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Knitting

50% done…

by agirlandhermutt on November 29, 2009

Look how cute it is?! I’ve never done a thumb gusset before so I was surprised at how easy it was. Overall, this sucker is great! There are a few things I wish I would have done differently but nothing to make me rip it apart and start again. This morning I started the second mitten so I’m 50% on my way to having warm hands. Can I get a “good job”?!

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Nutty knitting…

by agirlandhermutt on November 28, 2009

I’m a little behind on downloading photos from NYC and Thanksgiving, but do you know what happens when I get a few days off from work?! See above! I got the first of 3 christmas hats done. This one is for my Mom. I can’t wait to see the 3 of us decked out in our knitting best. I also started on these great mittens. I posted a bit ago that I was on the look out for a mitten pattern. Well, just a few days later I got a email newsletter from The Stitch House advertising a mitten contest that they were sponsoring. Basically, buy the yarn at their store, knit up the famous Bella Mittens, and then display them in the store for a bit to get a fun prize. BINGO! I started on the pattern last night and it knits up ffffaaasssttt. I’m almost to the top of the mitten. I have the feeling I will be done with these by the end of the weekend. I love the color and the length. Very Erin-esque. Next project? Dad’s hat!

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Unravled.

by agirlandhermutt on November 8, 2009

For the past few weeks I’ve been using the Mad Men hour to work on my Hedera socks. These socks were originally meant to be my “New apartment socks” but other projects attracted my attention and these kind of fell off the needle. I’m actually quite a bit further along on these than this picture shows, but I feel like the next photo I show you should be this pair of socks all done. Next project?! My family holiday hat. I don’t even know how to tell you how great these hats are going to be.

I’ve been browsing around on Ravelry, an awesome knitting website, for the past few days looking for a good glove pattern. I can’t decide between mittens, fingerless gloves or just regular gloves. There are so many choices and as it gets colder people keep posting awesome patterns each day!

On a side note, has anyone seen the new The Christmas Carol movie yet? It is at the IMAX in 3D and I’m dying to go! I’m fascinated by the fact that Scrooge looks so much like Jim Carrey, who is doing the voice of the character. I think a trip to Reading is going on the calendar for this week!