Here are some photos of my other Olympic entries.
1) Completed Blackberry Mittens, pattern from Blackberry Ridge. Made out of sock yarns from Shi Bui (hand dyed) and Kraemer (white). I made one mitten two years ago for my Christmas gift basket. Unfortunately, no one selected the mitten as a present, even though I promised to make a second one. Therefore, during the Olympics I started and finished the second mitten and now I am wearing them. Perfect weight for Wisconsin early spring-late winter.
2) Leftover Sock Yarn Blanket. Before Christmas I finished the leftover sock yarn blanket for daughter #2. (More about this blanket in a later post.) Upon seeing the blanket, daughter #1 asked, "Where's mine?" Note that I worked for four years on the blanket for daughter #2. Not wanting to be accused of unfair or unequal mothering, I began to make squares for the second blanket. During the Olympics, I sewed these squares together, to show my good faith in actually making a blanket for daughter #1. Check back in 2014 to see the completed object. Meanwhile, I'll be generating leftover sock yarn by continuing to make socks.
Tonight I'll be scrubbing mold and mildew out of the shower, from under old caulking. Nasty job. I'd rather be knitting. But, the state of the shower was caused by regular knitting rather than regular house cleaning. Rats!!
3 comments:
I saw that on her blog after reading about your sweater, so I knew she was talking about you!! Very cool.
Those mittens are so delicious. Seriously.
I've got sock yarn left-overs gathering in a bag while I decide if I'm brave enough to make a blanket with them.... hats off to you!
Whoo Hoo! And you do deserve the mention for so bravely cutting into that gorgeous sweater.
I'm so sorry I'll miss you in April (was hoping we might meet face to face at the Guild meeting).
I think the mittens are beautiful. Maybe it's a good thing you could have them for yourself? :-)
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