We have a winner!
I assigned all of the 27 entrants to my
oddball contest a number, from first entrant to last, and I included
Cathi as #28 as she emailed me a ton of links off the contest entry. Using the rather unscientific method of "cut up little numbers and mix them up" ...
I choose ...
That means that Nyxxie, a.k.a. Jennifer, of Knitting Nyxxie, is #6! I have your addy already from the RAOK group, so you can watch for a little knitting music to come your way, Nyxxie!
And I'll compile a big ole list of tons of oddball patterns ... keep sending them my way if you have more in mind, and I'll update the list.
Meanwhile ...
The mismatched fronts of my A-line Ribbed Jacket have been resolved.
Ahh ... the sweet image of a successful match-up. Too bad I had this to finish up next:
Do you notice sleeve #1 on the left, which I finished first, and then sleeve #2 on the right, which I then (of course) finished second? When I got around to the second sleeve, I put in the row markers as directed and actually thought to myself, "Hmm ... I didn't remember doing this on the other sleeve. Oh well, I might as well proceed ..." and I then worked the "continue straight for 6 more rows and then begin shaping" section. The more observant knitters out there will notice that the left sleeve has some issues:
1. There are no row markers.
2. There is no "continue straight for 6 more rows" section.
3. That it was knit by a mother who generally madly chases her children around the house, which is my excuse for totally forgetting that part of the book. I'm not sure if I read it and ignored it, thinking that I'd already done it, or if I just totally skipped that part of the directions.
Here's the close-up in case you really want to grit your teeth like I'm doing:
Well, I've now become a "fix-it-before-you-regret-it" knitter, so there will be a little bit of rippage here before I can put her together and knit up one big ole collar.
Have I been seriously working on this for four weeks?!!
Meanwhile, because I just can't seem to get enough of this dk-weight yarn, let me show you what I cast on for while waiting at a local surgery center yesterday while the Big Sweetiewas getting an old shoulder injury fixed (and the Big Sweetie came out just fine!) ...
Here it is, the "Cap Sleeved Top" from the same Cathay book. And here's what this little piece of knitting will become:
Cute, isn't it? I just really am wanting a cute summer twinset, and this matches the bill right now.
I am, however, going to take time out for the
triada-along, if you're wondering.
And in other non-related news, while putting the ice cooler (with the ice pack in it) into the trunk en route to surgery yesterday, my husband found an
enormous bag of yarn ... do you store yarn in your trunk, too? Then you understand me. Where did I get it, you ask? If you're in the Denver area, you might want to be made aware (mostly because I've cleaned out the colors that I really really wanted) that Hancock's has a certain
discontinued yarn on clearance for 30% off ... and the one near 88th and Wadsworth has the best selection. Like I said, I'm ready to share the secret. Just don't store the yarn in the trunk to your car where your significant other will find it, okay?
