Ole mitten notes

I grafted the stitches when there were 14 stitches left.

Ole mittens and other stuff.

Cast on 14 stitches. Knit 60 rows. Bind off all but last stitch. Turn and pick up 29 stitches across length. Join in the round and knit one row. Knit 14, pm, kfb, kfb, pm, knit 14. Knit a row. Knit 14, kfb, k2, kfb, knit 14. K one row. Continue in pattern until there are 14 stitches between markers. Move thumb stitches to holder, continue knitting mitten in the round.

That's what I've got so far, anyway. I've got too many things in progress. I need to start finishing stuff. Henceforth, October will be known as The Month of Finishing Stuff.

Place markers at 15-8-30-8-15 (because I accidentally increased a couple of times before I realized I had put the markers in the wrong spot).

Baby hoodie

Here's how I started:

Prov cast on 64. Place marker after 32 stitches. K to 1 before marker, inc, sl marker, inc, K across. Next row: purl. Rep these two rows until 76 stitches. K until piece measures 7 inches.

More later...

"Cozy" is done

I decided to do "Cozy" instead of "Assuring":
It took about 10-12 balls of Wool Ease in Natural Heather.

Now I'm working on a couple of sweaters, and I still have a baby blanket to finish.

Next up

I am working on "Assuring" from the Big Book of Quick Knit Afghans for a wedding gift. I also ordered the yarn for another baby blanket, which will need a fun name. I don't know what the baby's name is going to be yet, so I'll have to make something up. The yarn cost on that one was $98.99, but it wasn't my $98.99 so I was happy to spend it.

Ava blanket

Ava is done! (The blanket, not the baby.)


I had a different pattern in mind when I started, but I'm very happy with the way it came out. I used 8 balls of Velvet Touch--6 of Carnival and two turquoise.

Here is the pattern:
On size 8 DPNs, cast on 8, knit, divide onto four needles.

R1: K1, yo, K1, rep on each needle.
R2: Knit around
R3: K1, kfb, K1, rep on each needle.
R4: Knit around.
R5: K1, yo, K2, yo, K1, rep on each needle.
R6: Knit around.
Continue pattern as follows: *k1, yo, knit to last stitch, yo, k1* on each needle. Next row: K around.

When you run out of room on your DPNs, switch to a circular needle. I placed a marker before knitting across each needle, so that the pattern becomes

R1: *Slip marker, k1, yo, knit to last stitch, yo, k1*, rep from * to * three more times.
R2: Knit around.

I used one ball of Carnival, and when I was almost out of yarn I finished a row and switched to the turquoise. I did five rows of turquoise. Then I switched back to the Carnival and worked the pattern until I had used up two balls. Then I did another five rows of turquoise. Then I went back to Carnival and used the last three balls.

For the i-cord, I did a five-stitch cord. I noticed that the blanket was kind of bunching up under the cord, so I started doing two rows of attached i-cord and one row of unattached i-cord. That way the cord was a little longer. At each corner I did two rows of unattached cord instead of one. I continued the cord all the way around, bound off the cord, sewed the cord seam together, wove in the ends, and boom, all done. It's about 32 inches x 32 inches.