FO Parade
So, we’re in Vegas at the moment. Currently, I’m sitting on the bed watching Law & Order on TNT while Kris snores next to me. Poor thing has picked up a cold/sinus infection, and he’s been just wiped out for the last two days. Lovely timing, no?
We’ve been here since Friday night. In the airport before we left, I cast on for Rosi G’s Scrunchable cowl, using something I’ve never used before – my own handspun. It was kind of awesome to get to knit with yarn I’d spun myself – I need to do that more. Anyway, after a 5 hour flight, followed by a Saturday evening hanging out with my parents, my brother, and my brother’s friends watching UFC at his friend TJ’s house, I finished it! I still need to get a modeled picture, but for now…
Sunday, we spent the afternoon at my brother’s house watching the Steeler game. I was working on my Eye of Partridge shawl, but I hit a snag. I got off-pattern somewhere (seriously, how do you get off pattern on freaking EOP?!?), tried to rip back to fix it and, well… it’s now a ball of yarn again. The silk was just to slippery to rip back. So, now it’s in time out until I figure out what I’m going to do with it. Unfortunately, that meant I no longer had a project for the plane ride home.
Happily, I did get out yesterday to find the LYS – Gail Knits. It’s a cute shop. A little heavy on the high-end novelty yarns for my tastes, but I found some O-Wool Balance and some Cascade 220 Tweed that I really liked. Between last night and this afternoon, I finished up two hats – the first is a gift for Tom’s roommate Talker (they all have nicknames – Talker, Frat Boy, Three Pair, Broccoli… I figure it’s better not to ask). I decided he needed a little something for letting us invade his house to watch the football game, since he’s not at all a football guy.
It’s Weezalana‘s Lucky 7 hat in O-Wool Balance in “Graphite” – took me less than a skein! It’s an awesome pattern, too. Well-written, and fun to knit.
This hat (which I just finished) is also in O-Wool Balance, in “Lapis”. It’s for TJ, since he was nice enough to invite Kris and I over to watch UFC having never even met us.
The pattern is called Claudia, by MJ over at exartstudent. Another great pattern – I love the lattice detail along the bottom. I’m turning into a hat junkie – I finished one up for Kris last week before we left. It’s in his jacket pocket at the moment, but hopefully I’ll get a shot of him wearing it soon.
Next, I have to decide what to make with this:
That’s the Cascade 220 I picked up at Gail Knits. I’m considering a Hemlock Ring Blanket, but I just can’t decide if it’s worth it for me to knit a wool blanket to live in the house of too many furry beasts.
I’ve also got some of the O-Wool Balance in green for me, but I’m giving myself a little break from it. It’s nice yarn, but the cotton was giving my wrists a little grief after two straight days of knitting with it.
Pretty, though, isn’t it?
January 21st, 2009 at 8:01 pm
The cowl is gorgeous!! Good for you knitting up your handspun finally
Nice hats! Hehe..A wore her Lucky7 today, I agree a great pattern. Bummer about your shawl though. Have a good rest of your trip!
January 21st, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Not a (american) football fan, but i AM a fan of that lattice hat (Claudia?). Beautiful. Must fave that on Rav if I can.
January 21st, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Beautiful job on all three FOs! And EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I wasn’t expecting to see my pat! I’m so giddy!
January 21st, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Gotta love vacations. You can knit the entire time and people just think it’s cool. Awesome hats!
January 21st, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Love the hats. I have two great hats made from the odd ball of good stuff I found at Gail’s. In the Las Vegas group on Rav, there is this constant argument about Gail’s. “Gail’s Sucks” vs. “I LOVE Gaul!” Both sides are right. Gail has a core group of true believers and she herself can be extremely helpful if you catch her on a ‘good’ day. The yarn is what it is. I don’t go there. The new shop on the east side is just as bad with the ‘you’re not welcome’ vibe, but they do have $50 skeins of Artyarns beaded silk/mohair.
That cold virus this year is nasty, it is still hanging on and kicking our butts. I hope Kris gets well soon.
January 21st, 2009 at 11:16 pm
I love Gaul too but I meant to say “I love Gail”, not me personally but you know.
I have a migraine. I shouldn’t be typing.
January 22nd, 2009 at 12:10 am
Those are all looking great! What a productive few days … wow! I have a sweater’s worth of O-Wool Balance spread over two colors. Apparently, there are lots of stripes in my future!
January 22nd, 2009 at 3:18 am
Love the cowl!! So pretty! All of the projects and yarn are gorgeous! Hope hubby feels better soon!
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 am
Did you bring an extra suitcase??? Owool is pretty yard-y isn’t it?
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:43 am
All those things turned out great! I love the cowl. How can you not like knititng with handspun!
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:17 am
Busy busy in Vegas!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I’ve been on a hat kick too. I’ll have to try those!
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
I’ve been to Gail Knits. Shane and I went to Vegas for our honeymoon, and on the last day there, I made him drive me out to the shop (he was going to make me go by myself, but I guilted him into driving me: “What if your new bride gets into a deadly car accident on the strip – wouldn’t you feel horrible?” hehe). You’re right. It does have a few too many novelty yarns. But still a cute store.
Great hats!
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Ooh, nice! You’re really on a roll, aren’t you?
Isn’t it fun to look at yarn and ponder what it wants to be?
January 26th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Love the FO’s including your hair! And you make me feel better about my EOP shawl…I get off pattern more than I like to admit and thought it was just me.