All the ends are finally woven in, and the blanket has been given to this tiny fellow:
He is really so tiny and darling that it makes my voice go up an octave just to think of him.
My Girlie was never that tiny.
That tiny head needs a tiny hat, don't you think?
OH MY GOSH! Baby knitting is really, REALLY fun!!!
That's what the month of March has been. A whirl of social/family events, including Mom and Dad's 60th wedding anniversary. Holy Cow, can you imagine? And they're still so cute, right?
I'm up to my eyeballs at work, but we don't need to discuss that as I'm sure you all experience that from time to time. I'm finishing up the first Runagogo challenge. Check out the total in the sidebar, people - I think I can easily make 200 miles by Saturday! And the Log Cabin, which was at 5 ounces the last time you heard about it has grown to a hefty 10 ounces by this morning:
Let's see, 10 oz. x 180 yards = 1800 yards
That's over a mile, people! That's the good news. The bad news is I still have three sides of the border to knit by Friday:
And all these ends to weave in:
Like I said, BUSY.
And then there's these Knucks:
Black sock yarn, doubled (Double the mileage). The jury's out on whether I like this pattern. I'll let you know how I feel when I finally have a pair.
I am lovin' knitting this sock-yarn log cabin blanket, but it's outgrown the needles I'm using. I'll buy a circular on my way home today. US size 2. Sock yarn leftovers. Garter stitch. Easy. I'm wondering how big it would have to be to equal a mile of sock yarn.
Other knitting news:
I forgot to tell you that when I was at the peace march on Saturday, I spied a very nicely dressed lady, wearing a lovely felted bowler. "I love your hat," I said. "Did you knit it yourself?" "Oh, no," she said, "someone at the theater in Berkeley did." "Pamela?" I asked. (My darling Pamela? I thought, incredulously) Yup, that's who. I knew this hat when.
She told me she wanted to present a dignified persona at the peace march. I think she pulled it off, don't you?
And if I don't pick up a UFO TODAY, people, I will be out of compliance with the UFO Resurrection Challenge. So I will resurrect Charley, and take him with me to Jill's knit nite (which will be at Rachel's today). I intend to do make some serious progress. Or at least figure out where I am and where I need to go.
Don't forget to start making your preparations for Super International Pajama Day. I'll hope to hear from all of you who are lounging your Sunday away.
As part of the Lime & Violet Sock Marathon, I'm trying to knit a mile of sock yarn by March 31. A mile, people, is 5-6 pairs of socks worth of sock yarn. And I'm this far on my first pair of socks for 2007:
One and a half socks, people. In 23 days. Not even a whole pair.
At this rate, I might be able to get three pairs of socks by the end of the marathon. That would not equal a mile of sock yarn.
So, I've embarked on (yet) another project using sock yarn. Remember this?
It's my stash of leftover sock yarn. There's at least a mile of sock yarn in this bag, so on Sunday, I took a page out of the Mason-Dixon Knitting book (not literally, I would never do that to a beautiful knitting book like that!) and look what I started:
From leftovers, people. And it goes quite fast. More mileage here I come.
