Mittlets

 

Do you ever hate something when it's on your needles. You think it's dumb, has a gross texture, is turning out horrible. Then you actually finish it... and like it a lot better as an FO. Yeah that's how these were. They aren't for me sadly, though I kinda want them. Funny. It was my birthday yesterday and I'm making a gift for someone else.

DIY

I grew some cacti in a cup. I only note this now because I've had them for awhile and now they're actually getting big. It's exciting. On another note of things I did myself I made a facecloth. And I'm sure everyone is like, oh wow. A washcloth..? I know it's not a lace shawl but YarnHarlot made a post about washloths and the other day I got some really awesome soap that smells like fruit and rainbows.

So I made a somewhat rainbowy facecloth to match. And let me tell you. The hype is right. I've never had anything softer and gentle on my face before than nice thick kitchen cotton.

Why did that Convention have Yarn?

It wasn't a fiber fest, even a ren faire. It was an anime convention, containing all things nerdy, video games, and japanese.
Sure I was expecting knitted objects in the Artist's Alley, there's always amigurumi or crocheted custom objects. But I wasn't expecting handspun. Beautiful bulky expensive handspun, in rainbow sugar rush colors.
Then again!
I came back to explore more booths and found more.
Lots of excitement both finds, connecting to the artisans who I'm sure were surprised at the sales.

 

The bulky "Sweet Tooth" was barely enough for a hat that I almost immediately cast on.

So I had to pick up from the bottom with a dull blue alpaca mix. The colors turned out so rainbowy, it nearly turned me into a process knitter.

It's not Perfect but I Tried

this is my first pair of socks.
the first one is grafted in correctly.
both have ladders that make my ankles a tiny bit chilly.
and one may or may not be longer than the other, it's hard to tell.
one's a tiny bit more snug than the other.
both keep my feet warm

this is a fingerless knit for my special someone.

the thumb hole appears to be a bit big.

the "lace" is off in many places.
the yarn was difficult to work with.
but I know my special someone will love it just as much as they love me.

SSS

I just finished my first sock ever today. I'm super excited. Like way more excited than I maybe should be. So excited that I want to show you what's technically a UFO but isn't really because it's a finished something. What's up with that anyway? A single mitten or a single sock is considered an unfinished object because it's missing a mate. Why can't I just have some single lady socks up in here?
Fun fact I started these February 2012 but procrastinated on turning the heel for over a year.

But she already has a coat

I've had some yarn. For a very. Very. Very. VERY, long time now.
When I was a kid I was into really crappy weaving, due to a birthday present loom for kids. Because of this I acquired several colorways of the cheapest yarn my mom could convince my 10 year old self to buy, Red Heart Super Saver.
Turns out it still exists and I was able to log this chunk into Ravelry, and find out the colorway despite the tag being lost.
I'm not really fond of variegated but I saw someone use white to disrupt it into something nice so I tried similar.
It was going to be a hat but my coworkers told me to keep going and also reminded me how I make too many hats.
So to make my terrier suffer I gave her a second sweater. That's right second. I definitely need some children in my life or I'm going to become a crazy dog woman who makes clothes for her dog. However you have to admit. It is kind of cute.

See how happy she is?

Endurance

Awhile ago my sister pulled some yarn from a Michael's clearance bin and oohed and awwed over it's colors. Her room was orange, and she adored anything with a creamsicle like scheme.

What would I even make with that?

I don't know we'll figure that out later.

Days of yarn snuggling later. 

 

No seriously, a hat, gloves, mittens.

I look bad in hats. I don't wear any of that stuff...

A scarf... anything what?

 2 hours of knitting debate later

Knit me. A pillow.

A pillow? Are you sure?

Yeah what's wrong with that?

I've never made one before but sure...

 
I cast it on after a couple days to let confirmation sink in. The request was just a plain pillow, stockinette side both sides. I estimated it could be maybe 1x1 foot. 

In and out of the UFO basket it went since June, weirdly bulky to bring into the car. Hats on circs were more favored bring-along projects. 

My wrist would hurt some days from work, and I'd try to learn Continental purl to ease the pain but would be frustrated by slow knitting and switch back to English style. 

It was mostly my movie pillow, what I'd knit while watching movies or Who, or Game of Thrones once I was done with that. 

Remind me never to knit a plain stockinette sweater or anything, because this could basically be a panel of that.

And for God's sake don't let me knit a giant plain baby blanket.