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Chunky Cabled Hat
Originally uploaded by anicebag

The "Unoriginal Hat" by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.
In my determination to try cables, I found about a skein and a half of Debbie Bliss Soho left over in my stash, and used it to make this hat. I started and finished the whole thing last night, after finishing the String bag and attaching the Doctor's Bag handles.

Snow Day: Part II

The Snow Day also allowed me to knit a whole bag: the

Saturday Market Bag by Jodie Danenberg. I came across the pattern and some modifications on Ravelry. So using only a ball and a half of Lily Sugar 'n Cream cotton yarn, I produced the following today:

Stuffed Full of Yarn:

Unstretched:

It was a productive day in knitting-land!

Snow Day! Part I

I was awoken at 5:19am and again at 5:50am to find out that both Rider, and Eden were closed today due to "inclement weather." Here's the inclement weather:


Not really that bad. But plows are apparently not real big in NJ. Regardless, I enjoyed having the day off... The mail came with my bag handles for the Doctor's Bag, so I sewed those in. I still need to find some sort of support for the bottom of the bag, but none of our cardboard boxes are long enough for this bag. Anyway, here it is. It is huge:

Anthropologie-inspired capelet/shrug

Anthropologie-inspired capelet/shrug
Originally uploaded by anicebag

Finished the capelet this morning! This was a nice quick distraction from the Rowena Cardigan which will clearly take longer to finish.

I like getting mail!

First off, last night I finished the back of my Rowena cardigan and casted on for one of the front pieces.

We got back from walking the dog this afternoon and there was a KnitPicks box waiting on the porch! Very exciting. I ordered 2 skeins of Cadena to make the anthro-inspired capelet pattern I found on Ravelry, as well as some Wool of the Andes in some springier colors for some more felted bags.

Progress

I started the Rowena Cardigan this past week, I've knit one skein of it so far -- I have about 9" of the back of the sweater done. This yarn really slips off the metal needles easily, I liked knitting on the smaller bamboo needles I used for the bottom ruffle better - but I don't know if it's worth buying yet another set of needles.


And I'm 3 skeins into the Step Ribbed Stole. Still don't know what I'll do with this. Maybe use it as a super wide, super soft scarf. Or it could be used as a wrap, maybe with a black dress or something, but I don't have too many upcoming events I could use it for. I like knitting with this yarn anyway!

Finished up a couple things...

I finished the fingerless "Maine Morning Mitts" tonight - very excited, this was my first project on dpns. I made them an inch shorter than the pattern (in the Knitter's Book of Yarn) called for because they came up a little too high on me.




Also finished the "Dizzy Lily" Greyhound snood - a pattern I came across on Ravelry. This was also done on dpns, very exciting. Also my first project involving cables, though there were only a couple of them.