Distracted by variations

Clue 3 for Mystic Ice was posted on Monday, I finally printed it today, but I still haven't even looked at it! I have been distracted.

See the family of socks, it is growing and they are all a variation of this pattern. I made one pair and decided that maybe EVERYONE needs a pair of boot socks for the winter. :) Now how many knitting days were there until Christmas? None of them have been blocked yet and the bright green child size ones are even machine washable if you believe the label on the yarn!

There has been other knitting, but itsa secret. :)

~M

Around here it is not Gobble Gobble

Look closely, do you see it ??????

Yep, right there in the middle - not quite a dropped stitch, but a partially knit one. ACK?!?!?!?!?!? How do I miss that on the return row?

Excuse me while I gibber in the corner. I have to decide if I can fix it in place or if I have to rip back.

Other than that small mishap, we have been having a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mix food with family and usually you end up with happy people. :)

~M

Autumn in New York, Photo Shoot

Of course it is pouring down rain outside, so our plan of a middle of the garden photo shoot was canceled. :(

But the Drama Queen stood still inside just long enough to get three reasonable pictures. :)

~M
who is not ignoring that she has been tagged, just doesn't have the time to find the links right now..more on that later

They would share a bath.....

They shared a bath, but sharing the bed for blocking was just too much to ask!

Let me present Autumn in New York from Bad Cat Designs. Andrea, yet again, has done a wonderful job of morphing one pattern stitch into another so that the shawl flows from beginning to completion.

Stats : Autumn in New York, A November Shawl
Version One - Yarntopia Bamboo in Starbucks, two hanks with quite a bit left over.
US size 5 needles
Finished dimensions to be determined later today. :)
Version Two -Yarn Treehouse Melody color number Y01
US size 4 needles
Finished dimensions also the be determined later -

Hey the shawls are upstairs quietly drying, I am down here at my computer....I'll get there. :)

If you didn't jump right in and join the fun on this one, the blog posts are still on Andrea's blog and the full pattern will be available on Ravelry soon.

Now to either continue with Dear Son's nasty juggle five balls of yarn Christmas sweater or cast on another project...decisions, decisions!

~M

Finished Object Friday - well not quite

The question was posed to me...have you finished anything lately? And while the answer is yes, it is also but you can't see it. :)

I will let you look at Mystic Ice clue one, at least part of it. Although I know that I have ...ahem....several size 1 needles in various lengths of cable..the only one I could get my hands on this week was a 24 inch (or maybe a 32, not 100% sure) so you can only see half of my finished clue.

Anna of KnitandKnag is doing her usual splendid job of designing. If you liked Mystic Waters I can bet that you will like this one too. I am finding them similar even though the approach and pattern are different.

Oh well, off to finish up some more. :)

~M

AINY Chart D Part 2

Does Andrea come up with pretty designs, or what ?
~M

AINY Version 1

I finished my first version Chart D of Autumn in New York last evening. As usual Andrea of Bad Cat Designs is doing a wonderful job of "morphing" one pattern stitch into another. This one she says represents the chain link fences that are the staple of the New York area. This is the bamboo version - the Melody should follow later today if I get a chance to pick it up.

~m