I've been knitting like crazy recently. Have a lot of dishcloths to catch up on by New Year's Eve, am trying to finish Abrazo, and I'm still plodding away on the baby blanket (why do those things take so LONG??) It's worked out really nicely, actually, that I've had knitting time at work too, since the snow kept everyone at home for a while, besides knocking out my Internet and e-mail at work, and almost the entire post population is out of town for the holidays (seriously, who'd stick around here over Christmas if you didn't have to!?). The result is a very quiet work place, with plenty of time to knit in the afternoon after my day's work is done. So, here you go, the results of my hard labor:
From left to right:
Love to Knit (July), Redbud Leaf (August), and Elvish Leaves (mid-August).
Ironically, I didn't like the Love to Knit dishcloth at all. The pattern took too much focusing, besides taking extra concentration to make sure lefty-me didn't get it backwards. And it was just a HUGE dishcloth. I think it's the widest one we've done this year. (That's why it's striped - I ran out of the color I was working in). I like Redbud Leaf a lot. I'm not usually a fan of the picture dishcloths (like Love to Knit). I prefer the all-over pattern ones - much easier mindless knitting, good for TV watching. If every line is changing each time, you're spending more time counting stitches. Redbud Leaf was a good one, though. Nice and simple pattern, and a pretty, clean design at the end. Speaking of allover patterns, I like Elvish Leaves too. Not exactly mindless, with all the arcs, but still enough repetition within the rows to make it more relaxing. And it's pretty when it's done too :)
And again, from left to right:
Schoolhouse (September), Woven Cables (mid-September), and Frankenstein's Monster (October).
Schoolhouse is cute - could definitely see making it for some teacher friends I know. I really liked Woven Cables. I like cables anyways, and as a dishcloth, this one will be nice and scrubby (good texture). Frankenstein's Monster is actually pretty cute. He even has little stitches (took me a few moments looking at the final picture to figure out what those extra lines were!).
One more time, left to right ... well, there's only one on this row :)
Illusion Candy Cane (mid-November). I like illusion patterns, I'm finding. Fun stuff.
And Abrazo, which is all in one piece and off the needles, but awaiting all those finishing touches, like weaving in ends and the crochet trim around the edges. Should have all that done, and hopefully some pictures taken by this time next week:
No new pictures of the baby blanket, as it looks much the same as it did when I last posted about it :\ Still, it's coming along, though!
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