My Last Finished Object of 2011

Well this is it.  This will complete my finished objects for the year of 2011.  (I don't think I can whip anything else out before midnight tomorrow.)

Sockhead Hat
Started December 22, 2011
Finished December 28, 2011
Yarn Handspun Wild Ivy in Hooligans
Needles Size 3 Hiya Hiya 16 inch circular.

I really like this hat and I eventually I will make more.  I didn't have enough yarn to do the whole 14 inches so I started decreasing at about 9 inches total.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk Sock

I finished my Rock Chalk Jayhawk socks this week.

Pattern Stansfield 14 from More Sensational Knitted Socks
Started January 13, 2011
Finished February 22, 2011
Needles Size 0 Addi Turbo Circulars
Yarn Lorna's Laces in Lorikeet


I think they turned out great and they should since this is one of my favorite yarns to use for socks.  I always know that I am going to get a great sock when I use this yarn.  I think this is at least my fourth pair out of this yarn and they are always some of my favorites to wear.


This is my fourth pair of finished socks this year.  So I am doing pretty good for my goal of 12 finished pairs by the end of the year.

How to Warm up Winter

You want to know the secret for making winter take a break???
1. Get a hole in your mittens and put off making yourself a pair until one morning when it is super cold you decide to cast on a new pair.
2. Cast on the pair of mittens and work on them on and off for two days.
3.  The mittens are simple so not much stress involved.
4. Finish the mittens and plan to wear them next day.
5. The weather in now around 52 degrees.  NO need for mittens at this point.

Happy Frood Mittens
Started February 10, 2011
Finished February 12, 2011
Needles Size 5 and 7 DPN's
Yarn Hand Spun yarn Fiber from High Prairie Fiber in Happy Frood

I am hoping that the nice weather hangs around since I cast on another pair.

 

A Project Started and a Project "Found"

I must be one of those people that can't just have one pair of socks on the needles.  I finished the Cassandra Socks and just had one pair of Vanilla Socks on the needles but I had to cast these on.  I am using the Stansfield #14 pattern from More Sensational Knitted Socks and Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in the Lorikeet colorway. They remind me of the KU Jayhawk so I am calling them my Rock Chalk Jayhawk Socks.

This year, I decided that I was going to finish up some UFO's that had been laying around.  This is one of those UFO's.  It is the Mini Mochi Fair Isle hat. I started this hat back in June or July and my goal is to have it done before the end of April.  As I am sitting here typing this I thought I would love to finish this by Valentine's day but then I remember all the other projects I have on the needles and the wheel.  I think I need more hands and feet.

TOO BIG

One of my knitting resolutions this year is to knit the Fiddlehead Mittens.  I started them last week and today I decided to try to finish up the outer portion of the first one.  I thought they might be a little large because I have small hands but I kept knitting thinking that when I got the liner in they would be perfect.  Nope.  It didn't work out that way.  I started the decreases on the top and realized that the mitten was going to be about two inches too long.  I have decided to rip them out and try them again on a size smaller needle.  I think they are really pretty though.

First Finished Object of 2011

I have finished my first project of 2011.  I finished this on Sunday before we went looking for a new computer.  We ended up with a new computer yesterday.  

So the first finished object of 2011 is Habitat.  I knit this as a shop sample for the Wicked Stitch.  I used her own Cauldron Dyed yarn.  This yarn is so squishy.  I just love it.  I am thinking of picking up a hank of it to start one for me.

Habitat Hat by Jared Flood

Started November 27, 2010

Finished January 2, 2010

Yarn Wicked Stitch Cauldron Dyed in Green

Needles Size 8 and 9 Knit Picks Options