OMG YES AMAZING SCARF

My boyfriend wanted a scarf, and we found the patterns for four Final Fantasy characters here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=24547.0
However, she knit hers flat, and with cabling. I chose to knit the entirety of the scarf on circulars and then duplicate stitch the images and blocks on. While time-consuming, this project was extremely rewarding! I used acrylic yarn, but double-thick it is incredibly warm. It was my first try at duplicate stitch and I'm incredibly proud of myself.
Knit on size 8 circulars, 6 feet long, acrylic yarn.

Noro!

Definitely big enough for a shawl.

From the back.

Unblocked, after the stitches were pulled.

Before the stitches were pulled! Pretty!!!

This was supposed to be a ladder scarf but I purposely made it bigger and it's definitely more of a shawl. It was fun and easy, and pulling the dropped stitches was incredibly satisfying. I have yet to block it, though, and I made the ends too tight. I'd definitely do this project again.

Another long post

I made some Horde armwarmers for Dan.
The first is obviously the Horde symbol (which I think I did great on, by the way), and the second is from the Icon of Torment for the Forsaken. Dan made the pattern up himself. I think it probably would have turned out better had the main blue not been cotton. I made the images patches because I used much smaller needles than for the warmers.

Secondly, while out on another venture I discovered a LYS - the first ACTUAL LYS I've ever seen. I snatched up two skeins of Noro Silk Garden!! I'm making a ladder scarf with it and should be done later today.

Bag for my Suzi

So, that meme thing went around where you had to make something for someone and they had to make something for you. I chose this bag simply because I immediately thought of it when my dear friend Suzi replied. Although she's trying to expand her knitting herself, she can suck it and enjoy the gift!

It was easy and fun, and in the second 2 pictures the bag is comfortably holding 2 skeins of Caron Simply Soft.

Pattern found here.

I used the first pattern, made in Caron Simply Soft on knitpicks options size 7 circulars (although the beginning was knit on size 6 DPNs because I have no 7's). In making more bags I will alter the stitches so the pattern is k5p2 instead of k5p1 because the ribbing really doesn't show, and that's rather annoying. I also knit the drawstrings in i-cord because I didn't want to just braid or twist yarn. Plus, i-cord is stretchy and durable :)

Handwarmers galore (and more)

Convertible mittens. I used a pattern but I can't find it right now. The stripes I added in myself. Grim in the background. He moved at the last second.

Handwarmer. It's bright purple and neon green. The purple wouldn't show up right with my camera. Made it up as I went and purposely made the stripes uneven distances. I'm sick of making everything perfectly.

iPod cozy. Made it up as I went. icord strap!

Four-leaf clover dishcloth. Fun :)

Pattern found here.

Tidbits...

All right, so I got my camera cord again finally. Here are a couple FO's:



Here's that halter I made for my cousin Haley, from the book Speed Knitting:





I took this idea of a scarf composed from two different patterns, from a person on LJ. It didn't turn out as well as I'd have liked, and I made the hearts differently. I think if I made the scarf again, I'd just leave the original pattern and not include the heart. I used leftover yarn from the blanket I made Ella a year ago:

Close-up of the heart pattern:

This is a terrible example because I flew through it, but I use the same pattern now for every dishcloth because I just love it:

And finally, this is the second attempt at a Slytherin wristband for Dan (see a previous entry for the first). I made it SO long ago, like probably last November, and it's pretty lived-in. Dan came up with the snake pattern:

Lately...

I've been doing lots of small projects - wristwarmers with thinner yarn for Mom and a co-worker, dishcloths... Simple things. I decided to see what the Horde symbol would look like on size 5 needles.



I also have Hufflepuff-style wristwarmer and glove. Yes. One of each. I made the glove and then decided working on those stupid fingers was way too much work. I did a pretty bad job on them out of impatience and frustration. But the wristwarmer looks good. I planned on making the mate with black as the main color, but I don't want them to look too much like bumblebee gloves. I'll probably just leave them partnerless and make Horde wristwarmers for both Dan and myself.






And finally... I bought a book on afghans and am currently making slow-but-nearly-steady progress on Dan's mom's afghan that she was supposed to get for Christmas. I had to scrap my very messy progress on the previous attempt, but I think it's starting to take shape well.