dillydallyknitter

Monday, March 17, 2008

Fortunately/Unfortunately X Two

One:

Fortunately, I finished my Magic Shawl last night

Unfortunately, it was too late to block it.

Fortunately, it was Sunday so I could block it first thing in the morning

Unfortunately, (cue Psycho shower music) I discovered dropped and unraveling stitches.

Fortunately, there were only a few at the end of the shawl

Unfortunately, I had to wait for the shawl to dry to attempt repair

Fortunately, I was was able to unravel back and get the shawl back on the needles.

Unfortunately, Mika jumped on my lap and I dropped a stitch and had to rip back again

Fortunately, I was finally able to finish and it's blocking again

Unfortunately, it's blocking on my bed so I can't sleep on it tonight

Fortunately, I have a spare bedroom so I can sleep in there.

Two:
Fortunately, I finished my Rosie G Capitan cap on Saturday night

Unfortunately, I didn't have two buttons for the trim

Fortunately, it was Sunday so I had time to go to the store

Unfortunately, I forgot to buy the Quilt pins in addition to my buttons to block my shawl

Fortunately, I found a box of them when I got home and really searched

Unfortunately, I'm not happy with how I knit the brim on the hat

Fortunately, I don't need it until the Seasocks Cruise

Unfortunately, I need to rip the brim back and try to re-do.

Fortunately, I'll have a super cute hat when I'm finally done!

So what does this have to do with the photograph of cows above? Nothing, but there's a lot of green grass so it'll have to do for St. Patrick's Day. (If you drink a lot of Guiness and stare at the photo for a long time you can see those cows dance an Irish jig)

Labels: March

Monday, March 12, 2007

March Socks

Being the think-out-of-the-box knitter that I am, I knit GREEN socks for the March Socktopia and tried to add an Aran twist with cables & ribs.

Not to be upstaged, Cary does his imitation of a meerkat

Pattern: Cable and Rib Socks by Nancy Bush, Interweave Knits, Fall 2005
Yarn: Mountain Colors Bearfoot, Juniper colorway
Needles: Lantern Moon Rosewood, size 1 DPNs
Cast On: 1-March, 2007
Finished On: 10-March, 2007
Deviations from pattern: The directions call for a 3 inch cuff but I have chunky legs so I shortened the cuff by an inch. Otherwise, I followed the pattern as written.

Labels: Cary, FO's 2007, March, socks