Making progress…

So, it’s been a little while since I blogged last! I haven’t gotten my Master Knitter package back in the mail yet, but I am waiting very patiently to find out my results. 🙂

I haven’t finished much lately – a pair of socks, a charity washcloth, and something else that I’ll blog about later. (shhh, it’s a surprise!) 😉 But I’m chugging away on lots of things.

Here’s one of my FOs: a pair of socks that I started last year, and had hoped to have done by Inauguration Day – oh well, better late than never! My Audacity Socks:

Pattern: BFF socks by Cookie A.
Yarn: Black Bunny Fibers Merino in the color ‘Audacity’ (check out this blog post about the yarn)
Needles: US 2
Modifications: Just one – I made them a shorter length.
Since the yarn had a special significance, and I wanted to use a pattern that incorporated cables to signify our interconnections. I thought the pattern name was fitting as well.

And the charity washrag:

Pattern: Garterlac Dishcloth
Yarn: Lily Sugar ‘n Creme in ‘Naturals’
Needles: US 7
No modifications. I initially tried to do the variation with no cast on edge, but got frustrated and gave up. (I got the hang of the technique, but it was late at night and I kept making mistakes! I’ll give the technique a try sometime again later.)

The Charlotte Knitting Guild is collecting washrags to donate to Florence Crittenton Services in Charlotte.

Oh, and I did end up re-doing the zipper on my CPH:

(Ignore the cat hair!)

I’m much happier with it now. I just couldn’t live with it all wavy and such – I had to do it over. Now if only the cool weather would get here so I can wear it!!

So, the LSG group on Ravelry had prizes for WiPs Wrestlemania a couple months ago, and I won a prize! A custom made project bag by Maddox! And here it is:

I absolutely love it! It’s beautifully sewn – I immediately put some socks in progress in it! (And isn’t the skunk card cute?? It says “I stink you’re sweet!”) It made my day when it arrived yesterday in the mail.

I’m still working on a few WiPs, but the number is dwindling, and I’m resisting casting on too many new projects! I did recently cast on a new pair of illusion knit socks that are way cool, but I’ll blog about those when they’re done!

Happy Knitting everyone!