Current UFO's

This is the UFO meme that Cookie has up. Yoink! Plus it gives me an opportunity to post what I'm doing without going into too much detail which at the moment I'm not sure my brain could handle. o.0

Posted in the order they were started:

First Pair of Socks: I just need to finish up the last bit of the toe and graft. Sadly my brain has been very distracted and My focus has been elsewhere. I'd like to finish this up by the end of this week at least though.

Bunny Bag & Pouch for the KSKS: I need to line both bags and put a zipper on the smaller tool pouch. I also need to finish up the stitch markers. This bag is my own design, including the intarsia carrots. Several months ago Cookie sent me a Sophia Bag she had knit so I could felt it to see how felting worked. (such a sweetiehead!) Basically I saw how the bottom was a flat piece and the stitches were picked up along with a few shaping decreases. Seemed like a simple enough construction so I made myself a triangle shaped bottom and picked up the stitches, designed a carrot chart to work in the round and there you have it. This represents my first knitting in the round with circular needles, my first iCord, my first non swatch intarsia, my first intarsia design and bag design. This is my second bag as y'all may recall the flat piece fold over bag I made ages ago. I'm very happy with this project and have learned a lot. Like don't boil something when you are trying to hand felt. Just makes the colors blend. Oy. More on that later when I post the FO after my KSKS person gets it. I hope to be done with this by next week. I've never sewn before or installed a zipper and I think the hardest part will just be cutting the fabric. It's where my fear is anyway. *sigh*

Kitty Blankey/Pad: This is for my very special TKK. She am daCutest Kitty EVER and needs her own  knit blankey. At my last knitting get together on July 20, which I should post about sometime, this wonderful lady I've had the pleasure of speaking with several times showed me what she was knitting. It was a double knit kitty blankey for her little fuzzbutt. She was using one color and one strand of yarn and gave me a demo of how she was doing this. VERY Cool. I pretty much decided right then and there that my furball needed one. Now double knitting with one color versus two is a bit different. On the first you slip the purl and with multi colors you bring both yarns down and just like with any intarsia you gotta lock the yarns in place. I'll explain that more when I post the FO. I may post the pattern as well if I have time and the brain for it. I designed the Cat Paw Print chart myself, which was surprisingly harder than the carrots were even though those had more detail to them. It was the placement and making sure everything was in balance that took some time. I really should put this on hold as I have my Bitchin' Mittens I NEED to get started on. I am doing those with lace so that I can count that as my lace project. Where did the summer go? I thought I had more time. Feels like the end of the year is looming over my head. Gah. *L* Don't Panic...

The next project I start will be the Bitchin' Mittens. Trust me they are gonna be kick ass bitch mittens. *grin*

I hope. :/

Oh and here is my project bag. Months ago... weeks maybe... Dave and Cookie were talking about their knitting baskets I think. I don't so much have one. I'd break it or more than likely Kitty would want to be in it. She wants to be in my knitting bag, but the fit isn't the best for her. *L*

Anyway so here is the bag I use to carry my current project in:

I think I went into more detail than I intended. *L*

Comments

[Cookie]

You've been busy. I'm very impressed with that carrot bag. I can't wait to see the kitty blankie. :D

*hugs*

[Dave Daniels]

Yeah, that carrot bag is a GDFSOB! I love it! I WANT IT!!!!!

[Jenn]

WOW I love the KSKS bags! Very cute!

Thanks for the comments. I am hanging in there.....I am just going with denial. Works for me.

Guess where I am? Stitting on the almost top floor of the Silver Legacy! Can you see me waving?

We have a company picnic tomorrow, and we decided to come stay the night. So far the kids are LOVING it!

Soon I am headed out to find some yarn :-) of course......

[Ann]

Wow...the socks are great, the bag is fantastic...I think you were voted off the Bitchin' Mittens Island for being too damn good to compete.

Good stuff..I can't wait to see your mittens!

Ann

[Sue]

The socks and bag look great, both! Good for you on forging ahead into new and fun/challenging things. It’s inspiring for a fellow “newbie” like myself. :-)