Mooving

I may have mentioned that I was going to be spending this weekend moving. Holy crap, it took ages.

First we had to take my bed apart and move it over to Boyfriend’s grandma’s house, take hers apart and move it out, and move mine in and set it up. Then we moved everything out of my studio and cleaned the whole thing, drove separately down to the Mum’s house half an hour away, and move stuff back in. There may have been a nap squeezed in there somewhere.

Holy crap though, it’s so nice to wake up whenever the hell I want and do nothing all day. I’ve been bonding with my Nook in the sun today and I’m already a few shades darker (YAY no more fog-dweller paleness).

Anyway, the point is, I’m about 75% done with Little Birds but I’ve been neglecting it dreadfully so I don’t really have pictures to post. But! I have time now so pictures will be coming soon. I really want to do a nice fitted cardigan but I can’t decide which. Right now I’m leaning toward the orangey Jane Richmond one that I can’t remember the name of. I also can’t wait for the pattern for the brown Ron sweater to be released. Boyfriend’s totally getting that for Christmas. I think I’m also going to try to finish those cozy booties too although 85 degree weather isn’t doing much to inspire an onpour of knitwear projects..

Fun fact: I’m going to Vegas in a week!

Finished Project: Blueberry Waffle Socks

Blueberry Waffle Socks

Pattern: Blueberry Waffle Socks by Sandy Turner
Yarn: Knit Picks Stroll DK in Indigo, 3 skeins
Started: June 10, 2011
Finished: June 19, 2011

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These socks are so delicious, I’m pretty excited for it to be cold so I can wear them.

I made them knee-length so they can stick out of boots.

Blueberry Waffle Socks

Now I need to get a pair of rain boots. And knit about five more pairs of these.

 

 

 

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Finished Project: Demi

Demi

Pattern: Demi by Kim Hargreaves
Yarn: Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool, 2 skeins
Started: June 19, 2011
Finished: July 8, 2011

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I know I’ve said it a thousand times by now, but holy crap this sweater knitted up so fast!

I’d been wanting to make it for ages but I’d never made a cabled sweater before and thought I should get some practice by working on a free pattern before spending money on something I might decide was too hard.

Yeah, in retrospect, that was a really backwards plan. Mostly because the free “practice” pattern turned out to be Beatnik, which was so much harder. And in the end, I got Vintage Knits from the library and didn’t pay a penny for the Demi pattern anyway.

Demi

This pattern though! I love it. It’s one of those patterns that’s just hard enough to not be monotonous but still doable without checking the charts every other row, which is a good thing because the charts in the book are tiny. Anyway, the point is I’m pretty sure this pattern is magical because every time I sat down to knit, I would suddenly look down and notice that I’d cranked out several inches in an impossibly short amount of time.

Demi

No, seriously. It’s like fairies jump out and knit for me while I’m not paying attention.

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Harry Potter squee halp yee!

Call me a dork but I cannot for the life of me decide what to wear to see the last Harry Potter movie next week. (I bought tickets last night and have been flipflopping on what to wear ever since. How I do suffer with these dilemmas.)

Option #1 is the dress. My sister thinks I should go with this one, and I’m kind of leaning toward it just slightly. Except sitting through a two hour movie in a chiffon dress is not exactly the definition of comfort. Except it’s the last Harry Potter movie so comfort schmomfort. I once went to a Lord of the Rings premiere in a full length elf gown, complete with a velvet cape. But no one needs to know about the days when I was super cool.

Hermione red dress progress 3

But then there’s the sweater! This was the sweater that I saw in the Deathly Hallows Part 1 that made me pick up knitting! I feel like it would only be appropriate to wear it to see Part 2.

Hermione Fair Isle

And then of course there’s the Gryffindor scarf but I might drape that around Boyfriend’s neck when he’s not looking.

HALP!

 

 

 

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Finished Project: Beatnik

Beatnik

Pattern: Beatnik by Norah Gaughan
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Barn Red, 6 skeins (I think)
Started: March 12, 2011
Finished: June 24, 2011

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For a while I didn’t think I was actually going to finish this sweater. This is by far the most complicated sweater project I’ve done yet. I’m blaming the fact that nearly every damn line of the chart has a cable or three so it’s impossible to memorize.

Beatnik

I’ve gotten to the point where I can crank out quite a few inches of knitting in a night after work, but I came to a grinding halt with this sweater for a few weeks because the most I could finish in one night was one pattern repeat. It was far too complex to bring as a travel project, what with having to check the chart every few stitches. And once I’ve finished the back panel I just couldn’t bring myself to jump into doing it all over again for the front.

But now, it’s done! And it’s glorious.

Beatnik

And thank god it fits, or there would’ve been weeping.

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