Alright, so I've been working on a bunch of things since my last post. Here they are.
--Did the Calorimetry for Alex, it turned out well.
--Used leftover yarn from that to make some Waffle Stitch Gloves. They turned out well too.
Over Thanksgiving break, I had four 5 hour car rides, so I got a lot done. I made:
--A Baroness Beret in really pretty red vanna's choice for my sister
--A matching pair of Cherry Red handwarmers
These both came out really well!
--A Star-Crossed Slouchy Beret for my room mate...This came out really really big and slouchy. As a result, she didn't really like it, so I offered to rip it out and make a different one. I'll probably make another Max's Staircase Tam instead.
--A Baroness Beret for me. I blocked it on a kind of small plate, so I think I'm going to reblock it on a bigger one so that it will cover up my ears.
**Note: If you like knitting hats, and berets/tams, then you should totally make the Baroness Beret. It's such a gorgeous pattern, and it's really nice to knit up. I wish I had about 500 more people I could make these for--this is one of my favorite patterns EVER!
Other than that, I've just been working on:
--The feathers and fans throw. I think that I'll finish this tonight. At this point, I just want it out of the way, and on my bed to keep me warm at night. :)
--A pair of fingerless gloves for my dad. I'm using the Plain 'Ole Fingerless Mitts pattern, and it's coming out well. One took me an evening, I just haven't gotten around to getting the other done.
--A Christmas gift for my mother...She loooves hedgehogs, so I'm making a Blue's Hedgehog stuffed toy for her. I just need to do the eyes and the nose, and then I'll be finished! :)
Tomorrow, once my sick sister goes back to school, I'll whip up a Petunia Phlying Piglet Peep for her. Then it's back to square one and deciding what to make next!! :D
**Also, sometime over break I should be making a pair of socks for my sister's guy friend. He's wanted me to knit him a pair ever since he saw the ones I made for her a while back, so when he was over the other day, I told him to get some worsted wool. Little did I know, but the next day his mother happened to be shopping at the same store we were, and asked me where to get worsted wool. I thought that was cute, so I need to find a good pattern to make some socks for him. :)
**Another note...I seem to have forgotten that I have a stash of leftovers, in which I haven't used the whole skein. This is good! I have wool! :D
****NOTICE****
Over Thanksgiving break, my aunt (who is a pretty experienced knitter herself) was looking at some of my knitting, and offered me a partially-finished Icelandic sweater that she had started about 15 or 20 years ago and never finished. Of course I couldn't turn that down, so I now had inherited that and all the wool, needles, and pattern to go with it! Coolio! :D
