Thursday, February 5, 2009

Yea...Goodies!

My mailbox had goodies in it yesterday. My order from Robyn's Nest arrived:
It consists of:
A skein of One of a Kind Yarn from Infiknits. Which is a laceweight wool/angora/nylon blend hand-dyed in gorgeous vibrant colours:

A pair of really cool yarn ball earrings:

A 2.0mm circular needle (Robyn's Nest Brand), that has a stainless steel cord that doesn't curl up on itself and requires no relaxing:


and finally a 60" measuring tape:
Of course these goodies don't help with the startitis because now I'm searching on Ravelry for a pattern to go with the yarn...
Sigh, I suppose I'll finish a project eventually...
TTFN and KEEP KNITTING!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Severe Startitis...

I keep telling myself I'll post as soon as I have something finished. However, given that I seem to be suffering from a case of startitis, I'll post a few pics of the WIPs.
First:
These are the Baroque Socks from the Fall issue of Knitty. The yarn is from Lotus Yarns. It was the skein from the September kit of the Robyn's Nest Sock Club. I started them and then got distracted by this:
This is the Spincycle Thirdwave Harf, done in the Dream in Colour Classy left over from my Mr. Greenjeans. It's almost done, or it would be if I hadn't started this:

and this:

The pattern for both is The Incredible Custom-fit Raglan. The first is made from Dream in Colour Classy and it will be a sweater for my boyfriend. The second is Manos Del Uruguay and it will be for me. They have been set aside for some lacework:

It's the Leaf Pattern for Half-Square Shawl. I found it in a knitting exercise book from the 1840's by Cornelia Mee. It's available as a free ebook at Manybooks.net.

However, I did manage to get two projects done:

One is a tree skirt I crocheted:
and the other is an Ipod Cozy for the Ipod Nano my boyfriend got me for Christmas:

So that brings you up to speed with what has been happening on the knitting front.
TTFN and KEEP KNITTING!