FO Friday

It's been a while since I posted an FO Friday blog! I have two small projects to feature today, and I hope to have another to showcase on Monday.

The first is a little ladybug. I followed the pattern from Cricklewood Owl and Jubilee Ladybird, but used bulky-weight yarn and larger needles.

The second is an ancient UFO that I pulled out of hibernation last Saturday. Back in the summer of 2010, I made a pair of Golightly Gloves from Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines for my best friend. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention and made two right-hand gloves instead of a complete pair! I made a mate for her pair and the extra glove has been languishing under my sink ever since. I'm delighted to finally have a usable pair of my own, and even happier to have one more thing crossed off of my list of UFOs!

Thursday Hexipuff Update!

It is my goal to update the blog with a running total of my Hexipuff count each Thursday. I'm aiming to complete my Beekeeper's Quilt (a total of approximately 384 puffs) by the end of 2012.

Today's Tally:

As of this posting, I have completed a total of 30 Hexipuffs! Only 354 more to go!

 

I have been trying to keep a pace of ~8 puffs per week, and I fell off of that a bit this past week because I was working on another project. I'm still doing pretty well though, and I'll have time to make up some ground this weekend.

I tried to put them in roughly the same positions as last week. The five new puffs are on the far right.

Thursday Hexipuff Update!

It is my goal to update the blog with a running total of my Hexipuff count each Thursday. I'm aiming to complete my Beekeeper's Quilt (a total of approximately 384 puffs) by the end of 2012.

Today's Tally:

As of this posting, I have completed a total of 25 Hexipuffs! Only 359 more to go!

 

 

I am really pleased with the progress that I have made so far and with the rate at which I've been able to produce hexipuffs. At first, I thought knitting a puff every day (on average) would be impossible, or that I would get sick of it after a week or so, but I'm still going strong. At this rate, I will be able to finish my blanket by the end of the year.

FO Friday

Today's FO Friday is short and sweet. I made this Swiffer cover for a friend of mine, who recently gifted me her entire stash of dishcloth cotton before realizing that she wanted to make a Swiffer cover. She is also a busy mom of three children under the age of three, so it's really the least I can do to pitch in with the knitting once in a while.
Look carefully and you may recognize this as Wednesday's "Mystery Project #1."

Thursday Hexipuff Update!

It is my goal to update the blog with a running total of my Hexipuff count each Thursday. I'm aiming to complete my Beekeeper's Quilt (a total of approximately 384 puffs) by the end of 2012.

Today's Tally:

As of this posting, I have completed a total of 17 Hexipuffs! Only 367 more to go!

WIP Wednesday

I have two "mystery" projects to share for WIP Wednesday this week. Both are surprise gifts for friends who may or may not read the blog, and I don't want to ruin the surprise. So, I've blurred the photos below for now. I'm hoping to have the first one finished tomorrow so I can post it for FO Friday this week, but we shall see.

Mystery Project #1

 

Mystery Project #2

That's all I have for today! I hope to have a Hexipuff Update to post tomorrow :)

Handspun and Sheep Kisses

This past weekend was just packed full of fibery goodness! On Saturday, I met up with my college roommate at the 96th Annual Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, PA. I haven't been there since we went in 2005 (when we were still in college!), and I haven't seen her in a year and a half, so it was so much fun to reconnect. Plus, there were all kinds of fiber animals there to pet and take pictures of and even kiss!

Photo by Allison E Frank Photography

I bought some fabulous fiber there from local vendors, including some 100% angora from Twin Ponds Fiber Farm, some hand-dyed merino roving from the Bauer Family Farm, and 4oz of Alpaca/Corriedale roving in "Chocolate Covered Strawberries."

When I got home, I finally finished spinning the fiber that has been on my wheel for MONTHS. It is BFL from Miss Babs that I got at Stitches East back in October 2010. It spun up really nice, but I spun it incredibly fine, so it took a long time to get through the singles. I ended up with 400 yards of 3-ply fingering weight, and I am very proud of it. It is so consistent and even that I think it could totally pass for millspun (not that millspun is better than handspun, of course!).