I’m surrounded by UFOs. They’re laying around almost everywhere. There are blankets, dishcloths, sweaters, a vest, bags, slippers…basically anything you can make out of yarn, there’s probably one laying around my house partially completed. Quite a large number of things simply need the ends woven in or need buttons or zippers sewn on. This project…
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Another Blanket to Finish
This is a Hue Shift Afghan. I got the kit from Knit Picks a long time ago. I’d planned to knit one square per day to keep me on track for finishing it, but life gets in the way and other projects look like more fun sometimes so here we are years later. Look at…
The (Almost) Never-Ending Blanket
It’s taken me years, but I finally finished my Granny Stripe blanket! I can’t even remember when I started making this thing; I’m sure it was more than five years ago before we moved into town. But it’s done now so who cares how long it took, especially when it’s so pretty! The colors work…
Making waves
I finished a throw Tuesday for one of my nieces. The yarn is Knit Picks Brava Sport. It’s one of their Hue Shift afghan kits. I didn’t want to knit it like the pattern, though, so I made a crocheted ripple. There are 10 balls of colored yarn in the kit and 2 balls of…
New Puffs
I’ve knitted 25 more hexipuffs. There are now 372 of the little things. I’ve been joining a few of them into blocks. Then I’ll arrange the blocks and join them. This is definitely not a quick project!
Sturgis or Bust
It’s 3:00 a.m. and I’m sitting in an RV park bathroom finishing up a sock. We headed out for our annual trip to Sturgis yesterday. It was a nice day for riding even if we did get into a little bit of rain. The air pump for our mattress wouldn’t work last night. Then Dale…
So Many Hats!
I like to make hats. They’re easy to make, portable, and fast. I’ve made tons of them. The hats I’m sharing with you today are ones that I made to donate. I take the baby hats to a hospital in my area. I’ll be taking the adults’ and children’s hats to the Wichita Police Department…
Busy Hands
I’ve been busy knitting more socks. I’ve got two pairs to share with you today and three that are gifts and can’t be revealed yet. These are Knit Picks Felici, in the Golden Hour colorway with cuffs, heels, and toes in Lang Yarns Jawoll Superwash (not sure of the color). This Felici yarn is heavenly…
Shopping!
I finally bought the yarn to join my hexipuffs. I chose Yarn Bee’s Must Be Merino. It’s a size 3 yarn with 50% Merino, 25% acrylic, and 25% nylon. The gold color really caught my eye. I thought it would be a nice medium tone-not too dark or too light. I got three skeins so…
Car Knitting
We did a lot of driving today so I got a lot of knitting done. I made the heel flaps and turned the heels on my socks. This is Knit Picks Hawthorne yarn. And I made 9 more hexipuffs for my Beekeeper’s Quilt. I now have 336 of them.