Second and Third 2010 FO's

Yarn: Fingering by Claudia Hand Painted Yarns
Pattern: One Skein of Koigu Gloves by Unraveling Sophia
Ravelry project page here.

These handwarmers were originally for Principessa, but she has decided that they are too colorful, so they are in the "unassigned knitted gifts" drawer for now.


Yarn:Aurora 8 by Karabella
Pattern: Moderne Baby Blanket by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne
Ravelry project page here.

One of my favorite patterns in one of my favorite yarns, bliss knitting, especially because is totally "idiot" knitting, rows and rows of garter stitch. For one of my friends who is having a baby girl.

Ready or not .....

Presents for family in Italy were given to my brother last week, presents to kids' teachers were delivered on Friday (and no, this was not ready, it is going to be a end-of-the-year gift, so I have 5 more months) but the school color scarf was a big hit with the PE teacher:


Pattern: Sports Fan Scarf: Building Block by Bella Knitting
Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash and Kraemer Yards Judy
Ravelry project page here

Paperino wants gloves with 5 fingers from the Knitting Fairy, and she is few ends away from being done, while Principessa wants black fetching, and you know the story with Fetching, right? Always short few yards:

Plans and deadlines

I am one of those person who thrive under pressure. If a project takes two weeks, you can bet that I will start one week before the deadline, otherwise, where is the fun?
That applies to knitting as well, if I look at my Ravelry notebook, I see that the projects that have been "in progress" for over a year are the ones for which I have no deadline. Actually, I have been deadlines free the whole month of May, hence the proliferation of small mindless projects. Even the plan is not helping, because I have decided to de-stash May yarn due to the mohair sensitivity issue:



So to get out my knitting slump I have decided to give myself a couple of deadlines; my Logcabin Blanket is going to be for my cousin's baby (due in June) and my I was going to wear my Sugar Maple Shawl at a benefit tonight. Then this happened and I knit another one of these:



and started this:



I won't need a shawl after all.