Okay, so I got bored.

I know, this is just so typical of me. And I was making such nice progress on my hybrid blanket, too. But . . . I got bored, and decided I really needed to do a 10-stitch blanket instead. Considering I had originally started out doing a 10 stitch, it really shouldn't be any great surprise. Let's see how long this lasts. Can't say I will stay with this, as I really do have other things on the needles - no surprise there, either. In the meantime, I shall continue knitting - as one does. 

Bathurst weekend, and knitting

It's Bathurst weekend here, and I usually park up to watch the lead up to the great race on Sunday. Watching the practice sessions is almost as interesting as the race. This year I have actually taken time off work to watch the race.

While it is Bathurst weekend, it gives me more time for knitting. My Hybrid blanket is coming along. I just need to stop visiting the frog pond. I've settled on the crossover from 10-stitch to log cabin, it's just the color combination that keeps changing. I'm not in any great hurry to get this finish, but know I have other things on the needles that need working on, and really want to get them finished. Can't say it will stop me from starting something else, if I see something that takes my fancy.

Anyway, here are a couple of pictures of my Bathurst blanket, which always comes out at this time of year. And, of course, I am wearing my top from when we made it to Bathurst eight years ago. So want to be able to go back there one day.

Daylight savings is hard

 It's the first day of our summer time, so it means getting up an hour earlier than normal. Boy am I feeling it now!!! I like the extra daylight at the end of a work day - on the days I work - but boy, it isn't easy to get used to. 

At least I can still knit and read. I'm still working on my hybrid blanket, which has finally settled down to a definite style. Only took several trips to the frog pond. But, I am know happy with how it looks. Of course, it is going to be double sided, as that will help to use up some of my 4-ply stash - and goodness knows I have enough of it!!!! I am also reworking my Iona. I felt it needed some tweaking, so have unpicked the sewing, and will be making more squares later. Meanwhile, Iona sits in a bag sulking - yes she is sulking in a big way. I am trying very hard not to cave. 

Still here, and still knitting

 I keep forgetting I have this blog. I do mean to write more, but then life happens, and I go AWOL. I am still working on my hybrid blanket, and enjoying doing so; I am also reworking my Iona. Not as much as Hybrid, but that is because Hybrid is my new favourite pattern. Because I am reworking Iona, and not doing it for the first time, I already know how it looks. Whereas Hybrid is all new, and I am still not sure how it will look once completed. I think it will look good once finished, and the colours will look good. I'm not so sure that the hybrid part will really show up, but, I know it is there, and that is what matters. 

Knitting grounds me when things seem to be unsettling. I may not finish things in a timely manner, but I do usually get them finished. I like the process of knitting, and speed isn't that important to me. I'm told I am a fast knitter, but I doubt that very much. It takes me way too long to get things finished. Even if I did just work on one item, which is very difficult to imagine, it would still take me a while to complete. Part of that is because I stop and look at other patterns, and how I could do them. Then I try to remind myself that I really should get something finished first.  

Rework of blanket

 I said I would put up some pictures of Iona as I reworked her. Here is the first square. Yes, I am making it a double sided blanket - means I don't have to worry about all those ends. While doing this, I am still working on my hybrid blanket - the 10-stitch/log cabin blanket. That is also being worked as a double sided blanket, and again, because it means I don't have to worry about all those ends. 

Anyway, here is the first square of Iona.

 

Just don't

I have decided - for reasons beyond understanding - that my Iona blanket needs a facelift. This is a blanket that I completed and has been on the bed for over a year. It needs to be unpicked - the sewing - which as you can imagine after such a long time, is no easy job!!! Why I do this to myself is really beyond me, even though I know it will look sor of better once is it redone. It does, of course, require me knitting some new squares, but that is half the fun- isn't it? At least this is a pattern that I am very familiar with, so it won't be too hard of a job. 

If you ever think of unpicking something that has been completed for some time - think really hard about it. Part of me is regretting this, but part of me also knows it is going to all work out in the end. Anyway, I've unpicked too many panels now to stop. Just have to keep going now.

I will post pictures once I've started reassembling the whole thing. 

Further to hybrid blanket

 In an earlier post I said I was trying out a hybrid blanket. Well . . . I have been thinking about that, and decided it wasn't really working out as a true hybrid. So, while knitting the next log cabin section of said blanket, I got to thinking. Why not try it as a true hybrid? I'm sure someone has done this before, although I've not seen it. So, I frogged that section, recast on. I am trying the ten stitch as the first two rounds, and then will do the next two rounds as log cabin. The final round will also be log cabin style. Fingers crossed this works.

My hybrid blanket

 As I said in an earlier post, I am doing a hybrid blanket. It is a ten-stitch/log cabin one. Here is a picture of the first two pieces put together. The next ten-stitch is not going to be as striking as the first, and that is because I will be using up bits of balls that I have from previous projects.

Both pieces are a decent size, which means I may be using more of my stash? That has to be a good idea, doesn't it? Back to the next section of the blanket. 

Oh, and it will be big enough to fit a queen size bed once it is finished.

This is so typical of me

 As some of you know, I am knitting a ten-stitch blanket, but I am also knitting a log cabin blanket. So ... I have decided why not combine the two? By that I mean knit a 'square' on the ten-stitch, and knit the log cabin to the same size, and then sewing,[or crocheting] the two together. Like squares, but different? Anyhow, I can visualize this and reckon it is gonna look quite something. Might even keep my interest, simply because it is a little different - and it is a good stash buster. Goodness knows I have enough, it will of course be done in 4-ply, as that is what I have the most of. As usual, pictures will follow, just give me a chance to get this log cabin to the right size.

Nothing new

 I've not cast on anything new to knit, which in itself is a surprise. Instead I have been working on some UFO's, which is a good thing. I had been working on my 10stitch blanket, mostly to show Mum how it was done. But, I've now gone back to trying to finishing a vest I bought wool for. I am trying so hard to be a good girl, and get some things finished, and not listen to all those patterns that keep calling out to me. They will just have to wait until I have a few needles to free up.

Yes, this is a short post, but I really just need to get some knitting, and reading done. My right hip has been so sore, and pain is so very tiring, it doesn't really leave much room for thinking clearly. Which is why my knitting is just simple - or what I consider easy. I suppose that is why I have the 10 stitch blanket on the go, it needs no thinking. 

I had such fun

This was such a fun project to knit. I love working with color, and this was right up my alley. It is a Kaffe Fassett pattern, called simply Striped Scarf. I have had fun picking out different combinations of colours for this and have already cast on for another one. I have blocked this one, but it will persist in curling. It annoys me, so much so that I have decided to make it a double sided project. Using different colours of course - hey, it's a good way of using up some of my stash!!!!!  and it is such a fun project. 

I had thought about folding it, and sewing up the long side, but didn't like the look of that. I felt all that beautiful colour was getting lost. Hence why I am making another one.