Tuesday, August 7, 2012

WIP Wednesday - Even More Hexipuffs!

For those interested, the Multnomah ended up being 120cm x 45cm after blocking :-)

I'm back at knitting Hexipuffs. I challanged myself to knit 10 for the Modular Relay in Ravellenics and ought to finish the last one tonight. That'll bring me to a total of 50 hexipuffs out of the 80 I need to knit for Henni's rug. I'm getting there... slowly but surely ;)


However, while looking through the Modular Relay on Ravelry I found my new addiction. Remember how I didn't know what to do with the rest of Tami's yarn? I found my answer:

Megan's Puzzle Pieces. I could not resist them, so now I know what to do with all my left-over fingering weight yarn for the foreseeable future.

Left-over weighted yarn is a different matter altogether. Still haven't figured that one out ;)

My nieces and nephews are slowly discovering that I knit. I've knit a shawl for my sister, and Monday she went out to buy yarn for some gloves and a cowl as well. My nephew found some yarn he really liked, and asked my sister if I could knit something for him.
"What would you like?" she asked.
"A dragon!!!"

What's a mother to do - she calls up Auntie Ria and asks if she can knit a dragon. I'm not too adventurous when I don't buy the yarn myself, but thanks to Ravelry I found this Dragon hat and will of course have to give it a try. Hopefully it'll fit his request ;) But I love how kids just assume adults can do ANYTHING ;)

15 comments:

  1. Good luck with the dragon. Of course, you can do it! ;-)

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  2. 50 out of 80 done - you are a powerhouse! That dragon hat looks cute, I think you'll do great :D

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    1. Thank you! It helps that I was off work the first week after I started, and got 4 made a day! THAT has certainly slowed down now, but I still aim for 1 a day.

      Thanks :)

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  3. Good luck with the dragon. The puzzle piece is too cute.

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    1. That's what I thought - I simply couldn't resist it :)

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  4. That hat is so cool! I'm sure it will look great and he'll love it!

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  5. Oh dear. The dragon hat just grew me queue again! Too cute!

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  6. I wonder if he means a life-sized dragon? LOL!
    50/80 hexipuffs is very good progress indeed!

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    1. Ha! I Hope not! Nah, I think he meant a stuffed dragon, but fortunately a dragon-hat was acceptable ;)

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  7. The puzzle piece pattern is great! Great job on the hexipuffs! I need to get back to mine.

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  8. I am impressed, someone who is working on the hexipuffs! I loved the idea, but making them required commitment! Good luck with the dragon hat!

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  9. love that puzzle blanket, had not seen it before, thanks for the link.

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    1. I hadn't either, so I figured I would share :)

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  10. What an AMAZINg idea for the left over yarn. The puzzle pieces will be awesome

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