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Finished Project: Heart Cable Mittens

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Pattern: Baby Girl’s Sleeveless Gloves by Devon Clement
Yarn: Vanna’s Choice Baby in a light pink shade I can’t remember the name of
Started: December 10, 2011
Finished: December 10, 2011

Ravelry page

I don’t have kids, nor am I usually around any mini-humans, and to top it off, I have ginormous hands for my size, so I’m really hoping these mittens will fit the little girl they’re meant for.

The pattern page shows pictures of a pair of these mittens knitted with a heart cable on the front and another pair with flowers. I wanted to do the hearts but I had no idea how to do the heart so I sort of ran with it and managed to cobble together something that vaguely resembles one.

My heart was knitted over 14 stitches. I can’t remember off the top of my head how I did it but I’ll take a look at my notes and write it up.

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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

Ravelry page

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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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

Ravelry page

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.

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

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Finished Project: Aidez

Aidez

Pattern: Aidez by Cirilia Rose
Yarn: Lion Brand Chunky in Wheat, 6 skeins (I think)
Started: April 22, 2011
Finished: May 12, 2011

Ravelry page

I’m pretty terrible at posting photos of FO’s, I know.

This sweater was my I’m-tired-of-staring-at-forest-green-and-doing-one-kind-of-cable-until-my-eyes-and-fingers-are-bleeding-simultaneously project whilst I was scrambling to finish Boyfriend’s birthday present on time. I wanted something interesting without being too complicated to be a side project, but also something quick. Why I didn’t choose a hat or mittens or even socks is beyond me.

Aidez

It’s a little thicker than I thought it was going to be, but I think that will end up being a good thing when I move to the Boston, or as I’ve been referring to it, the Land of Ice and Snow.

My only gripe with this pattern is that the designer made an error with the lattice cabling in the back, and made the chart/directions in the pattern match her mistake. She points it out clearly in the photo but I would’ve liked another mention of it in the directions as you begin the lattice work. Maybe a huge red “THIS IS INCORRECT” next to the row in question so I wouldn’t have ended up ripping out eight inches of cabling because I didn’t realize I was recreating her mistake.

Aidez

I love when sweaters look tons more complicated than they actually are.

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Internet woes.

Hermione Cable/Lace hat

Having crappy internet is quite possibly one of the most annoying things ever.

If you’re out in the woods somewhere escaping civilization, then it’s pretty much assured that you have chosen to distance yourself from your addiction to the interwebs and that there is no hope of connecting anyway. But if you’re at your new apartment trying to post a picture of the gorgey cable/eyelet lace hat you’ve been working on and the ratio of time you’ve spent waiting for pages to load to time you’ve spent actually perusing page content is 4:1, chances are after several hours of contorting yourself into strange sitting positions in all odd corners of your room hoping to get your laptop within range, you’ll end up wanting to claw your eyes out in a rather violent way.

In related news, I should probably call my landlady tomorrow and figure out what’s up with the internet.