How wrong was I!!

It seems that by the end there were over 4000 of us taking part in this challenge. Wow that is phenomenol by anyone's standards and a bit shout out to Ravelry and the folks over there that organised it all!

Well I did finish the mitts. I had an interesting time with the pattern (which could have been avoided had I read it properly oops) and messed up on one of the thumb gussets but they are just for me and they were finished in 12 days so 5 days ahead of schedule so yay for me.

On the downside however attempting two projects was a step too far and the scarf is sooooo far from finised lol, maybe by 2012.....

And they're off!

Well at 1pm Friday I'll be picking up the needles and taking part in the phenomenon that has become Ravelympics. There are over 1200 of us taking part in several teams.

The rules are simple; you must cast on during the opening ceremony and cast off before the torch goes out at the end.

Rather stupidly I have signed up for 2 events, the mitten medley and the scarf for TeamMine. Probably a bit much to take on but hey ho I love a challenge and the finished products will be well used.

Good luck to all Ravletes!

Seona x

I know I know....

....more socks.

I love these socks! These are tidal Waves but with some changes, ooo how brave do I feel lol! I made them short socks and carried the pattern down the top of the foot. The Dream in Color Smooshy yarn is so lovely to work with, really soft and the changes in tones are so subtle, will definitely be ordering lots more of this!

But I'm going to take a break from socks for a bit - some early Christmas knitting to get on with.

Another FO

The waving lace socks are finished!


Now I loved this pattern and I loved this wool but I would not put the two together again. The lace pattern only needs a solid yarn and this yarn is so gorgeous with the tones that it can be seen to its best in a piece of plain knitting.

Now onto the next..........

A lovely week with added stash!

Been another busy but great week here. Went to a friend's wedding on Thursday and had a fabulous day. Sadly DH couldn't get the time off work so my lovely son escorted me. It was blowing a gale and although the heavens opened when the newlyweds left the church it brightened up into a gorgeous afternoon and evening.

DS and me - running late as usual!

The beautiful hotel where the reception was held.

Was lucky enough to add to my sock stash this week from Socktopus - what excellent service, gorgeous wool, beautifully wrapped and quickly delivered. Thanks Alice will definitely be calling again!

Been focusing on finishing the waving lace socks since I am desperate to use the blue to start my Muscari socks from Knitty for the July/August knitalong, ah well back to the pins

Hope it's been a good weekend for you too!

Another FO

I don't know! It's like buses, nothing for ages and then two in quick succession. This is a winter hat/headband called Calorimetry, which I finished as part of the July KAL (knit-a-long) for one of the forum groups over there. Will be great with my long hair, it's so think I get far too warm in a hat but love cosy ears!

Time for a catch up

Ok I really need to stop starting new projects till I get something else finished, some people are just such bad influences lol. So what's ongoing

This is the first of the mitts that I'm making for my aunt's birthday - she suffers from really bad circulation and her hands are always cold so thought these would help. The pattern is one I sourced on Ravelry and the wool was gorgeous and soft - Alpaca Superfine