Cookie made me do it...yes she did!

"Origami knitting", Cookie said.  I was like, "What?"  I didn't even really know what that was.

But I went to our knitting group a few Saturdays ago and lo and behold there was one of the members knitting an origami bunny. 

Since I needed something origami and this seemed pretty simple and straightforward I went with it.

First up was the knitting.  A 6" square.

And then a little sewing.  And stuffing.  And yes, I admit I was going to document this with a picture of each step but I got so involved and entranced with the process that I forgot.  But the pattern does an excellent job of showing all the steps and so it's not a total disaster that I didn't photo everything.

A bunny is born!  Out of a flat 6" square of knitting.

He even has an adorable little tail.

Ravelry info here.

Maybe I'll go back to the mittens. It IS cold outside...

The Advent Calendar Scarf hasn't gotten off to a good start.

My size 4 needle, that the pattern requires, is being used in another lace project and I didn't want to take it out.

So I used a size 5 instead. Ripped because of looseness issues.

Went down to a size 3. Really like the fabric now.

Have never done cables. Day 2 has cables. Tried once. Didn't turn out. Ripped out.

Tried again. Still didn't turn out. Ripped again. Will be omitting Day 2.

Didn't have a lifeline and didn't want to rip all the way back so put in a lifeline as best I could. Turned out ok. Phew!

Got lost in the pattern and should have been doing garter stitch instead of stockinette. Need to rip back to lifeline. Again.

Project officially in time out. It'll be really fun after Christmas.

And besides that it was -10 degrees this morning. Right now, the stranded mittens are looking much more appealing than a lace scarf!

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