AuburnChick's Adventures

28 hours in the car. That’s how long I spent in the car this past weekend. 14 hours each way. Three soccer games…one each day. Lots of knitting time.

I took six projects with me and finished (sort of) three. Not bad, eh?

As the organizer for the West Coast Oddball Baby Blanket project, I wanted to get a few blankets started. Here’s Grand Canyon Sunset. I used Caron Simply Soft. The color is Mango (9502), and the pattern is called Purl Triangles from the book, knit & purl.

The second blanket I cast on is Purple Mountains Majesty. I used Caron Simply Soft, and the color is Violet (9908). The pattern is called Reverse Stockinette Stitch Chevrons (from the same book).

I also managed to finish knitting A Little Slip of a Thing. I used Lamb’s Pride Wool yarn, Spruce and Dynamite Blue.

While making this bag, I had to learn a few new things. One was color work. To do this, I took an online class through the Fuzzy Lamb. The classes are free right now.

What is interesting about this pattern is that you don’t cut the yarn until the end, even though you’re working with two colors. You drop one and work with the other, knitting slip stitches as you go around. Very neat, if you ask me. I took a picture of the inside of the bag, but I haven’t uploaded it yet. I’ll post it with a picture of the finished product.

When I got to the top, I had to do an I-cord bind off. Eh? Thank goodness I have a broadband card and a laptop, because I was in the car when I hit this brick wall. I quickly googled this and found clear instructions here on how to proceed. It was awkward, but I got the hang of it in no time flat.

The I-cord handle was a breeze ever since I mastered this skill a few weeks ago. It didn’t take long to knit the nine feet the pattern recommends.

I’ll probably felt this tomorrow. I can’t wait!

After all of this knitting, I also managed to knit one pattern repeat of my scarf. At this point, I started feeling a little car sick and had to put the knitting away and take a brief snooze. I woke up to find myself almost home.

Home Sweet Home.

Filed under: Knitting | Tagged: booga bag, Caron Simply Soft, knit & purl, Knitting, lambs pride, little slip of a thing, west coast oddball baby blanket |