Thursday, May 6, 2010

We interrupt this Giant Blanket for lots of tiny things...

Yarn on Thursday is on hiatus until I turn in my May HPKCHC classes and I get my TKGA Level 1 mailed. (And because I'm about to start lace patterns on the Giant Blanket of Yarny Doom, in acrylic, and need a bit of a breather before digging into that.)

Tuesday night:
  • Figured out the pattern for History of Magic. (It's an illusion-knitting book cover. You'll have to wait to see.)
  • Soaked the Gauntlets (not yet Enchanted) to straighten out the stitches, blotted them, and hung them up to dry for the night.

  • Fired off 2-1/5 Bunny Nugget bodies for Defense Against the Dark Arts - I'll be making four, total. Because the joke will work better that way. Again, you'll have to wait and see.

  • Started and finished - in about half an hour - a Flower Hair Elastic. This was really fast, and the best/easiest rose I've found thus far.
Wednesday morning:
  • Got photos of Hair-Rose. Tried to take them myself; finally caved and had my husband help.
  • Assembled the current projects. This includes some green & black Caron for History of Magic, the Gauntlets (Enchantment/duplicate stitch underway again - TAKE FOUR!!), the Bunny Nugget bodies, and the Purled Rose.

  • Turned in Herbology Assignment.
Wednesday lunch:
Lunch was only half an hour today, since Big Giant Work Project Demands All My Time. No knitting done, but another chapter of Adrienne Martini's "Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously" was devoured along with a tasty sandwich.

Wednesday night:
  • Started duplicate stitching for the final (thankfully!) time while waiting for the taxi to get home (I stayed at work Really Really Late):
  • Discovered that duplicate stitch with black yarn in the back of a moving taxi in the dark doesn't work so well.
  • Discovered that Bunny Nugget bodies are actually really easy to knit in the back of a moving taxi in the dark.
  • Upon arriving home, finished duplicate stitch on Ancient Runes mitts - they look great!
  • Cast on sixth and final May class project, a Secret Diary Cover for History of Magic:
Thursday morning:
  • Did really cool photo shoot for finished Ancient Runes mitts.
  • Left memory card on table, so can't share really cool photos.
  • Finished the four Bunny Nugget bodies on the ride in to work.
  • Reworked chart for HoM project so it will actually function
  • Wrote up long rambling blog post, just to de-stress for a few moments.
More tomorrow, with cool photos!

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