I was so excited you were coming. So, of course, I knit.
By the way... not that it's a make or break deal, but I really hope you like hand knits as much as I do.
Pictures from an Airplane Ride
Some Things I've Made
I've knit and made a lot of things over the past couple of months... Most of them, I didn't even take a picture of before they went to someone else's house. In the spirit of don't let perfect blogging be the enemy of good blogging (or, hey, any blogging), here are some random pictures of things I've made and you get to see only because I was taking a picture of something else, someone happened to take a picture of me, or I happened to be playing with the camera.
Happy 2013! Hope it involves lots of knitting.
Not Pictured
During the past month I travelled thousands of miles and took hundred of pictures.
I took pictures of trees:
lakes:
the ocean:
sunsets:
and clock towers:
But not a single picture of my knitting.
Blue Sweater + Blue Ribbon
About the time I started Law School I ordered a boat load of yarn and started a sweater:
I'd decided it was probably safe to knit my love a sweater despite the sweater curse.
(I love Wikipedia and its little blue numbers...)
It pretty quickly became apparent that this was going to take a while... and I decided to try to finish the sweater before I finished law school.
I didn't. But I did finish it about the time I took the bar exam.
And this year, I entered it in in the Minnesota State Fair.
Mission (finally) accomplished.
Silver Silk
Annis Shawl
Yarn: Tess' Designer Yarns Petite Silk
Needles: US 6 (US 8 for cast on)
Pattern: Annis
Size: extra long: cast on 459 stitches
Peerie Flooers Mittens
These were incredibly fun to knit.
And had fun details like i-cord on the cuffs:
And a lining on the inside of the cuff:
(and lots of ends to weave in)
Flowery Mittens
Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed
Needles: (as recommended)
Pattern: Peerie Flooers Mittens by Kate Davies
Size: wee -- I actually took off the last repeat before the fingertips to make for smaller hands.
Now I can't stop thinking about making the sweater....
The Magic of RIT
Shortly after finishing these socks (Sundara sock yarn, Anne Hanson pattern), they had a close encounter with something red.
And then they sat... because I was afraid to do anything. But, finally, I got tired of looking at (and not wearing) a delicious pair of handknit socks.
So I threw them in a warm water bath with some RIT dye remover. And, what do you know? It worked!
Now... if only it wasn't too hot to wear wool socks!
Never Too Young to Rock a Handknit
Rock On!
