I had meant to post both earlier today and over the weekend, but the Little One has been just sick enough to be difficult, and I have been single-parenting since mid-day Saturday. I did get some knitting done, but no writing nor pictures. Finally, I did get some pictures taken today! Especially of the...
FINISHED BABY BLANKET!
Yes, I have a finished object. Its done, and all the ends are tucked in. Ready to be given to the happy infant recipient. I'm happy with the final result, but I stick by my dislike of the boucle yarn. Yes, its reasonably priced, but it is an uncommonly poor-quality for Lion Brand yarn. The picture isn't great - I'll be trying again tomorrow during the real daylight. So... here it is:
Ain't it cool?
Other Weekend Stuff
The Big One and I went to try to get the new Harry Potter Friday night. We had ordered it from her school's book fair, but we could redeem the certificate at Barnes and Noble. So, we hit the Big Bash at the local BN. Very busy. Unfortunately, we didn't stay long enough to get the book that night, as we would have been in the 5th group of people to line up, and the 2nd group lined up at 12:30. It was going to be a very long wait, so the Big One made a very adult decision to wait and we'd go out early the next day. Her _wonderful_ father tried to get it that night for her anyways, but was too late. He took her out first thing in the morning and they picked up the book.
And now the part I'm a bit sheepish about admitting... I had finished it by 7pm Saturday night. With a sick child, and no second parent in the house. Don't ask how much reading time I put in... you really don't want to know. This book is, in my humble opinion, the best of them.
So, to reward myself for both finishing the baby blanket, _and_ finishing Harry Potter... I bought the paraphenalia for Smooch.
Smooch
I started Smooch on Sunday during the Little One's nap. I picked up the Rowan Cotton in a pretty aubergine/dull purple color (I love purple). I knitted the first couple rows, and recounted - somehow I had 12 stitches too many. Oops... ripping time. I got back to it today, and have now passed where I was. (Have I yet mentioned I knit kinda slowly?)
Elfin Lace
No progress on the shawl - since the Little One was sick today (still!) I didn't go and wait during the Big One's cello lessons.
Sitcom Chic-inspired blanket
Since there are a rash of knit-bloggers who are knitting, have knitted, or plan to knit the awesome Sitcom Chic, published in the cool Knitty and written by the superlative Bonnie Marie. (Whew... that was positve adjective overload.) I'm in the last category - Sitcom Chic is on my To Be Started list. However, I did a blanket mostly inspired by the pattern. I saw the Sitcom Chic sweater when I first discovered Knitty and Knit Blogs, and this blanket happened....
I was really happy with it. I did it in Kool Wool from Lion Brand. (I really don't knit everything in Lion Brand yarn, but its inexpensive and handy, and each of these blankets have been in a new yarn from the company that I wanted to try out. Kool Wool = Good. I'd knit with it again.) Oh - that's Tigger looking out the window. I have 2 cats, a black kitty and a calico kitty. Both have longish hair. I love my kitties!
Coming Attractions
Soon, I will have the rest of my knitting gallery up and linked here. I'm working on it. Also, I'm putting a bio together. Just a short one, but I'll explain there why this is Hyvetyrant knits instead of anything else.
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