branching out = done

Here's Branching out blocked out:

Here's it in the box!

Yaay! I got something else done! On time even! It blocked really well :) This was my first chance to use my new blocking wires, and I love them.

Now if I can just get Bristow done. I blocked the back and front pieces tonight, but have yet to make the sleeves. So at least I can sew those bits together. Mom could end up unwrapping a sleeveless sweater on Christmas.

And finally: Go chek out today's Google logo! There are two kangaroos knitting! I have no idea why this is the logo, but it makes me very happy!

Rant: Cotton -or- "Who doesn't love alpaca?"

What are the warmest fibers?
Animal fibers.

What have I just started knitting a scarf out of?
Cotton.

Why am I doing this?
Because I'm a weakling, perhaps?


I'm knitting a scarf for Scott's Dad for Hanukkah. So I had Scott pick out the yarn. That's all fine. But Scott for God-knows-why somehow has it in his head that every type of animal fiber is itchy. (Not true, Scott! NOT TRUE!) So he picked out Blue Sky Alpaca's Cotton. It's a nice yarn, I love Blue Sky yarns. But...why cotton...for a winter scarf???!

I mean...come on... Who doesn't love alpaca!?


Besides...there's just something about cotton yarn that just feels yucky to me. Not what I want running through my fingers somehow.

*sigh*
Well...here's the scarf so far anyway....





I think I'll go shove my head in a pile of alpaca yarn now....

Back in Ithaca

Back from the weekend hockey trip. We lost to URI and the Panthers, but we beat Hahvahd (YESSS!!!) and MIT. Was overall a very fun weekend, but left me exhausted. Which partially explains why i didn't knit as much on the ride home as I should have. The other part of why I didn't get as much knitting done as I meant to is that we were watching season 2 of LOST on the bus. Granted I've seen all the episodes multiple times...but I just can't turn down LOST.

Anyhoo...I'm mostly recovered now. A good night's rest tonight should take care of it. My leg muscles are crazy right now. No hurt fingers either!

The progress:

The coming weekend

I'm about to head over to Lynah Rink to get on a bus to head up to Rhode Island and Boston for an intense weekend of hockey with the Cornell Women's Club Team. We're playing four games this weekend (Rhode Island Panthers, U of Rhode Island, Harvard, and MIT). Hopefully I won't die.

But the good news about the trip knit-wise is six hours each way of free time on the bus...for knitting! Granted, I've promised myself I'd also do some homework and nap during this time as well, but I'm actually going to have time where I won't feel guilty for just sitting around knitting!

I've packed the branching out I just started in Rowan kidsilk night in pink. (No, I don't like pink...it's going to be a gift.) And I packed the second sock in the pair that I promised my mother. The first sock was finished this summer, and this poor sock has been sitting around with a measly three rows of a cuff for..well..months.... Damned Second Sock Syndrome. At least it got cast on at all.



Hopefully I won't break any fingers this weekend...I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't at least knit ^_^

Past projects #1: Gryffindor Scarf

This was my first ever knitted project (about one year ago). I was pushed over the line from crocheting to knitting by the prospect of the Gryffindor scarf. I decided I liked the look and feel of knitted fabric better, so I learned to knit. Bronwyn helped me along.

The pattern I just made up on my own.
It's worked in garter stitch.

Yarn:
Knitpicks Andean Silk
cranberry and mustard


I was so proud of myself when I finished!!

It's not a very flattering picture of me, but that's ok. It was taken right after I finished.