Holiday knitting (again?) and promises promises

Wasn’t I writing about holiday knitting just a few posts ago?  Lord I hope it wasn’t LAST post (I’ll have to check that and feel appropriate shame if it was).  At least I’m talking about holiday knitting in August and not trying to cram it all in in say, November or worse, December.

But I have plans I tell ya.  I know what I’m doing (mostly) for the family and beauty, someone I was going to make something for has a birthday in January so if all else fails, I will just bump that to some post-holiday, pre-birthday knitting for my girl in Rockford.  Dad’s double knit headband is clicking along (call me nuts, but I dig doing double knitting – maybe it’s the chart or obsessive counting I do).  Mom’s present will take the longest – I figured if I can get a repeat done a week, that should do me.  I’ll have a better idea of how long it will take me once I get back into doing it a little more consistently.  Laura on the other hand, well her present has gone through like 7 forms.  I am pretty sure  I know what I’m doing for her (hence the mostly) and should be able to maybe even start that once Dad’s is done.  Alas all those have to wait for me to get a Christmas stocking done for a co-worker (long story) and a back burner project that will soon be an oil fire project if I don’t get moving.

Now here comes the promises part.  I’ve left my personal blog (well my other personal blog) feeling unloved and unused and I’m sure Yarnstories has, at one time or another, thought it had been abandoned (yes, I’m making my journals have feelings.  Shut it.) and I want that to change.  I’ve not been writing much lately anywhere… but here is my promise for Yarnstories: at least once a week blog about knitting.  I don’t care if it’s just a status report on presents or other projects…something will go in this big pretty blog once a week (hey look, I’ve got this week down!).  If I can do that, maybe I’ll reward myself with some noncommittal knitting.  Positive reinforcement works for me.

I hear that new Savoy yarn calling……

 

I actually do finish things!

I’ve been a knitting fool lately and it’s paid off! I finished the blue sweater for the shop that I’ve been working on. It think it turned out pretty well.

I hear it’s selling the pattern and lots of yarn. I call that a success.While I was working on that, I decided, why not take a class? Yeah, stupid move. But the class was something I wanted to take and the bag can now go with me on my vacation (tomorrow!).

Before I felted it, I wondered how this

this would be cool.

see, I hoped it would all come together. And what do you know?

Muzzbear says he’s ready to go.

I wish I knew why my pictures all seem to have a slightly fuzzy look to it. I must be shakier than I thought.

I’ve also been working on a lace scarf. It’s no where being finished, but here is the progress I’ve made so far. It’s on size three needles and it’s sock weight. I shouldn’t be surprised that I’m not going as fast as I want.

again with the blur. Ugh. I need to look into that.

Hopefully by the time I return, I’ll have more photos of knitting projects. And hopefully they are less shaky!

 

Update while the network is down.

This weekend was supposed to be a grand knitting weekend. Wanted to get the blue sweater done (note to self, add take photos of blue sweater and lace), wanted to work on the lace scarf, wanted to pull out my sweater…. yeah, not much of that happened. I think I did two rows of knitting on the sweater and the scarf.

But, I did get my hands on some lovely silk lace weight yarn. What I’m going to do with it is beyond me…but it might be my travel project instead of socks. I also took part in something pretty groovy this weekend. A fella (well, his name is Franklin, but considering I spoke to him for roughly two minutes, I don’t want to imply that we are super buds) out of Chicago is doing a photo project called 1000 knitters. I was somewhere (if he decides to use my picture) around photo 325. I’m really hoping that he does something like a book with the photos. I’d buy it. We even got Dad to sit for a shoot. He’s still shy about knitting in public, but he’s very good at it (knitting I mean).

It’s back to work for me…the network is back up. Rats.