Egads!

Well, Eileen beat me to a new post. But I, too, have been fairly busy knit-wise, though not quite as productive as I'd like. I knitted a pair of booties & a beanie for a good friend who is expecting, hauled the Mrs. Darcy Cardigan across the country without doing any of the little add-ons that I've been planning, acquired a yarn swift, finished Pomatomus (finally) and knit a lap blanket for my grandmother. I have also, in recent days, knit a very pink but very cute Aspen Hat.



It was pretty interesting; the hat is very simple to knit, but requires size 17 dpns. As I did not have size 17 dpns, and I did not have $48 to spend on the only set they had at the yarn store, I improvised. This included stitch markers, size 7 straight needles, size 11 circular needles, and regular swearing. As a result, the hat isn't quite as tidy as I'd like it, but I think some of that should go away with a good blocking. Which probably won't happen until the weather warms up : )

I am currently working on the Wheat-Ear Cabled Yoke sweater for my mother, which is a long-overdue Christmas & birthday gift. It's going quickly though, so I hope to have it finished for when I see her in March.



However, I am going to seriously consider KnitPicks next time I make a sweater. Ouch.

Lastly, my roommate just got back from a rickshaw race across India and brought me back some awesome knitted slippers! Not sure where exactly they're from or what they're made of, but they are cute and toasty!





More project photos on Ravelry! I am mollybee; eileen is comeoneileen. The pictures are also better; I don't really like the sizes availabe on Flickr, so I tried to resize them for the blog and, while serviceable, they still look odd. I think that will need some fiddling as well. Bah.

RA's and Armored Transports

my RA made me participate in a hall activity because I don't have a roommate and she doesn't want me to be left out. This is the result:

And a close-up on the tenth doctor, Mr. David Tennant. (Sorry it is blurry).
I don't think i need to say that no one in my hall understand this and now they think I am a complete lunatic and avoid me more than they did before we decorated our faces for diversity month.

And here are some, but not all, of the ridiculously many projects (christmas presents) I have been working on. But mostly procrastinating working on.


This is "Binary" from knitty for my friend Brendan. When I am finished it should say: captain Brendan's full name, (of course those would be names but he doesn't need any stalkers now does he?) Professional Badass!

And this is for my mommy:
And this is a closeup of the scarf for my mommy:
And these are "Hedera," also from knitty, for Ellen for Christmas. I had just realized while drinking coffee out of spermy (the mug) that the yarn I was knitting with matched the ghost/sperm and had to take this picture. I did wash the mug first though, so no worries. Also I am technologically illiterate and can't flip the image so just turn your head to the right or computer to the left. : )
I also made a UFM from Muffin Films for my friend Jenn but I already gave that to her. I plan to make her a whole fleet of muffins of different kinds from those films.

I also made a Star Wars ear flap hat for Klapper. It had "May the force be with you" around the brim and then an ATAT an ATST and the Tie Fighter above that. It rules. I will see if he will let me take a picture.