I have found that the problem with successful blogging is that you actually have to write on your blog. I have (obviously) been really really bad about this so far, but I'm attempting to do better. So here's a little bit to catch you up on things from the last almost 5 months!
I've been knitting... a lot. Somehow it always seems to get done, despite all of the work that grad school seems to send my way. Projects that I can remember right now... (If I talked blogger into loading pictures, then they will appear here).
1. First sock - I did get through the pair. And in the grand tradition of first socks, they didn't fit particularly well. Even better, they weren't even the same size, despite repeated measuring of leg and foot length. Soon after finishing, the Yarn Harlot came to Indianapolis and the mismatched socks recieved a bit of love and were properly photographed.
2. I finally started (and have almost finished) the Twinkle Best Friend Cardigan I had been thinking about. It's definitely bulky, which I expected to a certain extent. But it's quite bulky. I knit it with 3/4 length sleeves but I think I'm going to redo them to make them full length. With the bulkiness, the shorter sleeves make it worse. I also left off the bobbles, because that's a whole other bit of big-ness this sweater doesn't need. I just bought buttons yesterday, so maybe I'll get around to finishing this soon.
Please note: The cat was given yarn (bright pink, nonetheless) in order to distract him from the sweater. He might think it is big and comfy as well.
3. The Boyfriend has another niece or nephew on the way (this will make #8... don't even get me started on this...) and so I got a chance to knit some baby things finally. I made the Big Bad Baby Blanket from Stitch n' Bitch in a nice, gender-neutral light minty green (no word on if it is a boy or girl). I have quite a bit of leftover yarn, so I'll probably make a matching hat.
4. Finished the Aran Accent Vest to go along with the scarf for The Boyfriend. It fits well and he was impressed that I actually fitted it properly - he's still skeptical of knitting in general, due to seeing hand knit giant acrylic monstrosities knit by other people. I haven't blocked it yet, but that'll happen eventually.
4a. I also realized that I hadn't shared a picture of the finished scarf. The center pattern of the sweater is the same motif, but this is a better picture to see the actual pattern.
5. A friend of mine threw a "Pretty Woman" party back in March, which meant that the women had to dress up like 1980's "women-of-the-night" and the guys had to wear suits and look like they could afford us. I couldn't help myself - I had to make legwarmers, despite the fact that Julie Roberts never wore those. This occasion just screamed for obnoxiously bright pink legwarmers, and so I took a weekend and made them. Fabulous with the fishnet stockings... fabulous.
6. Lace Hoodie from Rebecca 32 - with my wonderful sense of inappropriate planning, I started this sweater (in wool) just as it began to warm up outside. It's now almost June (and actually staying warm outside in Indiana) and I'm still working on it. For awhile, I debated on whether or not to add the hood, since it is quite an odd looking hood, but the picture on Ravelry have convinced me that it looks cute with the hood down and I'd never actually wear the hood up. I have to buy a new US 8 circular needle because my 29" one is definitely too long for this purpose (I tried... it's baaad) so this is once again on hold.
7. My excitement over knitting socks increased a little after the first pair that weren't perfect. And I realized that sock yarn can be fairly inexpensive (as opposed to 1100 yds of something for a sweater) and found some fabulous specimens of such yarn that I am excited to use. Pair of sock #2 are going much better and I'm through the heal of the second sock of the pair :-).
I'm realizing that I do, indeed, knit A LOT. A lot, a lot. And so how I haven't failed out of grad school. Yay for me!
