wip wednesday: as yet unnamed loop

Stripey Loop on Ravelry

Over the past couple months the urge to design my own knitting patterns has really struck.  I've bumbled my way through designing before (I've only bothered to document it once) though never with the thought of publishing a pattern afterward.  There are a few things I want to puzzle through and put out there, but I have no idea if anyone would ever be interested in them.

What I'm working on will be a stripey, loose gauge, single loop summer cowl.  It uses leftover Firefly yarn from my finished though not photographed Firefly shirt.  I'm very enamored with it and it's such relaxing knitting!

wip wednesday: jayne hat

Jayne Hat on Ravelry

This hat makes me giggle so much.  I'm knitting it as a going away present for my former college roommate.  Sadly (for me) she's moving overseas (but good for her!).  She told me I didn't need to make her anything but I don't think she's expecting this goofy thing.

Incidentally, there were so many hits on my last work in progress post!  I'm pretty sure that almost all the hits on this blog are just bots, but maybe with my shirt being called Firefly I got some hits for the TV show, which is where the inspiration for this hat comes from.  Or maybe everyone on the internet wants to see a wedge of my sexy pale tummy.

sea green bias

Sea Green Bias on Ravelry

Well, this definitely still isn't my finished Girly Grandfather Vest, but it's much more wearable in the hot hot weather we've been having lately.

There's really not too much for me to say about this shawl since I've already had a little cry over it on the blog.  The pattern was easy but not boring (ok, so it might have gotten a liiiiiittle tedious by the end).  My love for Valley Yarns Charlemont is very very very very well documented.

I've been more interested in yarns with color variations after my MadelineTosh shawl project.  I was drawn to this Charlemont Kettle Dye colorway because I thought it would knit up like dappled sun on water, and it worked out just as I expected!  Though maybe I was just having a green day when I bought it; in my basket was the yarn for Firefly and more Charlemont in the non-kettle dye variety.

wip: firefly

Firefly on Ravelry

I've had the Gemini top from Knitty on my list since it came out last year.  This year after finishing my first real sweater I felt confident enough to try it and here it is, almost finished already!  I didn't want to call it Gemini so I named it Firefly after the yarn instead.  You can find my list of haphazard mods on the project page on Ravelry.

One of my casual New Years Resolutions (as in only in my head) was to practice project monogamy.  I very seldom leave a project unfinished, but I liked the idea of focusing on one or two knitting projects at a time.  The way this has worked for me is to have one big project and one small project going at once.  The Gemini top is what I started after finishing my Girly Grandfather Vest, which, oops!  I haven't gotten around to talking about here.

My little shirt before it was even separated for the sleeves. They grow so fast!

wip wednesday: wedding spatterdash

Wedding Spatterdash on Ravelry

Not my wedding, mind you.  For her birthday (which was two days ago), my sister asked me to knit lacy white mittens for when she eventually marries her sweetheart.  I'm happy to oblige, and this is what I've been working on.

These mittens are fiddly!  I love them already, but after finishing the first one the other day I definitely need a break!  Right after taking this picture I picked up the stitches for the edging and the mitten looked about ten times tidier, but I was so impressed with this Frankensteinian look that I decided not to take another.