

FO: Striped Scarf

I have to say, my scary pom-poms are starting to grow on me.