BO is now FO!

And by BO I mean Branching Out, not Body Odor. And by FO, I mean FINISHED OBJECT!!!! Yay! I finished Branching Out, and I am super happy with it! I had a few problems, most of them involving my inability to count, but I still really like this pattern. Here it is:

All I have left to do is block it, which I am a little nervous about, but hopefully that will go well and I can do one of those awesome photo-shoots-on-a-bush. I'm really excited to have my first completed lace project!

Yesterday I made this bookend

from a cardboard box. It isn't perfect, but I think it's good enough, at least until I can go for a second try.

I also made a little ornament from an empty sprinkle bottle and some beads. Plus a ton of hot glue.

Here is an update on my list:


1. the Zigzag Lace Scarf from Persnickety Knitter
2. this Mohawk Hat
3. another Branching Out
4. another Zigzag Lace Scarf


Have a great day!

Weekend Knitting. I did some.

Hi guys! I hope you had a great weekend; mine was pretty good!

First, I forgot to put this picture in Friday's post, so here is the Jean Covered Notebook I made:

I loosely used this tutorial, and I haven't decided if I'm going to add any embellishments. I might thread an old belt through the loops like in the picture, but I probably won't do rhinestones. Not really my style!

Next, I took a break from Branching Out for an hour or two on Saturday to make this:

I know, another one. I can't help it! They're super addictive, and they make great quick gifts. This time it is the Three Crosses Cloth from Knitting Knonsense (I'm kind of addicted to that site, too) and I only had two little problems. First, I skipped one line of instructions (four rows) and I was missing the top part of the two little crosses. If I was making it for someone whose initials were TT, it would have been OK, but.... I ripped out (carefully) and fixed it. I also missed two rows right near the end, 55 and 56 I think. I didn't rip that time, because I was super close to the end. And I just didn't care. 

Speaking of Branching Out (a paragraph ago, I know) it has grown a lot. Here it is on Friday night:

And this morning:

I lost track of how many repeats this is, but I have about 30 inches so far. I think this is a very pretty pattern, and I am still deciding if I should do another one or the Zigzag Lace Scarf. There are a few mistakes here and there, including a big problem I had last night. So I was chugging along, completely focused on my knitting (OK, I was reading Harry Potter) and I realized that I had done Row  9 when I should have been doing Row 8. So I tinked back, counted my stitches, and had the wrong number. I ripped back another row, no luck. So I got really angry at it. (It didn't help). I finally decided I was just going to have to cheat a little bit. At that point, I was at the beginning of Row 6, so I did k3, pfb, p23, pfb, k3. I'm not sure if that's allowed, but it's just an addition to the already-too-large collection of booboos on this scarf.

I also made a plain old scarf, which I am going to do instead of another Hug Scarf (I changed the list too). It is big yarn on big needles, so it went really quickly. I used it to get a break from lace-not that there's anything wrong with lace!

Here is my list:

1. the Three Crosses Cloth from Knitting Knonsense
2. Branching Out, from Knitty
3. either another Branching Out or the Zigzag Lace Scarf from Persnickety Knitter (it depends on how much I like the Branching Out pattern)
4. the Apple Dishcloth from Knitting Knonsense
5. the Sailboat Dishcloth from Knitting Knonsense (the picture doesn't show up for me, but I have seen it before)
6. a plain old scarf

I'm going to keep working on Branching Out, and hopefully I'll have it done sometime this week. That's unlikely, but I can hope, right? 


Have a great day!

Yarn Math!

That doesn't even make sense; I mean yarn is amazing and math is just, well, alright. But I did have to do some yarn math for Branching Out:

The yarn I am using for Branching Out has very similar yardage to the Elsebeth Lavoid Silky Wool, so I'm basing my numbers off that. The pattern said those using the Silky Wool would get about 27 pattern repeats. Based on what I have now, that would give me a scarf about 55 inches long, which is a pretty good length. I don't think I need the other skein, and I have until August to return the it, so I'll just go through the first skein and see if I like the length. (OK, not sure that really qualifies as math, but whatever.)

Here's what I have so far:

4.5 repeats and 10 inches. I really like this pattern so far; after the initial ripping out, it's basically been smooth sailing! It is taking me a lot longer than a normal scarf, and  haven't been working on much else, but I did make a few things with the hot glue gun this morning:

I can't post a picture of the first thing, since it's my dad's birthday present, but I will after his birthday. If I remember. I also covered a notebook, but I'll show that tomorrow to go with my upcycled post.

These are completely upcycled wrap bracelets, made three different ways. I'll have a tutorial up for tomorrow's post! I burned two of my fingers making the two-tone one, and I'm typing using hunt and peck while I put ice on it. :)

I also covered a notebook, but I'll show that tomorrow to go with my upcycled post.

OK, so a summary. I have anther repeat done for Branching Out, I'm probably returning some of the yarn for Branching Out, I had way too much fun with the hot glue gun this morning, and  I'll have a tutorial for those bracelets up tomorrow. Have a great day!

Random Photo for Today:

My comforter had a rip in it (probably from cutting fabric on it) and I've been ignoring it forever, but I finally decided to fix it last week. After a year. Anyway, I sewed it up, and I noticed the stitch line looks a little bit like Harry Potter's lightning bolt scar. Freaky, huh?

5 Repeats Down

That's for Branching Out, which I am really enjoying. Here are the five repeats:

That's two from yesterday and three from this morning, since I had to do a little bit of frogging. I will keep working on this tomorrow, and hopefully I will do more than today.

Sorry for the rushed post, but I'm in a bit of a hurry. Have a great evening!