What's on your needles?

[pinesandmaples]

So what projects are getting your attention these days? (And I'm not talking about those shoved-in-the-back-of-your-knitting-bag-haven't-seen-the-light-of-day-in-months projects!)

The most active of my projects is this one...

Pattern: Wavy from Knitty
Yarn: Creatively Dyed Merino Twine (not on the website yet) in Jute
Thoughts: I'm really worried that this scarf is ugly because of the striping. Now, granted, that picture is lighter than the actual scarf which makes the striping more stark...but still. This is a gift for a friend moving to Prince Edward Island, CA, for vet school. I hope it's lovely and warm.

I'm also working on these socks, off and on...

Pattern: My own vanilla sock pattern, cobbled together to fit my feet.
Yarn: Spunky Eclectic Super Sport in Mud Season
Thoughts: I want to finish these SOON! I'm so tired of knitting them, and I'm ready to wear them!

Everything else I'm doing has been put on hold to power through that scarf. When I finish it, I'll go back to my sweater and my lace.

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[alsatia]

But the shoved-in-the-back-of-your-knitting-bag-haven't-seen-the-light-of-day-in-months projects are what has my attention lately!

It was making me uncomfortable to scroll so far down my Ravelry projects page before finding anything that's finished, and I finally got motivated to finish things that I'd abandoned.

I seamed the One-Piece Baby Kimono from Mason-Dixon Knitting and assembled a crocheted frog from a free pattern sheet. I crocheted the top edge and straps of a string bag I was improvising (long hibernation due to running out of yarn, the dye lots in stores sucking, and me forgetting how to do the stitch pattern). I finished a shrug for my mom that is a highly modified form of Knitty's Bobblicious.

Now I'm halfway through a headband-sized version of Garter Stitch Loop-Through Scarf from 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders made with the leftover yarn from my scarf-sized version of the same pattern. I've also got Lucia Tedesco's New England Stole nearly done, and just need to rip out a few rows of the straight portion and do the ending decrease rows (I counted wrong and thought I could do one more repeat without running out of yarn).