Cables and Sweaters and OMG It's Done!

Ok, so I know it's not the best picture ever. But I don't have a dressform, I don't have a tripod for the camera, and it was 2:30 in the morning. So please do forgive. That's the Starsky sweater, a Knitty.com pattern, and it's finally finished! I made it out of Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted, and it used about 1400 yards. The yarn is very similar to Cascade 220. Feels just like it. Acts just like it. And now, lives in the same box.

A Sweater A Day...

Or, 4 hours a day on the same sweater, day in and day out.

My Starsky (not photographed at the moment) is in pieces. All the pieces are completed. Once you complete the pieces, you seam the shoulders and knit the collar. That would be the point the sweater is currently sitting. IF I get the collar done tomorrow, all I'll have left is seaming.

Oh, forgot. It also requires a belt. I'll take that with me to Thanksgiving and hopefully I can get the belt mostly complete. I can't wait to have a finished photo! The cabling pattern is awesome!

It's Done!

This is the shawl that never ends...

...yes it goes on and on my friend! One day I started knitting it, not knowing what it was, and now I'll still be knitting it forever just because...

(Earworm, anyone?)

Anyways, it's 11 rows from complete. Except, in 2 rows, there's yet another increase row. But after that, it'll be smooth sailing. I expect to finish it on Monday and move on to finish the Starsky sweater.



Anyways, this is the "nest" which is gleefully modeled by labrador, Rusty. He was all cute and everything, and at the second I pushed the button on the camera, he shook his head. I still think it's cute, just not AS cute. You can see that I have a couch, coffee table, and glass of Kool-Ade, the Lemonade flavor. The shawl sits on the coffee table, next to the pattern. I do almost all my knitting here, since the couch faces the computer, and I do all my TV via Netflix Instant.

A New Month

I promised bat pictures, didn't I? This is the Fu Scarf, a cute and free pattern. I made it in something that I thought was possibly Caron Simply Soft (some of the acrylic stash from the ultimate acrylic collection) but really feels more like a cotton blend. Either way, lovely stitch definition.

I'm also finished with the body of the Echo Flower Shawl and just need to do the border and edging. It looks like a big pile o' tangle but I'm assured that all lace looks like that, at first.