Weekend O' Knitting

I'm not sure how it happened, but somehow I managed to get a whole whack of knitting done last weekend. I finished Chart A of the Mystery Stole. I was super excited, and then I realized that was only the first half of Clue 1, which dialed my excitement level back to moderate. Here's the first 50 rows:



I also: ripped out the one maternity sweater I was working on -- the yarn just wasn't right, cast on a different maternity sweater with some Punta Del Este Mericash...soso soft (note that neither of these patterns was written for maternity, the styles just happen to work), knit some on my Ring Cycle aka Dream Twist socks, knit the first of 32 blocks for Spartacus' (that's what I'm calling him until something better comes along -- keep those suggestions coming! There are already some contenders in there.) baby blanket, got my current projects into a basket for easier portability/protection from Becky/ability to find them, photographed (much of) my stash for posting on Ravelry, worked a few rows on the Pottery Barn blanket and decided to cast on two new projects (one for Becky and one for Spartacus).

I'm also going to drag my spinning wheel upstairs (it's a Babe -- very light) and do some spinning. I've got the fever. People keep posting pics of their beautiful handspun and also I just moved my fiber stash up to the stash closet so I know just what I have waiting for me. Alpaca and Merino and Silk, oh my! And while I was digging through those bags to find what I wanted to work on first, I found some beautiful handspun singles that I made last year out of some batts that I got at the last AC Stitches East (so sad that they moved -- it was a perfect weekend for Kit and me, because I got to do yarny stuff and he got to gamble). I need to skein them up and set the twist (who knew? This is what happens when you're essentially a self-taught spinner. Thank goodness for the intarwubs.) and then figure out what to make out of them.

In other knitterly news, I just found out that there's to be no Knit Out NYC this year due to a hike in the permit fees and some other factors. That kinda sucks. I only made it once, but I did have a great time when I went. Now I'm even more sad that I missed it last year (I was all ready to go and then I had a little panic attack at the train station. I think it was probably a little PPD, but in any case, I just turned around and went home.).

Let's close with some Becky pics, shall we?


The punk years begin. She even did it all by herself. I'm glad it's only finger paint for now.


The child does love her books.


"I bet I could wear this as a hat!"


"Look! I was right! Check out my sassy new hat!


"Get it off! Get it off!"

posted by Laura Y. @ 12:31 PM