KatieLiz Knits

Faina, Socks and a Side of Pi

Faina is coming along nicely, I'm enjoying the journey and I love, love, love knitting with the Misti Alpaca.

This is Faina at 101 rows. I'm actually quite a bit further along since I took this picture. Rows 54 through 133 repeat a total of four times and I'm at row 99 of the second repeat (178 rows total). It looks like a limp blob without being pinned out and I was just too lazy to pin it out again.

Here's a picture of the detail (as always click on any picture for a larger view). I made a few mistakes when I first started out, but I tinked a few times and now I take a quick check (and count) at the end of each even (RS) row and I've only made one mistake in the last 75 or so rows.

Maybe it's overkill to count each row, but I'd rather tink back less than 61 stitches than to catch the mistake rows later and tink back several rows. So, anyhow, I'm 34 rows away from the halfway mark.

I finished my Cherry Tree Hill Baby Cable socks, how yummy are these?! The color is so much brighter in real life, I couldn't capture it on camera. There's not a colorway printed on the label, just "Jewels" is checked off and the colors are rich jewel tones.

I have another skein marked "Water," but I think a better name would be "Easter Eggs." Such pretty bright spring pastels.

As promised from my last post, here are some pictures of the latest Kitty Pi. See how nice and big it is before felting? Sophie and Zack could have both fit in there nicely with room to spare.

See what happens when running it through the wash twice? I should have checked better after the first cycle. Now Zack will sleep ON it, but no way will any of the three cats be able to sleep IN it. :^)

And, finally, I mailed 15 hats today to Kate today. YAY!

posted by KatieLiz @ 10:49 PM