Wishing I could knit at work

And I am serious. I am in so many meetings lately that I do not have the time to do any work, so why can't I knit while I sit there listening to people talking their heads off and deciding nothing?
I blocked my time off with fake meetings so that I can actually work next week!

Needles arrived

Just got the knitting needles I bought on eBay. I really recommend this seller, kpd235, the shipped the needles in a nice tube I can use to store them. Now I can start on the Bernat Breeze blankets!
Of course I have already changed my mind about the pattern - I have decided for a basketwave pattern with a garter stitch border. I casted 70 stiches on needles #15 and .... let's knit away.

two baskets and a cube

I am organizing my stash and my projects. this is how I behave, I let everything go until I cannot take the chaos anymore.


now I have a blankets basket wih the pink blanket and the yarn for Rose's squares. I have 12 squares now, finished the 12th last night. it takes me 1 hour per square - just the time of one television show.


then a ponchos basket with my two poncho - yes, two, I started another one after I finished the back of the first one. for the lilac one I am using Bernat Baby Coordinates, 66 stiches, garther stich, and I am making two squares. the simpliest poncho ever and I think it's going to be a toddler size.


and them, my cube with all, well almost all of my yarn in it. some yarn is hidden away ...... and I am waiting for a new shippment.
the squares for Rose's blanket sit on top of the cube - all 12 of them!
so much yarn, so little time!

Updates

I am half way with my half of Rose's blanket, I have made 9 squares!



during last episode of ER I made another one hour, one skein scarf. this time I casted 20 stiches, so it is a little longer.



I am almost done with the back of the poncho:



and I started a baby pink blanket:

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and do it all the time. While finishing a piece
is the plan, you still love the process, and
can't imagine a day going by without giving
some time to your yarn. Packing for vacation
involves leaving ample space for the stash and
supplies. It can be hard to tell where the yarn
ends and you begin.



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yarn arrived

two big boxes of my orders from Herrschners and Smiley's Yarns.
this is Bernat Breeze and I bought 2 skeins each of Summer Day, Breeze Blue and Violet Crush Pink. I am going to use Summer Day or Breeze Blue for Gaby's baby brother blanket. No sure about which one yet......

my West Wing scarf

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Originally uploaded by lux2night.

I knitted this last night while watching the season premiere of The West Wing. I used one skein of Tickle yarn, casted 25 stitches on size 7 needles and knitted until the yarn was over. It's 5x25 inches so it is a toddler scarf and it's going to be Alicia's x-mas present. everybody is getting scarves for x-mas .....

the poncho ....

I am modifying the poncho pattern - kind of by mistake because I hate following instructions. so this is what I am doing.

I am using one color, Red Heart® Baby Pompadour multicolor, needles #6, to fit 3-5 years old.

I casted 157 sts as instructed and then:

start:
1st row - K78 , sl1, K2tog, psso, K to end
I have 155 sts now
2nd row- purl
3rd row- K77 sl1, K2tog, psso, Kto end
I have 153 sts now
4th row - purl
5th row- K76 , sl1, K2tog, psso, Kto end
I have 151 sts now
6th row - purl

sequence 1:
1st and 2nd rows - knit.
3rd row - P1, *yrn, p2tog, rep from * to end.
4th row - knit
5th row - K75 , sl1, K2tog, psso, K to end
I have 149 sts now
2nd row- purl
3rd row- K74 sl1, K2tog, psso, Kto end
I have 147 sts now
4th row - purl
5th row- K73 , sl1, K2tog, psso, Kto end
I have 145 sts now
6th row - purl
7th and 9th rows - knit
8th and 10th rows - purl
11th row - K72 , sl1, K2tog, psso, K to end
I have 143 sts now
12nd row- purl
13rd row- K71 sl1, K2tog, psso, Kto end
I have 141 sts now
14th row - purl
15th row- K70 , sl1, K2tog, psso, Kto end
I have 139 sts now
16th row - purl

repeat sequence 1 three times, that means decreasing 12x3 sts, I have 115 sts now.

sequence 2:
1st and 2nd rows - knit.
3rd row - P1, *yrn, p2tog, rep from * to end.
4th row - knit
5th row - K56 , sl2, K3tog, psso, K to end
I have 111 sts now
2nd row- purl
3rd row- K54 sl2, K3tog, psso, Kto end
I have 107 sts now
4th row - purl
5th row- K52 , sl2, K3tog, psso, Kto end
I have 103 sts now
6th row - purl
7th and 9th rows - knit
8th and 10th rows - purl
11th row - K50 , sl2, K3tog, psso, K to end
I have 99 sts now
12nd row- purl
13rd row- K48 sl2, K3tog, psso, Kto end
I have 95 sts now
14th row - purl
15th row- K46 , sl2, K3tog, psso, Kto end
I have 91 sts now
16th row - purl

do sequence 2 one time and then again until row 10th - I have 67 sts now.

Change to needles #3
Next row - K31, st K2 together through back of loop, K1, K2tog, K to end.
I have 59 sts now
Rep last row 5 times more
Next row - K.
Cast off.

my stack of squares for Rose's blanket

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Originally uploaded by lux2night.

I have 6 squares so far, and I used one skein of Caron Perfect Match white. I have another skein and I need to buy one more.

Twin size blanket free pattern

This blanket is made with my square #1. You will need 72 of these squares (each square is 6x6 inches) for a twin size blanket, of two different colors.

Material: 20 oz. of worsted yarn in color A and 20 oz. of worsted yarn in color B, needles #10 (6 mm), a tapestry needle and a crochet hook J.

To make one square, cast 27 stitches.

Row 1 and 2, knit.
Row 3, 5 and 7: knit 3, purl 3
Row 4, 6 and 8: purl 3, knit 3

Repeat from row 1 until you have a square, ending with row 2. Bind off.

Make 36 squares in color A and 36 squares in color B. Sew them together in a checked pattern.

Edge: attach yarn in corner and with crochet hook J work a row of single stitch all around working 1 single stitch in each corner and 1 single stitch in every other row at sides, joint.
2nd round: chain 4, * skip 1 single stitch, double stitch in next stitch, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd stitch of chain, cut yarn.

My first batch of squares for PPR is ready

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Originally uploaded by lux2night.

I am ready to send Pam from Love Afghan For Pine Ridge Reservation 36 of these squares, that means half of a twin size blanket. I used some Sayelle yarn I bought on eBay.

the ugly blanket again

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Originally uploaded by lux2night.

another photo of the ugly blanket

the ugly bkanket

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Originally uploaded by lux2night.

this is known as the ugly in my house - it was made for the bottom of my barrel of yarn.