Frog-a-thon, new projects, and some Fancy Image yarn!

a few weeks back, I decided to do some inventory of my WIP's- works in progress. I decided that some of them had been on needles so long I had forgotten who they were intended for, and other's I was no longer inspired to finish.

This Como Blue & Charcoal chevron infinity scarf was intended for me, but once I got 14 inches into the patterns intended 60 inches, I realized it was going to be A LOT of knitting....

 

These socks started as practice for a pattern I found in the Sensational Knitted Socks book, but obviously three inches of cuff in two weeks meant the pair would take all year to finish...the yarn did look like the most beautiful rainbow ramen noodles when frogged, however

 These happy little bear legs are knit in this sparkly rainbow yarn that has an awful fuzzy ply (Moonlight Mohair, Lion Brand discontinued), and I lost the pattern before I could finish the bear, so now his topless body is also needle-less!

And now for some actual knitting:

After frogging the unfinished works, I made a Baby Surprise Jacket from Elizabeth Zimmerman using the sock yarn and some of the scarf yarn:

This little beauty was gifted to my cousin Lesley for her little girl Ruby, due to arrive in October!

 

One of the awesome perks to travelling down to Olympia during the daytime last Saturday was that we were able to stop by and see Myra at Fancy Image Yarns in Shelton. I was planning to grab some Seahawks yarn so we could show our support in a knitterly way, but then I saw these Double Dips that are pictured below: the one on the left is for Sureya, and the one on the right is mine all mine. I cannot describe the number and depth of the colors in each of these skeins, and the whole plan will be to make matching-not-matchy hats for my daughter and I. Yesterday I started knitting Sureya's hat using the Odessa pattern (minus beads), and I WILL FINISH THESE before the snow arrives!
 

 

 

 

These little hearts were made with the leftover Fancy Image yarn that I had lying around the house, and are part of a larger project that is yet to be fully realized-in any case, it is destined to eventually be in the hands of Paula McCammon.

 

 

 

 

And just for fun, here is my niece Rhapsody and my daughter Sureya, watching YouTube videos this morning so they can learn how to knit without me losing my mind trying to teach them!

Happy Knitting!