A late block and a beanie.

Wow almost a month since my last post and not too much to show for it. I crocheted this beanie for myself (modeled by my lovely cousin and my son) I used this pattern and Ultra Alpaca yarn. Raveled.

I final finished my last quilt block for last month's exchange and wisely chose not to participate this month. I would like to make myself a lunch bag for bringing to school and a catnip toy for the kitty but we will see if that happens. I have two tests next week and a paper due so I have other priorities this weekend.

Busy busy

I have been quite busy lately. Unfortunately for my blog I have been busy with school not crafting. I have been slowly plugging away at this hat. I am using the Fish Hat [Dead or Alive?] pattern by Thelma Egberts from Knitty. I have had this pattern in my Ravelry queue for a while now and after I finished my scarf I decided it was time for a hat. I don't know if it will be for me or for the kids. I guess I will have to see how silly I feel wearing it and whether Layden leaves me any choice in the matter. He is already excited about "his" fish hat.

I was up early this morning so I decided to go ahead and cut the legs of a pair of warm up pants I picked up at Goodwill for self defense. I think I will probably just leave them as is. I am not feeling particularly motivated to do any hemming.

Swaps

A few days ago this beautiful little quilt arrived in the mail for me. For now I think it will live on top of the stereo cabinet, making it look pretty. I have finished 2 of the 3 blocks I need to make for this month. I made the heart shaped block using this tutorial. Now I should finish getting my house ready for visitors and for my little man to be home again.

Fringed Scrappy Scarf

I finished my scrappy scarf this weekend, it measures in at just under ten feet long, counting the fringes and about 6.5" wide. I cast on 250 stitches, which, in retrospect, may have been excessive. I used size 9 needles and knit, in garter stitch about 60 rows. I used 25 different yarns, 1-3 rows of each. One row, counting the fringes used around 10 yds of yarn. I used all different sizes and types of yarn, from lace weight to bulky, mohair, wool, cotton and a touch of acrylic, as well as some mystery yarns. To make the fringes I just left extra yarn at the end whenever I started, turned or ended a row, when I was all done I trimmed them to be the same length and tied them into groups of 4 or 5 strands. Also, occasionally while knitting I would tighten up the stitches at the ends of the rows if they looked to be working themselves a bit loose. My reluctant, but I think cute, scarf model is my husband. I think a more monochromatic version of this scarf could be fun or even a gradation.