Lacking a Catchy Title – Also Lacking the Greatest Yarn Ever Made

It looks like this week has gotten away from me. I can’t blame it on Harry or anything else, really. I have no excuses.

(I just thought of an excuse, actually. I did run a 5K Saturday.

So, I blame the rigorous training program for no blogging.)

I have been knitting, I promise. It’s just that the thing I’ve been spending most of my time on is un-bloggable at this point (but! there are pictures on Ravelry, if you’re interested – it’s the WIP with the “Bday” word in it).

Also, I am getting close to having a pair of Jaywalkers that – breathe your collective sighs of relief – actually fit. Here’s what they look like right now:

Since I have no other progress of note, how about pictures of yarn instead?

This was one of my birthday acquisitions from WEBS, intended to be Sesame. My plan is for it to be my go-to Cardi for the fall and for use in my igloo office. It’s a shame Jaeger yarns are being discontinued, but I am a shameless beneficiary.

I picked this up when Adam had his sale a couple of weeks back – I lurve it, deeply. It’s the Bamboo Grove colorway, which I think will be great for fall socks. The tragedy is that after the sale, Adam then printed his Love and Peace or Else colorway (picture here), and then promptly sold it, and now I am a very, very sad knitter. Those colors – the red, the black – those are UGA colors! And football is almost upon us! I love this yarn like I have loved no other…I MUST HAVE IT!!!!

Let’s talk yarn…

This is not a yarn cake. No, don’t argue – this is a yarn cupcake.

(Blue Sky Alpaca Silk for Mom’s Clementine Shawlette)

This, dear readers, is a yarn cake.

(Cascade Eco Wool for a project to be named later)

You don’t believe me? For comparison purposes:

I’m just saying it’s a good thing I decided to take that hank into Knitch (it’s the best LYS in the world, have I mentioned?) to get it wound, because I fear what would have become of me and the yarn trying to wind that sucker by hand.

<<In non-knitting news, I would just like to say that I cannot remember a time when I have not been a loyal fan of the Atlanta Falcons, even when they were really, really, really bad. Now, because of this,  Michael Vick is officially dead to me.  And until Arthur Blank does the right thing and gets rid of him, so are the Falcons as a whole.  I’m taking suggestions for a new team, if you have them.  In the meantime, I say put Mr. Vick in a ring with one of the dogs he tortured and see if he likes it.>>

How about something pretty to take our mind off of it?

Yes, that is the Mystery Stole #3, which I have decided to knit.

I have never knit lace before.

I have to learn to knit lace, because Anne did this.

So see? It’s all her fault.

WIP (Wednesday) Thursday

I so promise that this was going to be a WIP Wednesday post, for reals. I even started writing it yesterday.  But then I had to work late, and went on a post-rain bike ride (so nice), and made some pasghetti…and so time got away from me.  Thus, I present WIP Thursday. 

First up: Sophie, my first felted project.  It’s actually further along than this pic – ready, in fact, for a date with the washer this weekend…and then I need to find a button and some lining, which I could use some tips on if you have them, by the way.

Next up: the second attempt at Jaywalkers, in the larger size.  I am now referring to these as the Firework Jays, because I worked on them at the 4th of July celebration I went to, and that’s what I think they look like now. 

See what I mean?

There may be several one or two other WIPs.  It could be that I have developed a bit of startitis.  I may have joined the Mystery Stole 3 KAL, but let’s not discuss that, if you don’t mind. K? Thx! Bye!

WIP Update: Ester

Ester update here…

FO: Bennie’s Beanie

 And now to the second of the FO’s from vacation: Bennie’s Beanie!

 

Not much to say about this one – pretty basic, but I had fun doing it.   The yarn came from Knitting Addiction, in Southern Shores, NC – just above Avon where I was on vacation.  I had to stop by the store on the way in, of course, and what a lovely store it is!  I only wish it had been just a little closer to the beach house so I could have spent some of the windy afternoons there…  (Then again, I’m sure the rest of the family enjoyed eating real food and not yarn, so perhaps it was best for the vacation budget that it was a little further away.)

 

I did realize that I really need to learn colorwork, because the only think lacking on the beanie is the “OBX” that Bennie wanted incorporated in the stripe.  Not to mention some of the super duper patterns in the new Knitscene that require stranded knitting (The Stag Bag, Golden Road, and Highlands Zip, for starters), as well as the Tomato craze – it’s definitely time to get to learnin’!

 

The Deets:

Pattern: Spiral Top Web-Generated Hat, from The Knitting Fiend, for a size 23″ head

Needles: Susan Bates 6″ dpns and16″ circs

Yarn: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Black Forest and Lime Light

Notes: No earflap, cuffed with 1×1 rib