I finished my first afghan square. It's more yellow than it appears in the photo, but it was the only shot I was able to get in before my camera died again. I'm quite happy with the finished product, though I do wish I hadn't messed up at the very beginning and forgotten to put an extra stitch in between the cables (top left of the central cable pattern).I've also bought yet more yarn, which I really need to stop doing, at least when I don't have a specific project that I need the yarn for.
I started knitting Nunt's Cable Wristwarmers (too lazy to link to ravelry atm), and am nearly all the way through my first mitt, just a few more rows to go, and then possibly a few more to make it long enough to reach past my knuckles.
I also cast on for the Chevalier Socks by the same woman who designed the Green Gable Hoodie in the Fall '08 Vogue knitting. I LOVE her stuff. It's drool-worthy!
My nanny, who looked after me for nearly 12 years, is in town, currently house/pet-sitting for another woman whom she once looked after. She's now 79, and her health is failing, so I've been trying to spend some good quality time with her. She's the grandmother I never got to have, the sweet old lady who just is happy to see me, and loves to spoil me. Neither of my biological grandmothers are the least like that, luckily, I've always had her. I just gathered up a mad array of needles, so that I, the 20-something can teach HER how to knit. She did knit a long time ago, but never more than plain knitting, so I'm going to give her a refresher in knitting, and then teach her how to cable! The only thing I need now is some yarn, as I don't have enough of any unvariegated yarn to make even a scarf out of!!!
So back to Knit-Knackers for the 4th time in 2 weeks. If we can't find anything suitable, I'll get some cascade 220 at Yarn Forward, since even though it's more expensive than it is in the states/online, it's still very affordable.
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