The duplicate Christmas Stocking is finished and will be handed over to its owner tomorrow afternoon.  A month's work leaves a very satisfying result!  I did block the stocking, and I almost wish I hadn't.  I think pressing would have done the trick.  Obviously, I couldn't use the exact same yarns as the 27 year old scarf, so I couldn't exactly ( Read more... )

 
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Only 2 days on vacation, and I've finished 2 projects!!

First up, a HUGE thanks to Jenny!  This is the lovely Cream City Brick yarn that she dyed for me.  To make this shawl, I literally used every last inch of yarn!!


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I haven't been doing much knitting lately.  Actually...I've only accomplished 2 rows on my sock.  I have to take an hour lunch at work everyday or I'll go into overtime.  However, I get so BORED with nothing to do!!  It only takes me 15 minutes to eat, and I don't smoke, so there's nothing else to take up my time.  I decided to take my sock to work ( Read more... )

I'm tired.  And all knitted out.  I have been knitting socks like crazy.  I have 2 socks going on at the same time, but one is a secret sock that you must wait until mid-June to see!  So to see these pics, you'll you to excuse the pajamas.  It's part of my coming-home routine.  You see, I come home from work, and change out of my nice work clothes ( Read more... )

Like I said, I'd post pictures of the baby sweater when it was all done.  Well it is!!  I ran it through the washing machine and dryer to test how it would hold up to "baby wear and tear."  It did really well.  There's a small puckering in the bottom of one of the sleeves (you can kind of see it in the pictures), but nothing to make it unwearable ( Read more... )

Well, it took me just one day over a week to complete this one sock.  I will be starting the second of the pair tonight.  I've been super stressed this past week, and the only thing I could really control was in my hands...my knitting.  I wanted to start something new, something that wasn't too involved, something that would give me near immediate ( Read more... )