I keep wanting to trim down my WIP list, but it's getting closer to Christmas so I keep finding myself working on gifts for others. Let's start with a BIG finish, then I'll get into my current WIP progress.
I finished the Mermaid Tail Blanket! We spent the week before Halloween at a wonderful cabin in North Fork, CA with my parents and I was determined to get this finished. It's going to be sent to my husband's family in Scotland with a bunch of other things we've been collecting for them. His 7 year old niece will be getting this blanket, and he assures me she will love it. I have details on my Ravelry page for the make, I weighed the yarn for accurate amounts used, and altered the pattern a bit to make the stitches a bit denser, so also altered it for added stitches to that the size would stay closer to the measurements for the size I was making. It's a four-row repeat throughout using shell stitches, and I didn't find the decreases tricky at all (there's a LOT going on color-wise, so sometimes that makes it more difficult for me to pay attention to stitch patterns easily). Here are some photos of it finished:
The newest cast-on is the Hat and Peak beanie by Maxim Cyr. I'm making it in similar colors to the one on the pattern page, but am using Wool of the Andes Sport by Knit Picks. The light pink/salmon color is the only noticeable change, as it wasn't an available color in the yarn I chose to use, so I've replaced it with a beige. It will be a gift for my brother-in-law. I want to have it done in another week so that we can send the Scotland gifts before Thanksgiving here in the states. I have about another inch of brim ribbing to do before starting on the body.
I also finished off the test knit I was doing for Gritty Knits. The slipper pattern will be called "Heckin' Quick Slippers" and I'll link to it when the pattern is released. Gritty Knits is a wonderful yarn dyer out of Texas and is my one splurge every month, as I'm part of their worsted weight hand-dyed skein of the month club. I have yet to be disappointed with the colorway each time I open my package. I'll try to remember to post my monthly surprise colorway from them. Here's a photo of the finished slipper from the test. The yarn is Chonk by Gritty Knits, a bulky to super-bulky merino roving that is just magnificent.
In the meantime, I've been designing some knitting/crocheting wall art for my craft space. I'll update on that when I feel like I have a bit of progress to share.
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