Not One But Two!

Surprise - I have not one but TWO finished objects! I've been a busy bee. Okay, not really that busy... just a lot of travel time that's been perfect for knitting.

First up - Pinwheelio! All done!

I ended up blocking the dickens out of the Mystical Creations cotton -- it went from a diameter of 34" unblocked to about 38" blocked. I followed the pattern exactly as written, and decided to do four rows of seed stitch at the end. I'm really happy with how this turned out. I think it will be a good gift for a little one [who as of today is a week overdue, says my frustrated friend] and it was a really good mostly mindless knit. Thanks to Genia Planck for sharing such a clever Pinwheel Baby Blanket pattern that captured the hearts of so many knitters. [And you can see many more pinwheels at Larissa's site, in her Pinwheel Gallery.]

So with that all finished, and several hours of travel on deck for the weekend, I decided I wanted something short and sweet. Inspired by Alison, I settled on the Jilly scarf [free to Rowan members] in some sky blue and latte Lush I picked up on sale at Knit Happens. I LOVE this yarn! It's half angora and half wool... it just slides through the fingers. Check out that fuzzy halo!

I picked up 4 skeins of Lush, but this scarf only used two. Good thing, since I made this scarf as an early-Christmas gift, and have become so attached to it I'll be making another one... for me!

It's half-blocking now, waiting for Pinwheelio to cough up the rest of the blocking board. I think it will end up 8" wide and a little over 60" long, with fantastic drape. It was also a super-fast knit -- 2 hours on the train to Philadelphia for a bridal shower weekend, and 90 minutes each way to Margate -- a fantastic beach! Then I just had a few rows to finish when I got home... voila! I need to knit on larger needles [this was on US8s] more often.

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Finally, a little glimpse at what's exciting me most about our house. [Closing's in 2 weeks! Eeek!] Look at the back yard, just ready for me to plant herbs... and spread out big hanks of yarn to dye and dry in the sun!

And look - after having communal laundry in my building, I will finally be able to FELT in my own home!

I promise to post more pics once we clean and redo the place.... The sellers are so messy, it just looks terrible right now!