As you can see, I got a little carried away and am almost already done. I have to say that if I was forced to only knit one pattern on one type of yarn my whole life, I think that I would choose mistake rib with noro. Get used to these, because there will be many more to come.
The recycled yarn finally dried (3 days!--I bet you people who live in humid places think I must be crazy bitching about that...), so I started a couple of projects with that. Using the pink/purple/white stuff (50%wool, 50% acrylic; super bulky), I made a hat. It's about adolescent girl size (oops, don't know any of those) and very soft and bulky. Love it, but who knows who I will give it to.
I also pulled apart one of the balls of the purple yarn (three strands together) to make it one stranded. That was not easy. Then I started a lace stole. I wanted something easy enough that I wouldn't mangle it too terribly but complicated enough to keep me interested. So I read a bunch of patterns and designed this:
I am certain I can't be the first person to come up with this pattern, but I couldn't find one exactly like what I wanted so I just winged it. I think it is coming out quite nice. As usual, the color is not reflected very well in the picture (damn you, winter, and your short, short days). It's actually quite a deep purple, almost brown. Shall we take bets on how long I can keep knitting on this without giving up?
I also got a pic from my sister of the steelers cozy that I made for my stepdad. I think it came out great. Obviously I didn't bother with the text, but you get the picture.
Do you think the NFL will sue me?
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