Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Two FOs, a Bunny, and a WIP

I have pictures! Alert the media! Anyways, here is the first FO: a crocheted pullover from a ball band off a ball of Bernat Soft Boucle. It's big and fluffy and warm, so it serves its purpose. Even better, the yarn came from my stash, so I just used up another 5 balls out of it!
It started out as a turtleneck, but after working the collar for a while, I decided it would be a roll neck and I think I like it better this way. It's big enough to get a heavy shirt under it and not add any more bulk to it too, so it's good for the winter. Here's a close-up of the sleeve:
This is more true to color than the first one. I also finished the pair of green chameleon socks just in time for St. Patty's Day, even though I was still too sick to go out and enjoy a green beer. Here is the sock slide show:
They are Spooky approved, so all is well. I think these have become my favorite pair of socks so far. And yes, I am anal in that my socks have to match, so I have to find the pattern repeat and start at the same place for each sock so that the stripes match. That may not last long though since I am working with some hand-dyed superwash merino that I got off Etsy eons ago and I keep petting it as though it is alive and I know the socks are not going to match perfectly. Spooky didn't like this attention that the sock was getting, so it got ugly real fast...
Hard to tell, but those are KnitPicks DPNs with a sock in progress that she is attacking there. I made the mistake of setting them down on the floor. I think she won:
She was happy to be petted some. But she kept staring at me while I knit on the sock:
And speaking of:

I'm already to the heel flap after poker last night. I stayed later than I thought I would because I kept winning. It's a nice problem to have when you can get it. I finished second, but really wish I could have managed a first out of that. I took my t-shirt for second and then came home and crashed, but couldn't get to sleep because my arm was hurting. Today I will go to the chiropractor and see what he can do to help it since my doctor can't get me in until next week. At this rate, I'll be crazy by next week from lack of sleep. Come on caffeine, kick in...

Oh, and they brought in Florida strawberries at the grocery this week. I bought three cartons. I'm content.

Knit on...

4 comments:

asterpurl said...

Hey!
Cool sweater and socks!
How was crocheting the boucle yarn? Was it hard to see the stitches or okay?
Stay warm and enjoy those strawberries!

Sus said...

I love the brown/blue colorway of that boucle yarn. And the socks rock! I like that height of sock, too.

Weirdness: I, too, am in the grips of a cold/bronchitis/flu-like thingie and my arm has been hurting and I've made an appointment with the chiropractor for it. And, because of these things, I've not been able to sleep for days... Hmmmmm...

I've never made socks or a sweater, though. :)

Knitting Magic Girl said...

How bizarre! Did you take tamiflu by any chance? Too weird. Love the crocheted snowflakes by the way! I'll post what the chiropractor says tomorrow.

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