Free at last, free at last

Ok, so I am stealing a great Civil Rights phrase and using it for something silly: a [Finally] finished object:

The Crazy-making blanket (once known as the Learn To Knit Afghan) is complete. I even wove in the ends.





I think the blanket-making bug is out of my system. Unfortunately I am halfway through another blanket. (Good thing it is a cold winter!) I am halfway through with a blanket that is a combination of the Knitters squares from The Great American Afghan, The Great American Aran Afghan, The Great North American Afghan, and Vogue Stitchionary: Cables. I'm too far along to rip it out, but I don't really want to finish it either. Way to start a new year.

quick update

I am knitting the 16th square of a mini-Learn to Knit Afghan for the December Afghans for Afghans newborn drive. I'm trying desperately to use up the Lamb's Pride in my stash. I love the colors of this yarn and I really like feel of the fabric it knits up into, but I can't can't can't stand the mohair. Especially the shedding mohair. Everywhere.

I just keep telling myself that there is no place like a mohair-free home.

somebody stop me!

I have yet to block & assemble my learn to knit afghan, in fact, I have yet to stop making squares.

Initially I aded one square (the hounds-tooth check from A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker) to the 63 in the book so that I could have an 8x8 afghan instead of a 7x9. Never one to leave well enough alone I have knit another 8 squares bringing the total up to 72 squares for an 8x9 afghan. If I don't move on to the next step soon, it will become a 9x9 and then a 9x10 or even a 10x10 afghan. I only have a queen sized bed!

I just can't seem to get out of the blanket/afghan/throw rut, however. Why I can't commit to a sweater right now is anyone's guess. Argh.

Pictures of the last 20 or so squares to come, hopefully later today.

light at the end of the knitting tunnel

I still have to take pictures of my latest knitting adventures (ha!) but I am very happy to report that I have only 6 squares left to knit.

The end is in sight! (The first person to remind me about the washing/blocking/assembling portions of the blanket gets a punch in the nose.)

Also, I just wanted to thank my friends at the New Haven S'n'B for making my birthday such a nice day yesterday. I especially want to thank Heidi for the cupcakes, Sami for the wallet, and Suzy for the flowers.

Pictures to come.

Squares, part 2

Square 51: Variation Cables in Bottle Green
Square 52: Single-Stranded Lace in Violet
There are another 3 squares, but I have yet to photograph them

Next up: pictures of my Warm Woolies donations (aka impossibly small sweaters, vests socks etc)

squares!

Square 46: Bobble and Leaf in PeacockSquare 47: Houndstooth Check in That's Purple & Aran
Square 48: Willow Bud Tree in Aran
Square 49: Serpentine Cables in Navy
Square 50: Inchworm in Bottle Green & Aran

Bet you thought you could escape...

more squares

Square 42: Tilting Trellis in AranSquare 43: Cabled Lattice in Violet
Square 44: Faggoting (yes, it is a knitting term) and Fancy Rib in Royal Purple, unblocked
Square 45: Vine Leaf Panel in Palm Green

knitpics!

Square 37: Wrung Rib cable in That's PurpleSquare 38: Four-Rib Braid and Open Cables in Peacock
Square 39: Leaning Stripes in Bottle Green & Palm Green
Square 40: Twisted Panels in That's Blue
Square 41: Ripple in Aran & Burgundy

LTKA update

45 squares are now done!

I have made/am making a few changes to the plan:

• Substitutions:


• Book: Assorted Mock Cables to be replaced by Serpentine Cables
• Book: Trinity Stitch to be replaced by Saxon Braid/Celtic Cable


• Additional Square - I will be adding one square, a multicolored Houndstooth Check

Pictures of the completed squares (not in any order) to come

knitting update

Pictures to come, but I have completed another three squares and some quick (but sweet & unbelievably tiny) charity knitting.

Still soldiering on with the blanket...

LTKA to date

no new knitting - my wrists are beginning to bother me, so less knitting for me :(

the first 36:

square 35 & 36

Square 35: Arches in Navy


Square 36: Arrowhead Mesh (unblocked) in Peacock

squares 33 & 34

Square 33: Bias Stripe in Aran & That's Blue

Square 34: Lacing Cable in That's Purple

halfway through! (in pictures, even)

Square 30 (#54) :Seafoam in Aran & Navy

Square 31 (#28): Twining Rib in Royal Purple

Square 32 (#34): Double Cables in Burgundy


In completing 32 squares, I am officially over he halfway hump of the blanket.

knitting news

pictures to follow, but I finished 3 squares this weekend, bringing my total up to 32. That means that I am halfway through.

I thought it might just get put away until next winter, but we had snow today - anything goes, I suppose.

LTKA and charity squares knitting

Square 28 (#26): Twisted Columns in peacock & navy:


Two charity projects, all (not surprisingly) squares or rectangles, anyway:

Gracious Parcels: 2 squares (now 4 courtesy of being a slug yesterday evening):

Blanket of Hope: 5 squares/rectangles/strips:

squares!

Yes, I know this is getting monotonous, but bear with me. I really want to get through this blanket.

Square 26 (#24 in the book): Cottage Check in aran & peacock
Square 27 (#25 in book) - The Wave, in that's purple:

finally, a new square

Ok, so my blanket is creeping along - I now have completed 25 squares. I also surprised myself by doing a few squares out of order (OCD much?) but have gone back to trying to finish them in order.

So my 25th square, which is square #23, the honeycomb in navy & that's blue:

new squares

Square 33: Simple cables with moss stitch, in peacock

Square 21: florentine Frieze in aran & royal purple

Square 30: Twisted lattice in aran

squares

Square 19: Instant Plaid in burgundy & royal purple
20. Scale quilting in bottle green & palm green (cascade 220)
22. Diagonal Weave in aran & navy

No, there is no mistake here, I skipped square 21, "Florentine frieze" because I need to concentrate on that square and could not do that during stitch 'n' bitch.