WIP Wednesday - Week 9

Since my last post I finished the Twylem Cardigan and I absolutely LOVE it! It turned out exactly like I'd hoped it would, and I'll be wearing the crap out of it the rest of this winter. All my mods worked, and there isn't a single thing I'd change about it :-D

With that finished, I decided it was high time that I got started on the Adventurous Cardigan as Mum and Dad gave me the yarn for it for my birthday. I cast on last week and am just over half-way with the back collar. SO MANY CABLES!!! ❤️ It's going to take forever to knit, and chances are I won't have it done until 2021 sometime, but it will be WELL worth it.

I've also picked up the Starflake shawl once again. The yarn isn't quite as nice to work with as I'd hoped (two really thin strands held together), but it's lovely soft, so the finished item will be lovely :-) For the sake of my own sanity I decided against the brioche version, and am just doing the plain garter stitch version instead.

Finally, I finished a lovey for a friend of mine, who's due in April sometime. I used the leftover cotton from Nora's mermaid's tail, and just change colours as I ran out. It was a really, really quick piece and I love the way it turned out :-D

WIP Wednesday - Week 6

First WIP post of the year! Aaand it's taken me more than a month to actually get around to writing one... go figure. Of course this means that I have quite a bit to show off, but I'll try to keep it fairly short.

Finished objects
Apparently there's a baby-boom at work at the moment, with 4 colleagues/partners of colleagues being pregnant and due within the next few months, so I've been knitting baby stuff like crazy. So far I've finished 2 baby surprise jackets and (almost) 3 pairs of booties.




I love knitting the BSJs, but have yet to find a good way to seam up the sleeves, so though the knitting itself is really easy, the making up (including buttons) does turn it into a bit of a hassle after all.

... They are ridiculously cute though :-P

I finally finished my Jillian sweater :-D I was a bit worried about it, as it had a bit of a weird fit prior to blocking, and I wasn't quite sure if it would work. Fortunately it mostly evened out while blocking, and though the fit isn't quite right, it's still perfectly serviceable, and I'm happy with how it turned out.

I've also finished the Aranami Shawl - playing a SERIOUS game of yarn chicken near the end, and ended up finishing my cast off with less than 1 gram remaining! It was a surprisingly dull knit, strangely enough, so I don't see myself making any more of those.

On the needles
With all the finished items, I actually only have one active WIP at the moment. I'm working on a(nother) blanket for myself, and have finished the first quartet of squares. It's slow going, but I think it'll look good when done.