FO and a Half

Long time, no post. There really wasn't much going on, well, not in the knitting world. Last week was a crap week all around, this week isn't shaping up to be much better. Knit Nite was fun, though. Hope more people come out tomorrow night. I think I'll take a pair of socks to work on since I gab too much to take anything that requires much concentration.

I have an almost FO. I made another bag like mine, but it still needs to be felted. The sage green Classic Wool will become one of these, and I'll felt them together. (Whenever possible I try to felt like-colored stuff together to save on water/oil/power.)

I also have the cabled baby sweater finished. It didn't take that long to knit, maybe a week-and-a-half, and I didn't work steady on it. The pattern is from the book, "Babies in Denim" and is size 6-9 months. I used Sirdar Denim Tweed DK and followed the pattern exactly as written. I wasn't going to block it cuz it looked good as is, but I did end up giving it a little blocking. Made the seams flatten out more, so I'm glad I did it. (It has a rolled bottom edge. There as a choice of crew neck or rolled edge neck, and went with the crew neck.)

I also got to use some of the tricks learned from the Lucy Neatby class I went to -- had to duplicate stitch two stitches that were white and stuck out like a sore thumb. This was in one of the sleeves.

Now I have to finish the baby blanket from hell that I started. It's not going together as easily as I thought it would. I blame the yarn, but it's probably me. I'll fight with that maybe on Sunday and try to get it finished. I'd like it finished for SIL's shower on the 28th of this month. I also have a pair of Austerman Step socks on the go for me, in the middle of the first sock's heel. I also have yarn I got last year for a couple of hats and this set for me that I'm itching to start, too, and make the boys each some more hats and mittens sets, too. Plus there's a small list of Christmas stuff to knit, plus there's sleeves and finishing to do on an adult cabled sweater I started for the store last October... Oy!

Oh, yes, that yarn rep that was supposed to show up a couple of weeks ago never arrived. Too bad, cuz I was allowed to order in six of their sock yarn colors. The boss lady mentioned ordering it the other day, but I haven't worked since and don't know if she actually did or not. She also said she'd order some more Classic Wool since Heddy, Nova Knitter, and three other ladies bought like 22 skeins of it! (The new color I wanted for felted mittens for me sold out that day! I made sure I wrote that color down on the order list, along with a few more new colors. As soon as it comes in one skein is coming home with me.)

That's it for now. Last week did see the hatching of a couple of alien eggs, though.

Happy knitting!