Another FO!

Update: now with photos!

I finished one of the remaining 6 UFOs (that I can think of) on my list. It's another Magic Scarf, to replace my black one that disappeared in December. (boo hoo!) I had bought some soft, fluffy brown eyelash yarn when Yarn! closed, and started the scarf in December, probably while I was at my mom's. Put it down when we got back and hadn't touched it since. I had about 1/2 ball to go.

I got to the end of the skein last night and had to tink back an entire row, as it needs to be bound off so very loosely. I used my Daisy 35s to bind it off, and took the end and knotted it securely (but with a loose loop) to 2 other threads. The other Magic Scarves I've made have a problem with the end coming loose and hanging down. I'm hoping this method will work. I hate making knots, but clearly, the other way was not working.

This yarn is a lot heavier than the NY Yarns Fluff yarn I'd been using for the other ones. It feels a bit like a beaver pelt! Which is fine. I can still put my hands in it, stretch it out, and make it into a cowl. Works for me!











I also did a few more pattern repeats on Branching Out, after having to rechart it. I have no idea where the pattern went, and the chart was always a smidge too small for me, anyway. I did it by hand, but maybe next time, I'll use that knitting font and just make it oversized. I moved my lifeline every 10 rows and (knock on wood) didn't make any mistakes. Maybe I'll finish it yet!


(Hmm, dark photo. Yarn is a dark-to-medium purple, not navy.)

Purple sweater is in the frog pond

I finished frogging the purple acrylic sweater today at noon. My sweetie stopped me from frogging it by hand on Sunday, and helped me realize that frogging it with the ballwinder made loads more sense. So I did that today, frogging straight to the ballwinder, and then taking the full ball off and rewinding it with less tension, since the tension from frogging made for very tight balls.

So nice to be done with that. I made a list on Sunday of my current UFOs and I think (think think think) I only have 6 now! Woo hoo!

UFO challenge update

My next step in the UFO challenge will be to frog one or two projects, the first being Pasha, the doomed penguin. I was going to make it half-size and ran into some pattern-resizing challenges, and quit. Forget it; I'm done. She's going to the frog pond.

I'm also going to completely frog the purple acrylic cardigan I started in France with a long-lost French pattern (Pingouin, I'm guessing). I may reuse the yarn, but the cardigan, at this point, will not fit me anyway. And bright purple acrylic? Gives me pause.

I was thinking, at this rate, will I have enough UFO projects for all 12 months of 2007? And then I couldn't stop laughing.