Hiatius from blogging, but never from knitting!

So many things! I'll go over them quickly. I lost my camera case a little while back, so I improvised and knit up a new one with some of my extra Peace Fleece, the same yarn I used for my sweater.

And what would a camera case be without an embroidered sheep on the back?

I also started a pair of Spot Check Socks, but I probably will never finish them. I'm not going to have enough of the green yarn and I'm not extremely in love with the color combination. I think it's a fabulous pattern for variegated yarn - it shows off the spectrum of colors without overwhelming the eye. But of the projects I've seen, my favorites are when the solid yarn is a color within the spectrum of the variegated. Oh well. Maybe I'll frog them someday when I have a solid color that I like more.

And for Kristen's baby shower!! I made up a chart for a cardinal because if the baby is a boy, my cousin Charles refuses to let him wear a blue hat in the hospital lest he unconsciously be swayed to cheer for the wrong team in his impressionable infantile stage. I love how it turned out, but I really need to work on my tension while color knitting.

And I've resumed my argyle hat project from a year ago!! This time not making the hat in the round, and it's much more manageable. I'll go back and do the criss-crossy lines afterwards because it sounds like that's easier.


And now for my current project!! It's a mystery knit! ;) I arrived in Beirut not quite two weeks ago and on the long plane rides over this is what I did while I wasn't sleeping. It's coming along nicely, but I still have a long way to go!

Here's a bit more of a hint at the pattern, some knitters may recognize it from its stardom on Ravelry. It's a fun knit, but does require concentration, at least every 5th row.


Well that's all for the knitting! I have (of course) already found out where a knitting store in Beirut is, but have yet to visit. Sounds cute though. I'm sad though because I apparently missed some competition or contest they had going on with a display of a bunch of people's work. Maybe next time! Maybe they have some knitting at the sou' (the market that they have every few days). I'll keep you updated!

More Mittens

Quick post during finals week...

My second pair of mittens are finished. Have been for a few weeks actually. The first one is a little to tight right after the thumb, and the other one is a little too short. But they were good enough, so I didn't redo them or anything. I have been wearing them a lot actually. I like these colors more than the green ones, but those are kind of fun too. I worry that they look a little frumpy though. Sidestory: I was walking one day with a friend and telling him how I worried that my green mittens looked frumpy (I was wearing them) and we passed another girl I knew and she complimented me on them. We both started laughing after she had passed because I wasn't sure if she had heard our conversation and was trying to boost my confidence or if it was actually genuine. Anyway, here are pictures of the finished mittens #2! I don't have that many either, but maybe I'll take more soon.


Also, be on the lookout for another post soon of Beth's wrist warmers and beret! Finished that project last night and ended the evening with a FABULOUS photoshoot.

(One last picture, where you can see the rim of marron at the bottom of the cuff. I like it.)