Category Archives: Finished Objects

Finished: In The Light Blues Take Two

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The In The Light Blues, Take Two is done!

Pattern: In The Light by Casey Day-Crosier (rav link)

Yarn: Multiple single skeins from my deep stash: Rav Notes

Needles: US 7s

Mods: shorted the lace section to conserve yarn

All in all the remains of the yarn from the In The Light Blues first version amounted to just over 1,005 yards of yarn in this scrap version. I literally didn’t have even an inch leftover. I am happier with the fade on this version as it looks more organic to the eye. There are less hard lines.

It feels nice to have some other color palettes available in this versatile shawl. This is the sixth iteration I have made of this pattern. It wears well and I get a ton of compliments on each of them when I wear them.

I need to quit messing around and get back to my Vary the Gate. It has not grown appreciably as I have worked all these other faster shawls. I need to pull that out!

Happy Knitting!!

Hotel Blocking

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I managed to get my In The Light Blues Take Two done but not blocked before leaving for a weekend away.

I used some white variegated with rainbow speckles to finish the last of the fringe. And then chunked into some water. I didn’t do a full soak or use any wool wash as I was improvising. I did use a hotel towel to squish out all the water and then dry over the hotel shower door.

I hope the hotel cleaning staff got a kick out of it, lol. I am going to wait for some sunshine and I’ll take some FO photos of this this week and measure all the yarn. The good news is that I didn’t have any scraps leftover!

Happy Knitting (And Blocking)!!

Finished: In The Light Blues

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The In The Lights Blues is DONE!

Pattern: In The Light by Casey Day-Crossier (Rav Link)

Needles: US 7s

Yarn: Random single skeins of sock yarn, see my Ravelry page.

Mods: I didn’t follow the fade pattern and this ended up using five colors instead of three

This finished shawl weighs approximately 220 grams of yarn or roughly 972 yards of yarn. This would have been a great stash buster if I had mathed differently the the beginning. Hence my In the Light Blues, Take Two shawl…..

The last color I added ended up being a VERY dark transition. I am not sure how I feel about it but it is what I completed. Still a very wearable shawl but the fade had some lines in several areas. It did, however, block and relax beautifully and I can never be mad at that.

Happy Friday and Happy Knitting!!

A Basket Kind Of Birthday

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A very dear work colleague has turned 50. And the work team is celebrating her. She has done a lot of work to help me so I decided to meet her where she is. She is a basket giving lady so I made her a basket!

The party theme is Taylor Swift’s Opalite. So I went to Home Goods and found some coordinating paper, basket, candle, beads (she makes bracelets), frame, chocolate and I added the two Swiftie Hats I made.

I can’t wait for her to see this basket! I am pretty proud of myself!!

Finished: Raiders Hat

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The Raiders Hat is complete!

Pattern: Touchdown Beanie by Katie Carlson (Rav Link)

Needles: US 3s and 5s

Yarn: Treasure Goddess Warmth Worsted in Gunpowder, Pieces of Eight and White Sand Beaches

I am fairly happy with the finish. I think the crown being in grey made me less mad at the grey letters. I used about 144 yards or about 66 grams of yarn to make this medium pattern size. I do think I will send this to my friend so she can have both and my scraps will go in the scrappy hat box.

Now I need to decide what my next small knit is going to be….

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Dee’s Retirement Hat

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It took me a minute to find a place warm enough to get Dee’s Retirement Hat washed blocked and dry. But she is done!!

Pattern: Touchdown Beanie by Katie Carlson (Rav Link)

Yarn: Treasure Goddess Yarns Warmth worsted in Gunpowder, Pieces of Eight and White Sand Beaches

Needles: US 4s and US 5s

Mods: Added an extra row of white stockinette before and after the lettering

This was a size adult medium for the pattern. I ended up with 83 grams of total yarn used across all three colors. Obviously that mostly is the Gunpowder (darker black). I would have enough of the grey to make a full second medium hat and flip flip the black and the grey….do I dare attempt a second hat before the party….

Happy Knitting!!

Coffee and Tiny Sweaters

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I needed some dopamine this week. So I made two tiny sweaters for my coworkers who have desk geese. They are miniatures of the ceramic porch geese that some people have for decoration. And both change their outfits to fit the season.

This is the wee sweaters by Sarah Schira (Rav link) and just some leftover yarns from the first two colors of my In The Lights Blues. I cranked these out in like an hour and then snuck into one of their offices to test out.

Unfortunately, the geese have more robust bust areas than these sweater allow. I think I am going to try an steek the backs open a little bit from the hem up. That way it adds some space for the goose body.

This is possibly the weirdest and funniest thing I have done this week. And I love that my colleagues have no idea that this is coming. Happy (surprise) Knitting!!

Finished: Handspun Sparkly Hat

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I was successful at finishing my Sparkly Handspun Hat during my all day work training. I even have it washed and ready for glamour shots

Pattern: My own basic beanie recipe. I think I used 76 stitches?

Needles: US 10s

Yarn: My own bulky handspun here and here

All finished this hat weighed almost 120 grams and used 163 yards of my handspun. I mixed two different spins together and you would never tell. The fabric is quite dense as you can see in the first photo with zero drape. But it is soft and VERY WARM with the alpaca content.

I plan to keep these and the mitts in my hat stash. I like that I made the whole project from soup to nuts so to speak. And it feels good to “clear out” a 2024 WIP from my bag of WIPs…

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Swiftie Beanie #2

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The Second Swiftie Beanie is complete. And it fits much better than the last one, lol.

Pattern: Touchdown Beanie by Katie Carlson (Rav Link)

Needles: US 5s

Mods: I changed how the colors fell in the colorwork to match the yarn I had on hand.

This was an adult medium and finished out nicely with blocking. I used 64 grams of yarn across all three colors. I really liked switching up the colorwork from pattern instructions. I think white letters would not have popped as much.

It makes a slouchier hat with the ribbing folded down and tight beanie with the ribbing doubled up. I hope the recipient really enjoys it. And I completed well in advance of the March birthday!!

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Rhiannon’s Socks

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I have finished the legs of Rhiannon’s Socks and they are ready for gifting.

Pattern: A basic 60 stitch toe up vanilla sock

Needles: US 1s

Yarn: Urth Uneek Sock in Zebra colorway

I am really happy with these socks. They worked up quickly once I actually knit on them. Turns out knitting for smaller feet does in fact go faster. The self stripe portions really was consistent across the two skeins. (This yarn comes caked up in two 50 gram skeins). And the finished fabric feels like it will wear super well. I did use less yarn than normal due to the size. I used 62 grams or 272 yards of yarn. I might have enough yarn for some small shorties? But likely this yarn will go into my scrap blankets.

Now the hard part is trying to schedule time with this friend so she can have her gift. World peace is easier than our schedules, lol. Happy Knitting!!