Colorful

Looking at all the WIPs I have going I noticed that they are all very colorful, either due to variegated yarn or multiple solid yarns in one project. Its a little odd for me to have so many colorful projects going, but its kind of nice :)

First up- the blanket! I finished the sixth square thanks to a long car ride Sunday (its the black one at the bottom)

Only 4 more to go if I do the full size. I'm going to see how big it is after square 8- since I am using worsted weight yarn and size 8 needles its coming out a little bigger than the pattern measures, so I may not need the extra two squares.

Next up are my Hermione's Sunshine Socks! I am still loving these socks, but they haven't gotten much love since they are my take-along knitting. I'm not stressing; they will be finished before the weather gets too cold :)

My Spectra actually got a lot of love over the past few weeks. This has been my work knitting and, despite having to tink back a whole wedge the other night after I dropped an awkward stitch, I'm more than halfway done!

Its hard to see, but the JoJoland Melody yarn has long color changes that I'm really enjoying.

Last but not least, the new kid to the WIPs, my Swap Girly Mitts. These are going in the mail this week and I'm a little sad. Normally these wouldn't be my type of colors, but I am loving the yarn!

These are the Accidental Girly Mitts by craftyLis and I am liking how they are working up! My yarn is Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet dk in the Gems colorway (#59)

Halfway on Everything

See that group of progress bars over there --->

Notice anything kinda funny?

Yeah, they're all at about 50%. I think I'm in a rut or something, it seems like I've been knitting everyday for the past few days, yet all my projects hover at the halfway mark. I suspect nargles.

I feel that there are a few ways I could deal with this problem. I could

a) Cast on something new. Then it would throw off the balance of 50% on all the items.
b) Focus on one of the projects over the next few days, getting it far past the 50% point.

I'm leaning toward the first, because I need to start a small project that wont take more than a week. Any ideas?

It's Coming Back...

My desire to design, that is. I never really lost my design mojo, but this summer has been really busy with vacations and weddings (and wedding gift knitting!) and other hubalub, so designing has kinda been pushed to the back burner. The cooler weather we have been having totally has me wanting to dive into my yarn stash and never come out, so I thought the best way to channel that would be to finally put some of these ideas into pattern form. Wanna sneak peak?

This doesn't look like much yet, but its a design that has been brewing for probably close to a year now.  Stay tuned for an actual pattern, hopefully in September!

Zucchini Tots

I found myself with a zucchini sitting on my counter and not much else in the fridge or pantry. I usually go home to eat lunch, so that gives me some freedom in what I want to eat. I found this recipe on a blog earlier this morning and, reading down through the ingredient list, I realized I had everything in my pantry and fridge to make them. They were quick enough to whip up during my lunch break and were quite yummy :)

You can find the recipe here. I highly recommend it!

Moderne Knitting

Since finishing the wedding shawl last week I decided I better get cracking on the other wedding gift I am knitting this year, the Moderne Log Cabin Blanket. I am really enjoying working on this blanket as it is perfect podcast or TV knitting. I started block 6 yesterday and I have about a month to finish, so I think I will make it as long as I work on it every day! Here's a new progress pic :)

For whatever reason my photos have been uploading upside down, but thankfully for the blanket it doesn't matter :)