Spring Green? Bag

After many adventures, all of them my own stupid fault, my Spring Green/Swiss Cheese bag is done.

Here it enjoys the late summer sun after several goes in the washing machine and some up-close and personal encounters with several bath towels and a razor.

You can read the adventures on my blog but long story short - it's a great pattern and I suck at the felting thing.

I still have a Jelly Belly Vest, a pair of Simple Socks and a Mitred Square bag on the needles. Probably won't be finished by Friday but this has been a great challenge. Thanks to Kate for organising it.

Last minute cast on!

I'm still working on my Radiant Lace shawl, not really working on my Wine & Roses bolero (still not sure why!), and just cast on a new Hailstone jumper. I will finish ONE before Yarn 9. I will! Hopefully will have some piccies, too...

Sock Topper

Kind of a cheat but I needed a project to knit at my nephew's end of year concert, so I cast on Sarah Golder's Sock Topper from issue 8. The yarn was left over from a pair of socks and was exactly the 25g called for - hooray, no more scraps! Bummer, I've got 9g left.

The hat's very sweet and I'll be able to use those 9g somewhere, I guess.

I'm also knitting Lisa's Spring Green Bag from issue 8.

Another Angel

I finished my Angel Puff Scarf a few days ago but have only got around to taking some post-felted pics.

Here it is ready for the wash. I raided my son's marble jar and placed them randomly along the lower halves of the scarf.

And after felting...

I am having terrible problems trying to get the colour of this yarn to photograph correctly. It really isn't as revolting as it looks! It's a quite nice mushroomy brownish cinnamony.......

I'd like to wish you a safe & peaceful Christmas! May you find time to enjoy the season (& knit a few rows)

Newby

This is my first ever post and my very first KAL. I fear that I have created just another way in which to procrastinate from doing the really essential things (like earning an income), by doing the non-essential but vastly more enjoyable things (like knitting and blogging!). For my first project in the KAL I have selected the very straight forward but very groovy Angel Puff Scarf from Yarn 8, mainly because I had a skein of hand dyed 8ply mohair in swishy shades of purple that I think will be perfect. Anyhow, here is progress so far........

Cast on...or cast off?

I've been saying I'm going to cast on the lacy corset cami from Y8, but then I had the very guilty thought that during this KAL, I should try to first list all the various Yarn Mag projects I have on my needles, and then cast those off before I start anything new! My longest-running UFO is from Issue 2, and there's probably at least one from every issue hanging around...!

Decisions, decisions...

Anyway, yes, thank you Kate for setting this up. I have only done one other KAL ever and it's a pleasure to be doing this one.

Cast On!

Hi Kate, thanks for the invite to join this KAL. What a great idea! Just hoping I'm up to the challenge. There are post it notes marking the patterns I want to knit in all my issues of Yarn.

I've decided to start with issue 8, so today I cast on for the Angel Puff Scarf. I'm using Jo Sharp Rare Comfort Kid Mohair.

I'm looking forward to see what everyone else decides to knit.

Christine
http://www.yarnaboutyarn.blogspot.com/