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Friday round-up
Oct. 23rd, 2009 07:19 amLet's see....we got 3.5" of rain yesterday. In 24 hours. Like we needed it. Good news: the crushed concrete is DRY, very few puddles, and NO MUD. :happy dance:
Finished Himself's fingerless mitts....and they are a titch too tight. He can wear them...but getting them on is not pretty. :sigh: I'm not sure what went wrong - I measured, my gauge was right for the width, I knit loose, not tight...but, there ya go. No biggie - I have *plenty* of that yarn left to make another (larger) pair, and I can find a kid with the right-sized arm for these. :lol: He's OK with it.....so, there it is.
Herself's mitts are coming right along - I knit the first one yesterday, and am almost done with the cuff of #2. These really are a fast knit: Ribbed cuff to 1" or 1.5", knit to the base of the thumb, BO 2/4/6 for the thumb opening (2 for Himself, 4 for Herself/me), knit back and forth for 1.5", CO same as you bound off, knit for .5", then rib to the correct length. Easy-peasy, and fast - I can knit straight without thinking/looking, so I can read/watch TV/talk at the same time. :shrug:
Leaving at noon today to tackle Himself's room. We want to keep the weekend free for barn-building. I will be running laundry (it's dry/sunny today, so the clothesline will get a workout. :whee:) and scrubbing floors/walls - Sweet Geek will be doing the heavy lifting.
Wanted to get tin (the guy still has a bunch, Praise the Lord!), but it's TOO muddy. We've tentatively set it up for next week - Sweet Geek wants to take 2 days off to get the barn DONE. Goats due to arrive first weekend in November....so we only have 2 weeks to finish.
I'm hoping to find all the old/too small hats and mittens in Himself's room today. I know a few people with younger kids that might like some winter hats...IF they're still usable. :fingers crossed: It's not a big deal to me - I knit all the time, anyway, and we have PLENTY of hats/mittens/yarn to make more. Don't need to keep the outgrown items....so should pass them on. Harder to get Herself to agree to this - her orange and purple fair-isle hat is TOO small, but she will NOT let go of it. Yet. We'll work on that....her Fish hat fits perfectly, and she LOVES it, so...maybe that'll help.
Finished Himself's fingerless mitts....and they are a titch too tight. He can wear them...but getting them on is not pretty. :sigh: I'm not sure what went wrong - I measured, my gauge was right for the width, I knit loose, not tight...but, there ya go. No biggie - I have *plenty* of that yarn left to make another (larger) pair, and I can find a kid with the right-sized arm for these. :lol: He's OK with it.....so, there it is.
Herself's mitts are coming right along - I knit the first one yesterday, and am almost done with the cuff of #2. These really are a fast knit: Ribbed cuff to 1" or 1.5", knit to the base of the thumb, BO 2/4/6 for the thumb opening (2 for Himself, 4 for Herself/me), knit back and forth for 1.5", CO same as you bound off, knit for .5", then rib to the correct length. Easy-peasy, and fast - I can knit straight without thinking/looking, so I can read/watch TV/talk at the same time. :shrug:
Leaving at noon today to tackle Himself's room. We want to keep the weekend free for barn-building. I will be running laundry (it's dry/sunny today, so the clothesline will get a workout. :whee:) and scrubbing floors/walls - Sweet Geek will be doing the heavy lifting.
Wanted to get tin (the guy still has a bunch, Praise the Lord!), but it's TOO muddy. We've tentatively set it up for next week - Sweet Geek wants to take 2 days off to get the barn DONE. Goats due to arrive first weekend in November....so we only have 2 weeks to finish.
I'm hoping to find all the old/too small hats and mittens in Himself's room today. I know a few people with younger kids that might like some winter hats...IF they're still usable. :fingers crossed: It's not a big deal to me - I knit all the time, anyway, and we have PLENTY of hats/mittens/yarn to make more. Don't need to keep the outgrown items....so should pass them on. Harder to get Herself to agree to this - her orange and purple fair-isle hat is TOO small, but she will NOT let go of it. Yet. We'll work on that....her Fish hat fits perfectly, and she LOVES it, so...maybe that'll help.
