blogging would be much easier if the only hour i spent at home during daylight wasn't bleary-eyed and pre-coffee. just sayin'. i apologize for the flashy, messy photos. i've been knitting my little fingers off, but i haven't found the time or energy to document it. i started my presents in august this year- i was going to be the first one done- the first one, i tell you... things happen. cobblestone is missing a sleeve and a yoke, but i haven't forgotten. there's just only so long you can have a project in the works before you really, desperately need to do something else.
enter something elses:
these two pairs of gloves are an abbreviated version of dashing. using 1 skein of cascade 220 wool- i'm guessing if you were frugal, you could get two short pairs out of one skein. i took 9 rows off the first 18, and another 9 off the 23 rows between the last cable twist and thumb hole. i tried the pattern at full length and at full length with fingers, but i wasn't happy with either. i think these are just about right, and i'm quite happy with them. i hope the recipients enjoy them. now this may be common knowledge, but i found this worked quite well: on the row after your cable twist, ktbl of the last stitch of the cable, before the purl. it pulls it just tight enough to avoid a big sloppy stitch on the edge of your cable.
there was also some holiday bling- but who needs a scarf when it's 60 degrees in the middle of january? it doesn't smell like spring. in fact, it smells weird and wrong- kind of like it would smell if it were 60 degrees in the middle of january... but that's not stopping me from having all the windows open!
more FOs to follow. eventually.
2 comments:
Photographic opportunities are very limited this time of year!! I did go outside and play yesterday, even though the weather was super weird.
it's like a magnet- you feel like you should be outside, even if you're in hibernation mode.
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