Pitiful Pocono

One afghan square, in Plymouth Encore (cornflower blue)--25.51g.

On the plus side, the bruising on my hands wasn't too bad. But the knitting ADD is back in full force, so there's a lot in progress, and nothing close to done. Maybe I'll be able to get something finished this week...

Brickyard

Not so great totals:

A scarf in Catalina Chunky (bought a couple more hanks), done in farrow rib stitch. 200g.

4 squares for the VJGC afghan project, done in #20 orange. :) 96.4g

Total: 296.4g.

Pictures are on my blog (and include pics of the Forest Canopy Shawl).

I fell yesterday and landed on my hands--hit hard enough to bruise the fleshy part at the bottom. I don't think there's gonna be a lot of knitting this week.

Some knitting, more destashing!

See, my birthday was last week, and my husband let me visit three yarn shops!

To compensate for all the yarny goodness I brought home, I did some destashing.

I sent, to various people:

Cascade Quattro (2 skeins) 200g
Knitting Fuzzy Fur (1 skein) 12.4g
Knitting Funky Fringe (2 skeins)58.8g
Peaches & Creme (2 skeins) 113.4g
Caron Perfect Match (2 skeins) 396g
Araucana Nature Wool Chunky (2) 200g
Plymouth Dreambaby DK (1) 50g
Karabella Magic (2 skeins) 100g

Total destashed: 1130.6g

Knitting-wise, I finished the blue afghan squares (total 51.05g of Plymouth Encore):



I made a tuffet with Patons Classic Merino in black and Yarn Bee Dream Girl in Rebekah. Total g: 369.96. Here it is, post-felting, with cat:



I made a dishcloth using LionBrand MicroSpun (which is amazingly soft once washed). Total g: 52.45.



I also made a Forest Canopy Shawl, using 181.44g of worsted weight Malabrigo in Oceanus. I haven't blocked it yet, and I'm waiting to do that before I take pictures. I'm trying to figure out how to block it without the cats getting to it.

Total knitted: 654.9g

Grand total for Chicago: 1785.5g.

BIG RACE, little FO's

Please, click the image to see everything! I think I took advantage of the two weeks and the use of little projects!

Might as well go ahead & post now

I've got 3 things OTN, but none will be finished by the start of the race.

I managed 3 more afghan squares this week (one green, two blue). I sent a skein of Caron Simply Soft with the green squares (not to be used with them, however--might look a bit off). I'd bought another skein of the sage green, not realizing I already had one. Oops. (Shhh! Don't tell my husband! We made a special trip just to get that skein!)

Grand total for the Pepsi 400 was 246.16.

Pics:

These are the yellow afghan squares I finished a while back:



Here are the green:



I'll post the blue ones when the four are finished.

These are the dishcloths:



The pattern is called "Eagle Attack," and I got it via the Wicket Stitch Yahoo group.

And this is the baby blankie I participated in with others from the Knitting Help forum. Mine portion is the dark green at the top:



I've got some pretty things that I'm hoping to finish soon!!

NASCAR Socks!

Stolen from my website...



Thanks to Ravelry, I have been a mite busy with reorganizing my stash. Sunday July 1st, was the NASCAR Nextel Cup Loudon race, and as soon as we were seated, I cast on for my buddy Paul. I am calling them Uncle Pauly's Socks, but just realized that maybe they should be called "Checkered Flag Marls" instead! I used 2 cakes of Classic Elite's Inca Alpaca in the Nightingale colorway. They are now awaiting his arrival when he comes to visit his Mother for her birthday. I do hope he likes them.

And for you Tony Stewart fans, I give you this:


I don't know why but I just love that photo!

Kimberly
=:8

It's like a see-saw...

So, for the Toyota/Save Mart 350, I did one lil' afghan square in a sort of lime green (Plymouth Encore again). A whopping 25.1g.

For the Lenox Industrial Tools 300, I did 2 more of the lime green squares, which totaled 50.2g. A couple of dishcloths in two different kinds of cotton. One was Peaches & Creme, & weighed 39.69g. The other was in a lighter, thinner cotton (the label's gone, so I'm not sure what it is, other than blue) and weighed 24.1g. I also knit a section of a baby blanket. It's one of those things where someone starts it and sends it to someone else, who knits a bit & sends it on to the next person, etc. I was the last person to knit on it before it sending it back to the original person for finishing, washing & donating. I used Caron Simply Soft in dark sage. I weighed the skein before and after I started knitting (seemed easier than trying to fold up the blankie & put it on the scale). I used 35.44g of yarn for my portion.

I also sent 2 skeins of the Simply Soft to the woman who started the blankie--340.19g.

So the totaly for the Lenox Tools 300 was 490.44g. A bit more respectable. :)

I've got pics, but need to find where I put the cord to the camera. I think it's buried under some yarn!

Dreambaby DK Socks!

heather-knits.blogspot.com

FINISHED: 6 July 2007

YARN: Plymouth Dreambaby DK - 2 balls = 100 grams
NEEDLES: US 2
PATTERN: My own generic-toe-up-socks

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I finished these late Saturday night while watching Casino Royale with Erik and his roommate. They are a prefect fit!! The pattern is a simple sock with a 2x2 rib leg. Simple.

Wee total

My Michigan total: 76.53g.

3 afghan squares in Plymouth Encore.

This week looks to be the same!!

COMPLETED: Wristwarmers

To My Secret Pal 10 - Wristwarmers
Originally uploaded by BigPikaChica

I knit these wrist warmers for my Secret Pal. They are knit from a single ball Patons SWS!! I even had a teeny bit left over! I can't believe that I got them to match, too!!

71 grams for this week!

Pocono

OK, I'm a dingbat. But I'm suspecting y'all knew that.

I'd planned on sending the box to F.I.R.E., but then accepted a challenge to knit at least 1 or 2 more items. So I did 3 (2 adult, 1 child, all hats). Once they were finished, washed & blocked, I boxed them. The box is sealed.

I forgot to take pictures!! DOH!!

*sigh*

Here are the totals, anyway...

2 adult hats in Misti Alpaca Chunky (one black, one dark rose): 141.75g
1 child hat w/leftover Misti Alpaca: 79.39g
Afghan squares in Dreambaby DK: 21.26g
Afghan square in Caron Simply Soft: 21.51g
Afghan square in Plymouth Encore: 21.51g
Subtotal: 293.42

Gifted 2 skeins Noro Silk Garden: 100g

Total g: 393.42

This week, it'll be more afghan squares.

W00t!!

The never-ending baby blanket finally came to an end!! 400g of Bernat Satin!!

And I knit a hat (adult size) out of the pink Cascade 220 superwash. 82.21g.

Total g for Dover: 482.21

(This is the pre-washed/blocked hat. It fits my fat (22 1/2") head.)

This afternoon will be spent packing stuff to send out. And waiting for the track to dry...

So close!!!!

Darlington

Now that the company's gone & the house is (more or less) back to normal...

I've got stuff for Darlington. Zilch for Charlotte. I'm still working on the never-ending baby blanket (and I doubt that will be done before the start of the race on Sunday to get it to count).

I made a baby hat with the last of the Cascade Eco, totaling 56.7 g. (Same pattern as most of the other baby hats.)

Two baby hats with Rowan Spray, using Norma's Dulaan pattern, 100 g each. I didn't have enough yarn (only one skein of each color) to make them as long as she did, which is why they're baby hats & not toddler hats.

One child's hat with Rowan Big Wool, also using Norma's pattern, 141.75g.

And four squares for the Hokie Healing Blankets from Patons Rumor. That yarn is so soft!!! Total of 145g.

Grand total: 543.45g.

Light blue is the Talladega hat. Middle row: Cascade Eco stuff (two Richmond; one Darlington). Back row: Rowan stuff.

Hokie squares. Yeah, a couple of them were a little larger, but two of them came out perfectly.

some real live fo's

I got quite a bit (for me) done this week. Here are a hat made from a merino/silk/cashmere blend (super soft), a lacy baby tank top made from a cotton/wool blend, and a pair of toeless (for pedicures) ankle socks from an angora/wool blend (also super soft). I have since run out of yarn on these, which kind of sucks, since the whole point of them was to use up this one skein of yarn. So they may not be long for this world, but we'll see.

Crazy race this week, huh?

Mother's Day Knitting Points....

Well I racked up some FO knitting points this week. 3 pairs of Fuzzy feet at 100 grams a piece (don't have a picture of one because I gave them to hubbo's grandmother before I took a picture).

Also there were 6 dishcloths made this week for Mother's Day gifts. Don't have pictures either. I forgot and then gave them away. Those are roughly at 50 grams a piece.

3 Pairs of fuzzy feet at 100g a piece = 300

6 washcloths at 50g a piece = 300

Total grams - 600 for Darlington.

More afghan squares and some Secret Pal love!

Finally some knitting!

I haven't posted in a while because I haven't had much to post! With the move and everything else going on, there's not been much knitting progress, but things are slowing down and this week I knit quite a bit!

I knit 145 g worth of yarn on the Back-to-School U-neck Vest:



I don't recall if this was this week or maybe last week since everything has run together over the last few weeks, so I'll count it this week. I finished sock number 1 of Monkey socks, which is 35 g of yarn:



Yay for knitting progress this week!

I watched all of the race this week, too, and I was finally able to "pick the winner"! Though for a while I didn't think that Jeff Gordon would win, I'm glad he did :o)

Darlington

I got a little bit done this week:

A toe-up sock in ArtYarns superwash merino, plus a toe. I'm not sure how much it weighs - less than 100g anyway.

Have a great week, and happy Mother's Day!

Connectivity

We've had some issues with our internet connection. They *seem* to be fixed now. Or at least, until the cable goes out again!

That said, here are my totals for Talladega & Richmond. I'll try to get pics soon.

Talladega was just so pathetic. One wee baby hat, for the baby of a friend's sister-in-law. Done in Bernat Satin, it's a whopping 46.76g.

Richmond was better. Both items were knit double with Cascade Eco +. It knits up nicely. My only quibble was that it seemed to fray in parts (when I wound it, it broke). I had to felt it together b/c it broke while I was knitting (in one place). I still have some left--maybe enough for another baby hat.

Neckwarmer - 148.83g
Baby hat - 56.7g
Total - 205.53

I'm working on a baby blanket in Bernat Satin (same baby mentioned above). I have no idea if it'll be done for Darlington.

I've got a question...are we supposed to knit for the All-Star Challenge, or is that a sort of "bye" week, since it's a non-points event??