Norie was started and finished in two days, because I'm a dork and if I'm not at work, my fingers will find knitting. It's a compulsion.
This is only my second ever hat for myself, and I feel like I should have made more by now, but I haven't. I chose this pattern so I could have a pretty and delicate hat to wear when I need to not look like a grub. The only other hat I have was made so long ago, I don't even have a picture of it. It's super warm, but looks very rustic, and turns whatever hair I'm sporting into a wicked batch of hat hair. Now when I walk my dog in the morning, I'll look like a lady.
I also started and finished a single fingerless mitt yesterday. I borrowed Son of Stitch n' Bitch from the library to get the pattern, Beer Gloves, and the yarn was from my Rhinebeck adventure this year. The yarn is from The Fold, and it's Socks that Rock Mill Ends in a camouflage-ish colour. Very manly for Fuzzyhead. It's a heavy sock weight, which really is knitting up like DK, which is perfect for these mitts. I also renting me up a movie from the library, and while I watched Gatsby, I made a mitten.
I also got to learn a new bind-off, which looks perfect for all the little fingers. This pattern calls for an invisible bind-off of your choice, and since I had never done one before, I went looking for something on the internet. Here's a little link-love for the invisible bind-off tutorial I found that was very helpful.
The palm of the mitt has a textured portion, which I think is meant for twisting open beer bottle caps. Fuzzyhead will find it very useful, I'm sure.
The mitten mate for this one might be started and finished tonight as we wait for the ball to drop, who knows! The first one was a very quick knit, and I'm eager to get them done so Fuzzyhead can start wearing them and keep his little fingies warm.
Here's the progress report for the TARDIS socks:
One whole sock is done with ends woven in, and the second sock is at the heel flap. I'm coming in to a nice stretch of mindless knitting for the foot, so I'll be glad to keep this one on hand for on-the-go knitting.
I also started a very long-haul project this week, a knitted quilt with many tiny hexagons, made from all of my sock yarn scraps. Considering I make socks like they're going out of style, I think this blanket will still take me years to finished. Each little hexipuff is only about 2 inches across, and estimates on Ravelry say it takes upwards of 150 of these guys to make anything substantial. So far I've made three, and I've got loads of scraps to use up. I've been keeping all my yarn scrap balls in clear glass jars as decoration in my office, but now they will have a more useful purpose.
Now how about some finished projects from 2013 that may have been missed on the blog? I've been terrible for updating this year, but I've got a plan to remedy this for 2014. Keep reading to find out more.
In the meantime, here's the finished project round-up:
Big chunky cowl, I wear this almost every day
Maeva socks. Despite what this picture shows, they are done.
Turtle shell and hat set for Steph's little Hannah.
Paulie. Bam! Sweater that fits, and I look great in it.
I took a bit of a knitting hiatus over the summer when we moved, and when I came back to it, this was the first little thing I finished. A nut, for my chipper co-worker.
Plain and simple stripey socks, featuring Miss Babs yarn from Catherine.
Itty bitty socks for a co-worker's baby.
Annis shawl, keeping my office chair cozy, and quite often keeps my neck warm.
Hemlock Ring Blanket. I banged this one out in about a month, and it was so much easier than I thought it would be. Can you do feather and fan? Of course you can. You can make this blanket.
I've also taken to wearing it as a cape, because we keep the temp of our house at a nippy 18 degrees C.
And my Christmas socks, hung on the mantle. SO CUTE.
And while I reflect on all my knitting wonders from 2013, I'm already planning for a year-long knitting project. Catherine and I are doing a knit-a-long of socks. We're making the Harvest Dew pattern, and we're making it last all year by only knitting one row a day. In a more likely scenario, I will knit 7 rows per week when I sit down to do it, but we are forbidden from finishing before December 31, 2014.
This is the yarn that Catherine got me for Christmas:
She has the same yarn in a different colour, and we both searched for a while to find a pattern that would showcase the variegated yarns. Harvest Dew was a top choice for both of us before we compared notes, and we had a "get out of my head!" moment when we revealed out top pattern pick.
And as I mentioned above, I'll also be posting more in 2014 because I'll be doing weekly updates on the progress of the socks. We're doing cuff-down, one at a time, so you can check in each week and watch it grow.
Happy New Year!
Onward,
vrock
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