1/4 done

There is one Northman Mitten finished. I'm 1/4 of the way there! The linings should go fast...no pattern or charts for them!

It hasn't been blocked yet and I'm hoping that a nice soak and blocking will straighten things out a bit.

There are flaws. The dark line on the left side of the picture is where 2 of the dpns joined. I'm not sure what to do to eliminate that problem on the next mitten.

And since I think the inside of a stranded project is probably the most interesting, here are pictures of that too...

Palm.

Back.

Close up of back.

And here is the start of the next mitten. :)

Better, I think. What do you think??

I found new buttons.

I think they are better.

Before.

And after. I like after better. What do you think?

Also....

here is Teddy, the sock model, showing off my finished Cartoon socks. They ended up kinda matchy, matchy.

How in the world did that happen?

The non-pair pair of socks

I knit DH a pair of socks. I bought the yarn (Colinette Jitterbug) long ago when I was first starting knitting again and had only done a pair or so of socks before.



Here are the yarn labels*. To me they still look the same. And all that time ago I thought same name, same numbers, good to go.

I knit this sock. Looks okay. A little tired of knitting ribbing but that's alright.

Started on the second sock. Hum, looks different. Less purply, more green, less black. Kept on going. Came to the conclusion that yes they are different.

Showed DH and he said no problem. He'd wear them anyway. Just going to be house socks.

I thought phew! Don't have to undo all that ribbing to make them look alike.

So I give you the non-pair pair of socks.

*I didn't read the fine print under the staple that said the lots might not be the same and to make your knitting turn out the same you might need to alternate skeins every couple rows.

Photo modifying and other mistakes

Lets just start off with a good big UFF. Naw, I still don't feel any better. I just modified 1st DS wedding picture and saved the new picture and lost the old one. AUGH! The only salvation is I have prints of it that I can scan back into the computer. A little head banging might be in order.

I'm starting to houseclean for Thanksgiving. I hope I can do that without messing up anything.

Another gray day besides.....

ETA: $%^**&$#@$&*&^%$*&!!!!! Now, I maybe feel a little better! :)