FOs

So I officially suck at keeping this up to date, but I really haven't been doing much but knitting and I'm not a big progress pic person. I have however finished a few projects and started a couple more. I might have to start making a list.

My first distraction was designing the March sock for Robyn's Nest's Sock Club. I only made one sock due to time contstraints but I will eventually finish the pair for myself.

I loved the yarn and wanted to do something Paddy's Day related, so the lace resembles little four-leaf clovers.

Next I got distracted by a series of hats, you saw the Newfoundland Hat in the previous post, which i have yet to figure out the pattern for, I will do it, I just need to stop knitting for a few minutes first.

The first of the hats is:

Montreal Tuque by Veronik Avery

I cast on more stitches because I did it in a sock weight/sport yarn (Reynolds Soft Sea Wool).

Next came

Purl Beret with Sparkly Cherry Tree Hill Alpaca.

I saw one made in the same yarn at Ariadne, I chose another colour and I really like it. I will be for next winter, because its mostly too warm for me to wear a hat now.

After all the hat distraction I put my ass in gear and finished my Central park Hoodie -sans Hood.

I needed 1 more full ball of Anniversary Twist than I had and a little bit of a second to finish the collar. I still have over 100g left (113g balls). I like it fine, even though it's not quite as long as I thought it would be (stupid belly) and it does some weird bunchy thing on the bottom button that I don't know how to fix. It's not as itchy as I would have imagined, I've actually managed to wear it with a tshirt without too much issue. I've been wearing it almost every day, as it works perfectly for a cool spring weather coat, as long as there's not too much wind. Overall, I feel its a job well done for my first sweater.

I thought I would need a break after finishing my largest project ever but the next day I cast on a pair of no purl Monkeys:

I'm making them in Dream in Color Smooshy, Chinatown Apple. I'm loving the way its only slightly variegated and doesn't pool. I'm doing a eye of partridge heel and the bottom of the foot is reverse stockinette so that I don't feel the purl bumps on my sensitive feet.

My yarn stash has grown quite extensively over the past while and I will blog about at least some of that a little later.

In other news, I'm planning a trip to Newfoundland at the end of April for 2 weeks. I was originally planning on going in the summer, but it seems that sales for the summer will probably not happen early enough for my tastes. Hopefully I'll come back with some more yarny goodness.

New Projects

So I finally finished my test knitting for Mona, and I'm so relieved. For about a week I barely knit upon completion cause I just didn't feel like knitting after such a challenge and then I spent a couple of afternoons browsing ravelry and found a few more things that I plan to make.

I had acquired some Anniversary Twist by Briggs and Little while I was in Newfoundland last summer and I was trying to figure out what I could possibly do with it since I didn't really know if I liked the colour or not. Upon browsing ravelry for ideas I saw that a 2 people had done the Central Park Hoodie in this yarn and it looks really nice, see here (ravelry link). I cast on and here is my progress:

I also cast on another pair of Newfoundland Mittens. To use up the kureyon that I originally bought for the first pair but ended up being too dark with the black. I decided to use it with the Briggs and Little Sheep's grey that I bought while in Newfoundland. So far it is working out nicely:

Don't forget that I'm designing the March Sock for Robyn's Nest so if you haven't already done so get over there and order yourself one. You can even order one for all your knitting friends!!