HNT: All Wrapped Up

As I first said I would way back here and mentioned again here, here’s a pic of my completed knitting!!

My second attempt at the purl beret is still pretty big. I think it will look at lot better once my hair has grown (quite) a bit.

So as a tribute to the epic mission that was the completion of the scarf, here is this week’s Half-Nekkid Thursday:

This image is also a tribute to itself really… who knew that getting your other half to take a semi-nude photo could almost result in a domestic! It’s not my fault J couldn’t see exactly how I envisioned the picture inside my head 😛 hehe

HNT: It’s Getting A Little Cold Down Here…

As we head into cooler weather down here on the underside of the planet, I’ve cranked out my knitting again.

I started some arm warmers last year, and a week or so ago, I finally finished them and thought they’d be a perfect subject for this week’s Half-Nekkid Thursday:

I’d just like to note, that these were a complete “make-it-up-as-you-go” job, I didn’t use a pattern, and I’m really stoked with the way they came out 🙂

I originally bought the wool with the intention of only doing the arm warmers and a matching scarf, but the arm warmers didn’t take as much wool as I thought they would, and the scarf is getting really long!! So I decided to make myself a beret, using this pattern. Unfortunately, I must have had the gauge off (probably using the wrong size needles), and it finished huge!!

I ended up having to stitch up some of the ribbed band so it would actually fit on my head. I’ve decided I’m going to attempt it again, this time only casting on 110 stitches to start with, instead of 128. I certainly have more than enough wool left, I don’t know what I was thinking when I bought so much.

I’ll post more pics once I finish the second one, along with pics of the scarf once it finally gets finished 🙂

It only took me a day and a half to complete, and I certainly learnt things along the way, like how to knit with circular needles and how to make a round, how to increase stitches, how to decrease stitches by knitting two together (K2tog), and what an I-cord is and how to make one. Of course, I also learnt what all the crazy looking abbreviations mean. Yay, learning!!

You really should go have a look at the comic I posted when I first got into knitting last year *nods*

Knitting!!

I’m totally into knitting right now!! & it’s so totally sitting for creative people!! This comic has gotten me so excited!!

It’s a pity I’ve had to put my current knitting on hold for a couple of days, seems I’ve been over doing it and my right shoulder has started to complain.  I’ll be sure to post pics of the completed handwarmers with matching scarf once they are finished 🙂

Make sure you click on the image to be directed to this most awesome comic!!