The 12th of December was an exciting day for me. I finished two projects. First, socks.
Vine Lace Socks from Socksx3
Unfortunately, I don't get to keep them. They're a gift. But I love the color, and I have another ball so maybe I'll get to make myself a pair too. They took just over one ball of Kroy (though I have several balls of Kroy with several different lengths, so that doesn't mean much).
I also finished this:
Lily of the Valley from Jamieson3
I set in the sleeves more than the designer did and made the V neck deeper to be more in tune with today's "look". Which will of course be nobody's look next year. So I have to wear it as much as I can now. I've worn it twice - once to work and my mother's after work, and once on a sunday. I did take a couple of pictures of me wearing it, but I haven't got them off the camera yet. My mother also took some pictures of me wearing it, but I assume they all came out badly. She makes me feel very ugly.
And this little pile of mostly black yarn is Immortal.
ImmortalMust buy yarn for sister sweater, Eternal.
Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51 : Nothing. Persephone (probably not its real name): Nothing. Vinterlys: Working on Chapter 3 still, though this one seems more stable. I did work on it quite a bit during Chapter 2. 1-3 are in the same locale so it made sense to work on them together. Maybe I'll continue in this vein, doing the next locale all together too. Critted 4 Got back 3 Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 0 Knitting Aberlady (AS Celtic Collection). I added markers at each pattern repeat. Hopefully that will make it easier to work on. Summer in Tokyo (Isager):Started the month with eleven rows left on the second sleeve, the yoke, and the finishing to go. And as I wanted, I finished this and now I can wear it for a little while before sweater weather is over until fall. I could not follow the yoke short row instructions as written so I did my best to make it look like th...