Year of Projects update - 26th February

I might be off to Unravel today, but I'm not going to leave you without an update! First up the exciting news - I finished my leafy fingerless gloves! I picked them back up again on Thursday at roleplay night, and finally got to the fingers. It suddenly occurred to me that with a bit of effort on Friday and yesterday, I could finish them in time to wear today (I feel a bit like I ought to be showcasing some of my best wearables at Unravel). I got all bar the index finger and thumb done on Friday evening, and as I was up ridiculously early on Saturday morning, I managed to sneak in the last of the knitting before I had to do anything useful. Weaving in the ends didn't take as long as I thought either! Will post some decent pics etc tomorrow.

Meanwhile, remember this?

My 198yds of heaven came off the needles last week a tiny, crumpled mess. I despaired at it ever being big enough to be useful. You see, I had to finish it before finishing the pattern, as I ran out of yarn. My Rowan Pure Wool Aran only had 186 yards in it, and when I got to the end of row 10 of the 16 row border I realised I didn't have enough yarn left to cast off. I had to unknit two entire rows, then work the cast off!

I'm still learning about different cast off methods, so this was the first time I'd used the k1, k1, k those 2 tog cast off. It is very neat, and stretchy, but it took forever. Well, alright, it felt like it took forever. In reality it was about an evening and a half of interrupted knitting time.

I gave it a good old soak and got to pinning it out on Friday last week.

I am both ashamed of the mess in my house, and proud of
my attempts to photograph myself using the tripod and timer

It grew so much! I didn't measure it beforehand (my bad) but fully stretched it is 39" by 18". I left it pinned out until Sunday evening, and when I took the pins out it didn't shrink one bit.

The colour here is almost perfect

I took advantage of a bright sunny moment before leaving for work earlier in the week to take a few snaps in the natural light. It is just big enough to wear around my neck, but it is far warmer than I anticipated, given its small size. If I knit this again, and I probably will, I will knit more repeats and make a bigger version. It's such a simple pattern to follow. A really good project for a first ever go at a triangle shawl.