Ravelympics: Results, part 2

I still haven't had a chance to finish uploading pictures of all my FOs, or download my awards, but I'll get to it slowly. Here's a picture of the tank top I finished last week. I wore it last weekend and felt really proud of myself! I still wish it was an inch or two longer, but it's quite comfortable. I haven't washed it yet, need to do that soon so I can wear it again!

I also have quite a bit of blocking left to do. First up is my sister's headscarf, so I can give it to her this weekend if possible. I looked for T-pins at Michael's the other day, but they didn't have them (or 16" 10.5 circulars, either. Grrr....)

I calculated my total yardage for the Games. For non-WIPs (that is, projects I started and finished during the Games) I knit 403 yards. My WIPs, excluding the felted bear, came to 961 yards, but much of that was knit before August. When I get a chance I want to estimate how much I've knit this year (and compare it to how much I've bought this year!)

Ravelympics: Results

I finished all my projects! I finished the last one, the Marigold Bear, Friday morning. Whew! I didn't think I was going to be able to do it all, especially the Bear, but here I am with 12 FOs under my belt!

What I knit:

• 4 cotton washcloths (gifts)
  
• 2 pairs of socks (for E and L)

What I finished:

• Dog walking mitt
• head scarf for my sister
• hot water bottle cozy
• wrist warmers
• tank top for me
• felted Bear (started 1996!)
  

I've got medals to download and save, pictures to upload and share, and a heap of knitting to wash and block. But now it's definitely time to take a break and tackle that pile of laundry!

Ravelympics: Day 7, part 3

I finished my second WIP and 5th project total. Woot! This is a hot water bottle cozy in Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted...yum! I finished knitting the neck ribbing and whip-stitched the bottom closed. I was a little nervous about how I was going to sew the bottom, but whip-stitch seemed to work well, with a bunch of safety pins guiding the way.

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep this or give it as a gift for Christmas. Or make a second one.

Ravelympics: Day 7, part 2

I finally finished my Irish Hiking Wrist Warmers this afternoon. I started them in April!!! This is my first FO for the WIPs Wrestling event. I had some problems with the mattress stitch on the second one, but after redoing it several times, I finally got it. The seaming is off by a couple of rows by the end, but I think it looks fine and I'm calling it finished. I also had to redo the first one because I made the thumb hole too small. Bring on the cold weather!

Ravelympics: Day 7

Yeah! I finished the second sock this afternoon. They look great, and I think they'll be perfect for L this fall.

I'm not sure what I'm going to work on next. Probably my wrist warmers, since all I need to do with those is mattress stitch the seam in one and redo the seam in the other (I didn't leave a large enough space for my thumb).

Ravelympics: Day 6

Started and almost finished the second cabled sock yesterday, but it got late and I didn't want to make mistakes. Should be a relatively easy finish today. And I'm hoping to knock off at least one WIP today.

I discovered a few days ago that I am missing a ball of yarn! I had a WIP (the dog walking mitt) on the bookshelf next to the bed; I had last worked on it less than 2 weeks before the start of the Games. I went to work on it a couple of days ago while G was reading to E in bed, and the big ball of yarn that used to be attached is no longer there! I've done a quick scan of the bedroom, but can't find it anywhere. It wasn't cut, and it doesn't looked chewed, although the cats are prime suspects. What's weird is that the needles are still in the project, the cable needle and row counter are still there, just the yarn is gone (which is why I don't suspect E, who would have taken the counter first). As this is one of the WIPs I'm hoping to finish in the next week, I've got some serious hunting to do today.

Ravelympics: Day 5

My second FO of the Games! This is a washcloth in the Flickering Flames pattern by Maile Mauch, in Lily Sugar'n Cream cotton. I made a mistake and bound off (and sewed in my ends!) before realizing that I forgot to do a final garter stitch border at the top. It still looks okay, but it curls a little bit. I might try to undo it and add the border, but it's a low priority right now. I also found a few mistakes in the pattern, but nothing major.

I now have 6 WIPs to finish and 4 new projects to do (3 1/2, since I finished one of the socks already). That means I need to finish a project a day for the remainder of the Games! Yikes!
(edited to add awards!)