Afghans

I want to make a blanket. I have no idea what I want it to look like beyond I'd like it to look cool. I don't know if I want to knit or crochet it. I'm leaning towards something patchwork so I can carry it around. I know I know I know. If I'm going to be doing a patchwork afghan I should totally start crocheting my granny squares again instead of resigning myself to having plush, fuzzy coasters. But it takes a lot of yarn to do those and I can't carry them around easily. So I guess that means I should reball them but I haaate doing that because it means I have to spend a few hours holding an empty water bottle and winding yarn.

So, before I resign myself to a lifetime of granny squares and crochet hooks, are there any suggestions for a nice knitted afghan I could work on? One thing I am considering is making a memory afghan. Whenever something happens I'll knit myself a square commemorating it. But that would be a more long term project than what I'm looking at. So maybe my granny squares and the patchwork at the same time? And when am I ever going to do my socks? Actually, I'm going to do my socks at work (I have a new job as a receptionist and it is AWESOME!) as soon as I finish my mother's birthday scarf or run out of yarn for it and have to go buy more. Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel!

VICTORY IS MINE!!!

I finished the test knit bonnet I was working on! All roads clear and I did pretty much the entire thing by the pattern. I only changed two things: the junction of the attached i-cord border was supposed to be tied together and I thought that was too froo-froo so I did a kitchner stitch to create what WOULD have been an invisible border if I hadn't made the border a hair too long but it's really just a bump now and nothing you'd notice if you weren't me. I also changed the ties and I don't feel guilty AT ALL. The ties were basically 14 inches of garter stitch. I replaced them with 14 inches of i-cord. Oh and I moved the location of the flower decoration, but that part was largely subjective anyway so SCREW YOU!

I'm sorry, I got away from myself there. I've been working on this thing for 3 days and it's full of fiddly bits and short rows and things I didn't know how to do when I got the pattern and I'm tired because I've been staying up late working on it (hence why I'm STILL awake at 9 am). It was a very nice little diversion from the ungodly amount of garter stitch I'm doing on the scarf (which, in hindsight, may be why I was so hot to change the ties on the bonnet).

But it's DONE and now I feel better about going back to the Doctor Who scarf soon and back to the mindlessness. This was a pleasant little interlude even if I don't know when I'll ever wear it. Maybe when I go home for the holidays I'll find an occasion. Or if I manage to make a trip to Portland. But it's done! Done done done! Woooo...*sleeeeep*

Friday Project Rundown

Alright, I think on Fridays I'm going to do a rundown of all the projects I currently have cast on and how well they're going. Mostly because I can't think of anything else to say right now and I feel like blogging. Yay path of least resistance!

The Doctor Who Scarf
It is currently running 5 feet and 1 inch long and is approximately 46% finished. That is the equivalent of this:
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The "Pauline" Test Knit
I'm test knitting a bonnet for a friend's contest entry. The gauge has been attempted and I'm close enough to it to go ahead.

The Vicious Gnauga Bag
I am so not looking forward to redoing the teeth on this sucker. It takes several hours and makes me want to kill things. I am tempted to just get wicked drunk and see if that makes it go faster, or else to take it to the yarn store on Saturday and try to socialize through the pain.

The Vicious Gnauga Bag-Hat
A hat I'm making for a friend to look like the vicious gnauga bag and using the left over yarn. Now that said-friend has finally given me his proper head measurements once I realized that 31 inches was probably a result of him messing up with a measuring tape. We are now much happier at 24 inches as it will no longer fit as a tube top.