Completed Projects!

Drumroll, please! After much anticipation, I have finally photographed all my completed projects and am prepared to post them here. In an effort to maintain an accurate timeline, I will post most recent to first.

This is the Twisted Rib Watch Cap. Click here for the pattern. I used Wool-Ease Worsted Weight in Forest Green Heather. My second project on circs, it took me FOREVER to cast on 116 stitches without losing count and the Twisted Knit Stitch was a surprising hurdle to me - but I persevered and now it seems too easy. Many thanks to Mr. Wooden Vase for his modeling acumen.

Next we have the Boucle Rolled Brim Hat. I purchased the yarn first and then found the pattern here. The yarn is Lion Boucle in Parfait - perfect for my baby niece. This hat was my first project on circular needles and required the use of double pointed needles which I had to learn on the go. (So what if I was finishing it up at work - I was on a roll!) Thank you to my childhood friend, Baby Tangerine, for all her efforts on this project. Her sacrifices were greatly appreciated.

And for my mother we have a lovely scarf using Lion Brand's Homespun in Barley and the oh-so-simple Garter Stitch. The "pattern" was on the packaging and required knitting with both ends of the yarn at the same time, adding to its "chunky" appearance. It was a last-minute project as I headed out of town for a football game. Thanks to US 19 needles, it was a breeze! I feel bad for giving my mother something so simple, so I'll be working madly to try to come up with something "better" for her. Perhaps if my new sock book arrives in time I will make her a pair! We'll see.

And finally, or rather, first, we have a delightful little number I completed without pattern or plan. When I decided to give knitting a second go, I was surprised to find an entire ball of yarn in my craft box, undoubtedly left over for "sizing" someone's high school class right to fit my finger. Oh the things we do for love. Anyway, I was pleased to find such a large quantity and not knowing what on earth I was really doing, I cast on 20 stitches and began practicing a 2x2 rib pattern. Off and running, without a care in the world, excited to be at it again, I knitted and purled my way to one incredibly long, horribly skinny scarf. In navy blue. I used up all the yarn and decided, as it was my first completed project, it would become a child's scarf. Or a toy for the cats. We'll see. Here it is, in all its glory. My first completed knitting project [Pats herself on the back]. Thanks again to Baby Tangerine without whom none of this would be possible.

So there you have it folks. You're all caught up. Please check the links for more completed projects as they are added to my Picasa album.