Day Seven

I did it. It's finished, and it fits!!! I'm so excited about it. It needs blocking, but I'm not sure how I'm going to block it. I don't want it to stretch too much. I'm going to steam it and see how it does. Will edit with photos later. YAY!!!!!!!!

Day Six

Still no pics, but got lots done as it was a travel day. Finished second sleeve, ripped bind off on first sleeve and did ribbing instead, and finished ribbing at bottom of sweater. Also picked up stitches around front sides and neckline. Only have 3.5 inches of stockinette to do, bind off and block. I sure hope this sucker fits!!!

Day Five

Travel day so no pics. Only got about 3/4 of second sleeve done. Busy packing and doing pre-travel stuff. More tomorrow.

Day Four

I have a sleeve. It took several tries with different length needles. I started out with a 12", but it was really difficult to manipulate. A friend loaned me her 16", but it wasn't an Addi. Need I say more. Quick trip to Hobby Lobby proved fruitless. Went to a 24" and tried to do magic loop, not quite long enough, but made do with it.

I decided not to do ribbing on the end of the sleeve for time's sake, and just left a little rolled edge. It's a little wide, so I may go back and rip out the bind-off and do a couple of rows of ribbing anyway. So much for saving time.




Got some goodies in from The Sanguine Gryphon this week. They are Bugga! (did I mention it has cashmere?) in Northern Purple Gold Beetle and Love Bug.

I'm off to work on the other sleeve. It's obvious that I'm not going to finish before we leave tomorrow morning, but tomorrow is a travel day, which means a "knit day".

Day Three

SOCK CLUB SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






Do not go any further if you have not received your first Blue Moon sock club kit.





Here it is . . .




A great first kit including a skein of lightweight yarn, 2 patterns, a sheet of to/from cards and of course, Dyer's Notes.

The name of the yarn is Happy Go Lucky.

Oh, and I also got a second kit in the mail. A Charlie Brown Valentine's kit from Woolgirl.

A skein of yarn from Zen Yarn Garden in Cherry Mist colorway. . .

Cute little Snoopy bags, one large and one small . . .

And, as usual for Woolgirl kits, tons of goodies . . .

Last but not least, after three days of knitting, my Featherweight Cardigan. I have finished the body with the exception of 1-2 inches of 1x1 ribbing on the bottom. This is where I finished the first skein of yarn after the first row of ribbing.

I will pick up the stitches on the sleeve and knit those in the round on a 12" circular needle. It's a 3/4 length sleeve, and it's all stockinette, so it should go fairly quickly. Fingers crossed.

I may have overbought some Numma Numma at The Loopy Ewe update last night. Pics next week.

Off to wind that second skein of Wollmeise.

Day Two

Presenting a progress picture after day 2 . . .

After a minor setback (dropped a stitch at the beginning of a row and couldn't pick it up and make it look good, so ripped back 3 rows of 300 stitches), I'm back on track. I've separated off the sleeves and knitted almost 4 inches of the 9 inches needed from underarm to waist.

Back to work . . .

Day One Progress

Here's the fist day's progress on the Featherweight Cardi. I'm at about 7.5 inches. I believe.




Got some Wollmeise grab bags in the mail this week. These first 2 are Lila and Think Pink with colorways from top to bottom: Fleiderbusch, Der letze versuch, Tutu 2 and a very dark Dornroschen.

A Kunterbunt and a Gemischt: REGENBOGEN (better known on the Ravelry boards as clown barf), a gorgeous Ruby Thursday, Versuch I and Petit Poison Nr.5 dark.

Last, but not least Yarntini in Flirtini colorway . . . just in time for Valentine's Day.

Off to knit.......