"Bigger on the Inside" Shawl is Finished!

Well....almost. *LOL* I've completed the knitting and now need to give it a bath and block it. I'm off from work the rest of this week and hope to find time to get it blocked while I'm off. Now, what's next? Sure, I have several UFOs I could finish, but what's the fun in that? I had an idea for a Christmas gift for a coworker the other day, and I think I may start that after blocking the shawl. Speaking of blocking, this will be the first item I've had to block since Tilly TabbyCat came to live at my place. This could get interesting! :-)

4 Weeks and One Day

Four weeks and one day until Christmas.....oh, boy, I've got to get IN GEAR!!  I have a few more knitting projects to finish up and I'm having a terrible time getting it done.

I did finish the diamond brocade scarf and I've got another scarf (mistake rib pattern) about halfway completed.  The other projects are relatively small, and I'm hopeful that I can make good progress on those during a business trip this week.  I think I'll have about 8 hours on the road, and I'm not driving.  Love that kind of travel for knitting purposes!  :-)

I hope you all had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and that you've made better progress on your holiday knitting than I have!!

Saturday Morning Knitting

Last night was a relatively sleepless night, so this morning has been very low-key in my little corner of the world.  I happily discovered that Netflix had added Season 5 of "Doc Martin" to the titles available for streaming.  So, I decided this would be a "Knitting and BritCom" kinda morning.

Not that I don't have PLENTY of household chores waiting for attention, but I'm tired.  The chores will wait a little longer.

My week was too hectic to allow any productive after-work knitting, so this morning was the first real progress I've made on the Diamond Brocade Scarf since last weekend.  I've developed a rhythm on it finally, so it's going quite well.  Very good "in front of the TV" knitting.  :-)

I did knit one mini-Christmas tree last weekend, and it turned out really cute.  I'll knit up a few more of those for office gifts.  But for today, I think I'll just continue with the relatively mindless scarf knitting.

I need the rest.

Have a great weekend, Knitsters!

Hooray! The Jacket's FINISHED!!

Yesterday my Knit Meter said that I've knit 986 yards of yarn this year.  Today it says that I've knit 2,777 yards.  Why?  Because this morning I finally hid the last end on my adult version of Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket!

*HAPPY DANCE*  I haven't photographed it yet because frankly I don't want to look at it again today.  *LOL*

I have to admit that I was a bit horrified when I went into Ravelry to update my Projects page and found that I'd started the jacket almost a YEAR AGO.  Of course, I wasn't knitting on it steadily.  I had to stop and do my Christmas knitting, then there were various birthday and retirement items that had to be completed, not to mention a few baby gifts.

But all the same I'm glad to have it finished and to know it will be waiting in the closet when sweater weather finally arrives in my part of the world.

Next?  Christmas knitting.  I can't believe it's already time to start Christmas knitting, but it is.  So, off I go to check my stash to see what to start first.

Have a lovely weekend, my knitterly friends!

I Need Some Knitting Time!!

It seems that lately any time I've had away from the office has been spent recovering from time spent at the office.  :-(  I've had many more migraines lately than usual, and it's getting really tiresome!

But this is going to be a three-day weekend, and I'm hoping to get enough household drudgery out of the way tomorrow that I can spend Monday with my knitting needles.

I would really love to get some serious progress made on my sweater jacket.  All I need to do is to knit the extra length on the sleeves, sew the shoulder seams, and decide what I want to do about the collar.

I'll be glad to finish it up, and I think it's going to be really nice.  Sure hope so.

I need to get it finished so I can start my Christmas knitting.  Can you believe that it's already time to start thinking about CHRISTMAS KNITTING???  Well, when you knit as slowly as I do, you have to start early.  *LOL*

Well, I have a scrumptious Greek pizza waiting for me to indulge, then I might just kick back and watch something on Netflix and knit a few rows.  If I can stay awake.  :-)

Have a great weekend, fellow knitsters!