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CS2008 2 more FO's

I have finished the Cable Luxe Pullover and I love this sweater. The sport weight yarn made for a lightweight (read indoor wearable) sweater. The drape is great. hubby says it looks like a maternity sweater but it really doesn't. It has a bit of swing to it and will be something I can wear to work or with jeans. Done both already by the way! With it being woolease it goes from washer to dryer very nicely!  So here are the pictures.

The other FO is the sweater for my niece KaIty's Christmas present. This is really warm and soft at the same time. The colors are nice and bright just like she likes. I would actually love to make an adult version of this sweater but I'm thinking light blue and grey for the color work.
Any way, on with the pictures.

In other news we had a lovely turkey day and a nice quiet weekend. No Black Friday for me. I did however get the Christmas tree put up and decorated. I have a few more outdoor decorations to do and I need to send off my Christmas cards. Shopping will be done in the next couple of weekends and then Mom will be here to celebrate the holidays with us!

In regards to CS2008 there are almost 30 members in the Ravelry group and everyone is working diligently on their projects it seems. I have 3 more to try and get off of the needles by the end of the year. We'll see how that goes. I am now plugging away at the Adrienne Vittadini cabled pullover. I have finished the 50 rows of ribbing that it required and am working on the cables. I messed up a row of cable at lunch today and now need to frog back a couple of rows but hopefully I'll get back on track tonight with it. I would like to have the front completed by the weekend and then get the sleeves done by the end of next week. We'll just have to see how that all goes though. I should be working on the other 3 that I have going but the ribbing is what got me to carry this thing around. Knowing I had 50 rows of mindless ribbing made it the perfect carry along project.

Well it's late and my children require dinner. Update on the son though- he is now brace free, going to physical therapy twice a week and in the last couple of days has quit using his walker and wheelchair. He still has a bit of a limp but has made great progress in a short period of time. He may start taking the bus next week again which means I won't be playing chauffeur to and from school any more. Slowly but surely we are getting back to normal around here. 

One picture for you too. The kiddos at Halloween.

CS2008 Update

Over the weekend I finished up two more projects for CS2008 and cast on for one more. I know they weren't already WIP's but I eluded to them in my WIP list due to the fact that they are Christmas pressies and I needed to get them done. So I present to you....

A hat for nephew. Went down a needle size to have it fit him. It looks smaller in the picture than it is in real life.

A vest for said nephew- went down a yarn thickness, needle size and up fit size for cast on and real size for length (hope that made sense)

And from the Yarn Girls Guide to Knits for Older Kids

The fronts are done. The back is ready for the armhole shaping.

The pattern called for wool. While I love wool, my SIL has three kids. Two of which are still in diapers. She also has my brother, a full time job and enough laundry to do without having to worry whether or not she can wash what I make her kids. All items mentioned are machine washable and dryable.

The pink and green is two strands of Lionbrand Microspun. The yarn is splitty and I detest working with it with one strand. Two is nice and thick and soft and I could make a blanket and stay wrapped up in it all winter. I hope to have this sweater done by the end of the week. One of the sides has to be frogged back a bit and reworked. I screwed up a row of the slip stitch and while no one else can see it I'm sure, I CAN. It's bugging me and I'm going to fix it.

SO I'm off to feed children, finish some MORE laundry (I don't know about you but it never ends) and try and finish up the back.

C YA!

CS2008 Update

The hard part about posting is that I have to stop knitting to take pictures and think up something witty to say. Ok something to say never mind the witty.

So here is the update for last week.
1 FO

And a helluva lot of progress on another.

We have a three day weekend coming up and I'm really hoping that I can actually finish it! It's basically going to be bind off, weave in one end and wash and wear. This is woolease so I really can't see blocking it. Ok so shoot me. It will all work out in the wash. It seems to be kind of lopsided on Phyllis but it's just because I was in a hurry and trying to keep all of the stitches on the needles.

I also cast on for the front of the AV cabled pullover yesterday while at the orthodontist's office and have 15 out of 50 rows of ribbing done. In the car. no pics. not like it's worth taking a picture of 15 rows of ribbing in navy blue yarn. big blue blob....

so gotta go knit knit knit knit

Clean Slate by 2008

In case you're wondering and interested I started a Ravelry KAL for Clean Slate by 2008....
ANd I'm happy to report that I am one row and one collar bind off and some buttons from having one of my WIP's done.  I'll post pictures once I have the buttons for it. Now what's next?