Buttony Buzzkill.

I am just not sure what to do with this one yet. I ran out of yarn while binding off. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet, except that I may put this project down while I decide, and start on something else. Yeah.

FO: Snivellus

Pattern: Bulky Baby Asymmetrical Cardigan, size 3-6 mos
Yarn: Blue Sky Alpacas Dyed Cotton in Graphite
Needles: size 9/5.5mm
Cast on: 12/13/07
Finished: 12/16/07

I love knitting baby stuff because you're done so fast. This sweater looks to me like something Severus Snape would wear when he was a young boy. Too big and a bit crooked. Therefore I am calling this "Snivellus". I really like how ragged it looks, very orphanesque. And the fact that you don't see near-black baby sweaters that often. The buttons are actually a bit greener in real life, as befitting a future Slytherin...

FO: Argyle Skull Satchel

Pattern: Satchel with Arrrgyle Socks Graph both modified to fit my needs.
Yarn: Lion Wool in Ebony, Cadet Blue, Lemongrass, Winter White.
Needles: size 10.5/6.5mm
Cast on: 11/3/07
Finished: 12/14/07 (it was done sooner but sat there for a while waiting for me to sew on the strap...)

I learned a lot from this project - mainly, what I will never do again, and what I will not do next time I knit a bag. I absolutely love the way the felted argyle pattern turned out, and may redo it on another bag some day. Perhaps I will gift this one to a non-knitter who won't notice it's many mistakes.

Which are:

• Applied i-cord edge... applied to the wrong side on the left and right sides of the flap. A shame, since the properly-applied edge looks so tidy, and the wrong side of it looks so crummy.
• Way too wide, not quite tall enough, flap too short, hangs all funny. I knit and felted 6 different swatches and crunched numbers for two days to make what I thought would be the perfect bag, but alas...

• Not so much a mistake, but the next bag I make like this will employ D-rings, dog-leash hooks (whatever they're called) and a canvas strap to save me the time and hassle of knitting/felting/blocking/sewing (then, oops! sewing on twisted and having to undo and redo and trim and then sew back on) a frigging strap.

Here is a shot of it in action!

And my Sears Catalog pose.

FO: Vulcan Knucks

.·:*¨¨*:·. .·:*¨¨*:·I am a geek.·:*¨¨*:·. .·:*¨¨*:·

These bad boys are finally done!! The embroidery is crap, but considering that I just learned how to embroider yesterday by watching an online video, I see it as a great victory that it's decipherable.

Pattern: Knucks
Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed in Avocado
Needles: size 4 dpn, size 3 dpn for cuffs
Cast on: 11/21/07
Finished: 12/12/o7

I am happy that these are done, but not really all that happy with them. They fit pretty well, but the cuff is little saggy. Also, I wish I had used a different yarn. I dunno, I usually love this kind of horrible green, but by the end of the project I wished I had used red or blue, or non-tweed or something. I do have the yarn for the other knucks I was planning to knit, but I think I'll take a break from them. Making all the knuckle cuffs is tedious.

FO: Dobby Hat