finished objects

Wow, I've really been slacking in the update department. There HAS been knitting going on...

I finally got around to finishing the collar on my (Winter '06) Olympic Knitting Cinxia

(no modeled pic since I'm recovering from a killer flu and look like death)

Before that, I made a wee little sweater and teeny socks

to go along with the garterlac blanket I worked too damn hard on

to gift to anyone but the most special of little boys--

our new (first!) grandson Harris

and a birthday gift to go along in the baby gift package

Patton's SWS, in natural navy, size 8-9? needles--

recognize the pattern?

and we thought I was over the garterlac obsession

To answer Dave's question in the comments...

SWS is VERY soft

but I don't know that I would use it again

I used most of 3 skeins and part of another

there were quite a few knots in the yarn,

all of the joins were made to the wrong colors

and I had to try to match them up

GRRRR, I HATE THAT!

You can see one section I matched up wrong--

just left of center

there should be a dark/black between the blues

I hope she doesn't notice

(this centered text looks poetic

but I don't feel like changing it left)

I just this morning finished closing the toes on these--

basic 7x1 ribbed, KnitPicks sock memories in s'mores on 2.5 mm circs--

which I finally settled on a cast on (64 stitches) Friday morning

(Peter followed me into the bedroom when I went in to take pics,

he caught me with my feet up on the headboard

trying to use the wall behind the bed as a backdrop...

what the heck, it was better than the fugly ceiling light fixture)

and, just because they like seeing themselves here...

my youngest kidlets participated in their school science fair

their joint project was on different kinds of twinning

they each received a participation ribbon and compliments from their teachers

(I just noticed their project board is almost the same color as the "accent wall" in my bedroom)

Off to cast on Eunny Jang's Entrelac Socks from the Spring 2007 Interweave Knits issue!