Runnin' With the Night

Ah, yes, I finished the Ooh, Shiny! hat. Tiny squirrelled it away so fast I didn't get a picture until now. (And I still had to use a lampshade.) I can't believe that child is fifteen years old (and I'm still only 22!) and she's taller than me. sigh
Also, I used a panel of that horsey fabric and a bunch of 2.5" x 5.5" scraps to make this top: Midnight Ponies. I started it before Comic Con and had to fold it away until I had time to work with it. As you can guess, it's much less work than a fully scrapped quilt, yet I think it's more impressive.

Have... Spare... Moment... Must.... Knit!

So I'm driving Tiny all over Kingdom Come, picking up pals and going to fun activities. No, I don't actually get to attend anything--I'm just the chauffer. Well, there's an unexpected delay in picking up Tiny's friend. That means sittin' in the car. Sittin'? Just sittin'? I don't do that. Now what? Do I have anything to do? I know I took out the sock knitting and left it at home. I'm sure the lace knitting is on the table. Minor panic until I discover the shiny hat is in my purse.
Phew!

Second Sock Syndrome

Faith told me about a pair of socks she had been knitting. She didn't really want to make the second sock as the pattern hadn't been fun for her. I said I understood and suggested she give it to a lady with one foot. Well, she decided to give it to a lady with one sock. In other words, she gave me the completed sock, the pattern (Girl's Best Friend Socks), and the yarn to make the next sock! Wow! The cuff does look like a challenge, but why not? So I'll start on that one soon. Nice to have a project already half done simply by opening the bag...

Disappearing Stitches

I know the Ooh--Shiny! hat looks like it's been knitted backwards (tinK, tinK), but no! I had to frog the whole thing and start over because I got lost. "How do you get lost when you're just going in a circle? You're just doing a simple rib," I hear you say. Yeah, well. Because the right side is identical to the wrong side, it's easy to flip it over and just go horribly wrong. This time I marked the right side with a safety pin. And after I secured it properly and figured out how to keep it from sipping around the stitches and marking the wrong side, things have been going very well, thanks for asking.

Brushing off the Trail Dust

Yee-haw! Cowboy Christmas has finally finished the trail ride and is in the stable. Quilting wisdom says that a quilt isn't finished until it's labelled, so here's the evidence.You all are my witnesses. It's done!

Prideful & Prejudiced socks are making about as much progress as my slog through the book--I think it's just that I know the story so well, I'm not turning the pages with any anticipation. But I have finally made it to the color work part and I seem to be doing okay.

This is a hat for Tiny. You can barely see it, but there are some subtle sparkles in the yarn that should make for a gently shiny hat.

And then there's the Damn Classy Hand Towel. Since I switched over to wooden needles, I'm actually making some progress. The linen yarn is slippery and behaves better with less slick needles. (yay) And I (ack!) just found the receipt for the yarn. I won't tell you how much it cost, because I would seem like a very silly woman to spend that much on a hand towel. But a damn classy one.