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  • Finally, some progress.

    Progress pictures!

    First up, for the kitty hat along:

    On 5 mm Denise needles, with Bernat So Soft – the seed stitch is a bit wide, but I’ll just do a little less stockinette. No rush on this one, so it may lay quietly in the background…

    Next up, the Ribby – an ethereal picture to make the black ribbing more interesting.

    A little over ten inches of the body is done.

    But I’m still working on the second sleeve:

    I’m on five dpn now, and I think it’s finally coming along.

    I didn’t knit much today because I went rock climbing for the first time. It was soo cool. I had really had an itch to do something that would make my muscles exhausted and sore (achieved that!). I’m not too brilliant at it yet, but I’m definitely going to be doing this often! It does tire the fingers though, so I may have to settle for only 6.5 days a week of knitting :D

  • D’oh, part II

    I knit almost the entire sleeve. It looks ok.

    Unfortunately, it is significantly smaller than the other one.

    ARGH!

    I’m going to have to rip it back AGAIN and do it on the double points that I did the first sleeve on. I think the Clover Bamboo size 10 needles and a lot bigger than the Denise size 10s.

    ARGH!

  • Busy busy.

    I have been sooo busy lately with school and work. I like to have things to do, but sometimes a girl needs a rest!

    I’ve joined the Kitty Hat Knitalong, hosted by Silvia. My little sister (she’ll be 11 this month) picked out some Bernat “So Soft” for a Kitty Hat a couple of months ago, but I’ve never gotten around to making it. Since her birthday is coming up, I figured it was finally time. After being spoiled by all the alpaca and cashmere at the shop, though, this acrylic is driving me nuts! Oh well, a few rounds a day and it’ll still get done fast.

    Working away on the 2x2x3x1 Ribby still. I’ve got 9.5 inches of the body done, out of the fourteen before the sleeve join. I think I’ll be lengthening it a wee bit, maybe an inch. I should really get started on that other sleeve as well, since I’ll need it fairly soon.

    Stitch and bitch last night at Lettuce Knit was great – there were *so* many people! Megan counted about fifteen, and there were some that were in and out. I think that’s the most people we’ve ever had in the store at once!

    I want to get pictures up of a bunch of the finished things that I’ve done this year, but that’ll have to wait until at least Saturday.

    P.S. Anyone want to try a seriously addictive game? Mystery of Time and Space.