It has been a few months since I have posted anything about my knitting. Following are a few projects I am currently knitting.

This is a WIP pic of an Old Shale Scarf I have finished - Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet, colorway 10



Another Old Shale Scarf I am currently knitting - Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet, colorway 21


Yet another Old Shale Scarf - Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet, colorway 19


And, someone at work saw me working on my first Doctor Who Scarf and asked me to knit him a "muffler" in the same colors. It is pretty much going to be another Doctor Who Scarf, but not as long


I am also working on more Everlasting Bag Stoppers. And, I ripped out cotton bath towel I finished last year and knit a few smaller towels to use when working out.

While I was in Seattle last week, I got to visit So Much Yarn. It's a little difficult to find, but a great little shop. I just wish I would have had more time to hang out and look around. I bought a couple skeins of Happy Feet though.

I'm in Seattle, Washington this week for work. And, since I'm such a huge fan of the Koolhaas hat, I just had to walk to the Seattle Central Library and take some pictures. I didn't think there was enough light, but these actually turned out pretty good. I'm here with another co-worker, so I didn't want to drag him all over the library, so I'm gong to try to go back there tomorrow and take more pictures from inside the building.

I did another Koolhaas hat. What can I say? I LOVE this pattern.

This time, I did the 10 rounds of 2x2 rib with Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Coal, switched to Red for 8 rounds in pattern and then switched back to Coal to finish the hat.

Finally finished the sweater. Just making some pockets. The pattern called for the hood to be done in stockinette, but I did it in the 5x7 rib pattern of the sweater. For the size I was following, the pattern said to knit the hood until it was 14 1/2 inches and then start decreasing, but that made it about 2 inches too long.

I have finished and attached the sleeves to my Hooded Sweater.

I haven't been very good at posting about knitting projects.


On October 25th, I finished the Koolhaas hat I started on October 1st.


Needles: US 6 / 4.0 mm and US 8 / 5.0 mm
Yarn: Cascade Yarns 220 Paints



I started another Koolhaas hat on October 18th and finished it on November 29th.


Needles: US 6 / 4.0 mm and US 8 / 5.0 mm
Yarn: KnitPicks Wool of the Andes in Winter Night

I'm still working on my Hooded Alpaca Parka sweater (from Knitting with Balls by Micael del Vecchio) but I've hit a bit of a snag. When I started the project, I decided to use the largest size and I think it's waaaaay too big.

So, tonight I started over. I didn't rip out what I've already done since I'm about half way through the hood, which is the last step. Instead, I started another sweater, but this time I'm following the pattern for a smaller size.

August 1st, I started another Doctor Who scarf. This time, I'm going by the pattern - it is 12" wide. I just measured it, and it's a little over 22 feet long. Did you hear me? I said it's a little over 22 FEET long. I also used my food scale to weigh it - 2 pounds, 11 onces. And, I'm not even done. I still have at least 1 untouched skein of each color. I think I may have gotten a little carried away here.

I ordered a set of the new KnitPicks Zephyr Acrylic needles and they came in today. My first impression is that it feels like knitting with Denise needles, except not as flexible.



I also started another Koolhaas hat - using my new KnitPicks Zephyr Acrylic needles.

Another cup cozy, this time in the style of Jayne's Hat. It's a pretty simple pattern. I started out by casting on 40 sts; knit 2x2 rib for 45 rows.

Jayne's Cup Cozy

I finally finished my Wasabi Socks. I actually finished them sometime last month - the bind off, that is. I used the Stretchy Bind-Off technique, but I only added a stitch before, between and after the 2 knit stitches and I couldn't decide if I wanted to un-bind off and add a stitch between the 2 purl stitches as well. I finally decided I had been working on them far too long.

As requested, pictures of my Doctor Who scarf.

That's a quarter on top of the roll

I started a Doctor Who scarf back in April and I finally finished it yesterday. I used this pattern. I run through the pattern just once and the scarf was a little over 7 feet long last week. I haven't measured since finishing it yesterday.

I didn't follow the pattern exactly. The pattern called for casting on 60 stitch to make the scarf 10 wide. But, since I don't like wide scarves, I only cast on 40 stitches to make it about 7 inches wide. However, I did start another scarf yesterday and I did cast on 60 stitches this time.

(ETA) Forgot to mention... The scarf is 7 inches wide and 13 feet, 4 inches long. I'm thinking about un-doing the bind-off to make it an even 14 inches long.

I finally finished Mercy! I actually finished all the knitting months ago, but just kept putting off sewing it all together. The pattern called for a one piece-continuous strap, but I went with an adjustable strap instead.



Outer Pocket


Inner Pocket

So, I'm working on my Wasabi Socks last night and I realize that I had dropped a stitch. The only trouble is, I had already knit about an inch and a half of sock before I noticed it. No worries, I had put in a life line about 5 rounds before starting the heels. Plus, the socks were a little tight at the ankle, so I wanted to add 4 more stitches to each sock.

I just ordered $160 worth of yarn!

And, just in case anyone has been wondering... Yes, I'm still knitting. I finished these two last night. The first is another Shifting Sands, this time done with Reynolds Smile. I only had two balls of it, so the scarf isn't even 5 feet long. The second scarf however, is 12 feet long. The yarn is some hand-spun I got from my friend Jodi, who bought it online. It's a little fuzzy and not easy to knit with and I really couldn't think of anything to use it for. So, I just started knitting a 2x2 rib and kept knitting until I ran out of yarn.





Needles: US 10
Length: 4 ft. 10 in.
Width: 5½ in.




Needles: US 5
Length: 12 feet
Width: 5½ in.

My latest Bag Stopper. I just couldn't help it.

Yes, it's kinda upside-down

I finished my Koolhaas Bottle Cozy. I'm really happy with how it turned out. The yarn is a little dark and it's kind of difficult to see the pattern, so I'm probably do another one in a lighter color yarn.