Yay! There has been success! I've been fighting with my Internet Explorer for the last little while. It seems to insist on shutting down every time I close a popup window. The photo installation window for Blogger, for example. So now I'm using Safari. And lo, pictures:
First up, the third section of the Serendipity (aka Mystery 4) stole. I'm still plugging along on this, very slowly, but I'm determined to finish it before the new year. Next up:
The first of the Mosey legwarmers. So far, These are turning out pretty well. I'm actually more than half way finished the second one since this picture was taken, but couldn't be bothered photographing it. By the next post, theoretically I should be finished them. Now for the priorities:
This is holiday knitting. I wasn't going to post it until after the holidays, but I'm sure that the individual who will receive this doesn't read my blog. I doubt very much that their mother does either :) So I know it doesn't look like much, but by some miracle, or possibly merely knitting genius:
That weird piece of knitted fabric becomes this. Elizabeth Zimmerman's brilliant, and always popular Baby Surprise Jacket. The yarn is Sublime Extra Fine Merino DK, and I used it for a blanket for another expectant mother. This one is for an as yet gender-determined baby due in the spring. I still had yarn left over so I thought these would be fun:
Saartje's Bootees. Also in the same Sublime yarn. I have knit both, but haven't done the seaming yet. They are pretty sweet. Next I need to walk to the notions store and get some buttons for both the jacket and the booties. I hope she likes them. I suspect that baby won't care one way or another. Baby does, however have a big brother, and I can't knit a sweater for one and not the other. So:
Three balls of Lang Jawoll Silk. This is planning on being a vintage sweater found in an old Phildar book. Phildar Mailles Enfants No. 54. I can't find a date on it, but it screams 1970s. The sweater is called Reglisse which I think means Licorice. So the colour is a deep charcoal grey with some lighter grey flecks in it. I'm done the ribbing at the bottom of the body, and have begun the main body of it. It's mostly reverse stockingette stitch, and I'm doing it in the round. I might be insane to knit an entire sweater in purl. We'll see how it goes.
There may or may not be other stealth knitting going on, but that's all you get for now :) I did manage to stumble across a great deal on yarn for charity projects. I don't particularly like working with acrylics, but each one of these bags cost me a whopping $2.09. I'm seeing lap rugs and possibly hats:
I did some researching in the rest of the yarn section at the Zellers store I was at and determined that the bag on the left (blue and lavender) is TLC Amore, and the three bags on the right are Phentex Chunky. That's what I've got for now. I'd better get that holiday knitting out of the way, and then I can think about what I'll do with this.
