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 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!

L's birthday crown

I finished L's birthday crown last weekend and managed to snap a quick picture. She hates wearing hats, so getting any photo was definitely a challenge!
The crown came out a little bit too short after felting, so I stretched it while it was drying. My original plan was to use velcro to fasten the ends together. I wound up using two pieces of 1/2" elastic instead, although I sewed them on so that the crown is now a bit too big for her! It fits E quite nicely, though, so maybe he can use it for his birthday, too. (Although he says he wants a blue one.)

Two FOs this week!

I finished J's Odessa hat and E's sweater this week! Yay!

The hat was knit, by accident, on size 9 needles instead of size 6. I realized yesterday why this was. It was in the same knitting bag as E's sweater, which I did on size 9 circulars. I *did* put size 6 circulars in the bag, but when I went to fetch them out I grabbed the larger ones by mistake. Oops! I like the way it turned out, though, and I'm hoping J will like it, too.

E's sweater I finished last night and he wore it to daycare today. I am so proud! He was really happy I finally finished it, although it took some coaxing to get it on him. I am not thrilled with the way the neck turned out; next time I knit a top-down raglan I want to do something more finished looking then just a stockinette stitch CO border (like a real collar or something). But for a little kid it works, since I know it'll be stretchy enough to go over his big head. And I love the color, it looks great with blue denim.