Currently working on a seed stitch scarf (toddler department) to go with a pair of mittens ("Stop-and-Go") I already made.

Also a basketweave checkbook cover out of sock yarn.

On the horizon: two pairs baby mittens.

And put on hold until (probably) after Christmas: a lavender cabled baby afghan. (Baby is due in March.)

Just finished blocking my Sock It To Me scarf, and am quite pleased with it.

I frogged both the wrap and the Belize baby blanket I was knitting.

Eventually I knit the Sprout Baby Blanket for my pregnant friend and she was extremely and gratifyingly appreciative. (obviously she will be receiving more knitted gifts).

Now I am knitting some socks for a friend with cold feet.

Finished the baby sweater yesterday!

I am working on the 'Swelligant Scarf' from Debbie Stoller's book "Son of a Stitch 'n Bitch. It is in a beautiful deep purple silk/wool fingering yarn. Scrumptious!

Dealing with a bad case of start-itis, I have been struggling to finish up several projects. Finally finished what must the the world's last Clapotis, really fun. One sock of my Beaded Cable Rib socks is finished, the second cast on, I'm halfway through the Traveling Woman Shawl, and I have another pair of socks started. Not to mention two older WIPs: Print o' the Waves Shawl and a Gansey sweater! My bad!

Nearly finished with the baby sweater - just the ends to finish tying in, and the buttons to put on.

Hi. I am working on the Falling Water Scarf, Rosenlund Jacket, My LYS's afghan, socks and socks and socks!

Currently working on the Dickenson Pullover from Interweave Fall '07 (I think). It's been a busy summer, so it's slow-going, but will hopefully be done before the cold!

Well, today I finished a dishcloth I'm making for a contest at a knitting retreat I'm going to in September, so I started that baby sweater in some nice pale salmon bamboo. It's feather and fan and I like how it's going so far.

I'm reading Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik. I swear that series is like crack.

I finished my socks and then tried to use up the left over with toe-ups. I knitted and refrogged about 2 dozen times but just couldn't live with the holes in the heel so when I can stand to look at that yarn again my son is getting some cuff-down socks.

I have two other projects on the go but have started a wrap with some sari silk. I might end up making my own pattern.

I'm knitting more things than I can count, right now the dominant project is (are?) Spina di Pesce by Yarnissima. Socks!

I'm trying to do my first top down sock as part of the Knit from the Toe Up challenge. It is going only so so. Sock pattern started fine, but somewhere along the way, I lost the lace pattern and had to rip back. Sigh.

On Ravelry, I've joined the Mystery Yarn Swap group.
So, now I'm working on a knitted Bag (this month's theme is 'Bags') and collecting the rest of the the goodies to go in the box!
This should be fun and can't wait to see what my 'partner' sends me!

I'm working on No Purl Monkey socks (close to finished), the Obi scarf by Veronik Avery, and the Neck Down Bolero which is a Knitting Pure and Simple pattern. I'm thinking I need to cast on for something else soon.....

I am trying to finish some socks. I have 5 OTN! I finished a pair yesterday that was supposed to be for my Mom this Mother's Day -- not too late....

Finished the centipede, and am contemplating a baby sweater that looks really cute, from 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders.

I dug out the Rambling Rows Afghan that I started in 2001 (yikes!) so I can finally finish it and give it to my sister for her new baby. I'm also attempting a Baby Yoda sweater for a neighbor. In case you haven't guessed, it is baby shower season in my neck of the woods :-).

I'm working on square #18 of 63 from the Barbara Walker Learn-to-Knit Afghan book. It's taken me 3 years to get this far, lol.

Melody wrote: "I love the hat you are knitting for your dad... will put this on my list as my dad is ill and tends to get cold in fall and winter too, not in summer as he lives in the deep south... wouldn't that ..."

My Dad really just likes wear a hat. Until I knitted him an alternative he wore a miner's flat cap winter and summer, inside the house and out.

But his semi-bald head does need protection from both cold and sun, so for the summer (we live in Israel - so hot summers here as well) I knitted him something similar in cotton. My mother can hardly get it off him to launder it.

Just found a pattern and some yarn for a centipede! I have a little boy about to turn two in my life. I'm looking forward to this one.

I love the hat you are knitting for your dad... will put this on my list as my dad is ill and tends to get cold in fall and winter too, not in summer as he lives in the deep south... wouldn't that be funny, to give him a warm hat this time of year!

Just finished the baby afghan! I really like how it came out, too.

Celia wrote: "Esther: I put the Oriental Impressions shawl on hold because it requires a certain amount of concentration and I would hate to muck it up.

Esther, I hear you there. I tend to like projects wher..."

I work part-time out of the house part-time at home so when busy season is over I do have the luxury of being able to knit at home alone and in silence. And I'm quite proud of myself having knit more than a dozen rows of a chart without mucking it up.

But most of my knitting is in front of the TV, late evening after a long day at work. At those times if I can remember which is knit and which is purl I am doing well :0)

Esther: I put the Oriental Impressions shawl on hold because it requires a certain amount of concentration and I would hate to muck it up.

Esther, I hear you there. I tend to like projects where there's not a lot of concentration. I thought I would do lace. Then I said "Heck no!" I like to get in a steady pattern and watch a movie.

I put the Oriental Impressions shawl on hold because it requires a certain amount of concentration and I would hate to muck it up.

I was so busy preparing for my daughter's bat mitzvah and Passover that I needed something simple and repetitive so I used up some cotton from my stash on wash cloths.
After six cloths I'd had enough and knit a keppie for my Dad (his head gets cold easily).
I made it too small but can't bear to frog because it looks so perfect.
I'll have to start another one for my dad.

Now I am knitting the Belize baby blanket for a pregnant friend.

And tonight I want to cast on socks with the Regia yarn my mother got for me.

I'm making the "Orleans" shirt from Berroco.

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Finished the hat, and it came out very nicely.

Almost finished with the afghan, and I'm pleased with it so far.

I am working on an afghan KAL through my LYS. We knit a square every month. I am using Cascade 220 The Heathers and it's so fine!

I am also working on a couple of sweaters and a pair of socks.

That baby hat is turning out very easy; I'm very pleased with it so far. It's knit in the round, so there's not even purl rows!

The afghan I'm plowing along with. It's over a foot long now, and I'm pleased with the results. Takes a lot of muttering, though.

I'm currently working on:

1. Socks
2. Shrug/sleeves thing
3. Patchwork afghan
4. When my new order of yarn comes some gifts for a co-worker.

:)

Susanna wrote: "I cast on for a Eyelet Baby Hat pattern I found in One-Skein Wonders yesterday. I had to l..."

I love eyelet lace patterns (especially the ones where every other row is straight purl...makes backing out easier). They aren't as complicated as people think they are, but they can look very impressive. I'm trying to master the *secret* to increasing and decreasing to get a desired shape in lace "holes," because then it will be easy enough to translate some of my counted cross-stitch alphabets into knitting patterns.

Sherry wrote: "The rest are waiting for finishing...gaah!...why, oh why, do I have so much trouble with that end of things?! I seem to remember my old Home Ec class in HS and never being able to hem my sewing projects, too. I can whip through everything else...just that final touch that completely throws me!"

If it makes you feel any better, I had a collection of scarf and not-quite-hat sets that had been collecting for two years. I did the scarves, knit the hats, but hat pattern was a hemmed and gathered hat with a turned up cuff??? The finishing of each hat took several hours (of very careful work on "fancy" yarn). When the WIP that are almost done need their own laundry bag??? Got the whole mess out for Christmas though, thank goodness!

I cast on for a Eyelet Baby Hat pattern I found in One-Skein Wonders yesterday. I had to learn a new cast-on (picot cast on), which is something I always like. It looks like the rest of the hat should be fairly easy, though - there are only two pattern rows, I think.

That shawl is pretty!

Sherry do you mean the Impressions scarf is impressive because I must admit I fell in love.

I was looking at several patterns and really didn't fancy the Impressions because it is charted and charts give me cross-eyes! But the shawl looked so beautiful I couldn't resist.

I'm not even sure I really understand the pattern yet but I started on the first chart and it is going on quite nicely - the chart is easier to follow than I expected.
finger crossed

wow! That shawl is impressive!
I'm still working on a couple of projects.

One is another shawl..triangular in shape w/lace sts. Starts out with 600+ stitches and works it's way down...think I'm at 300+ sts at the moment.
Another is a modular "catch as catch can" type cardigan.
The rest are waiting for finishing...gaah!...why, oh why, do I have so much trouble with that end of things?! I seem to remember my old Home Ec class in HS and never being able to hem my sewing projects, too. I can whip through everything else...just that final touch that completely throws me!

I am in the middle of a shopping bag based on the Ilene Bag But I'm knitting it in thin plasticky yarn which will be practical once I've finished but is as boring as heck to knit.

As a pleasant diversion I am knitting kippot (skullcaps)for the men in my life.

And I have just started an Oriental Impressions Shawl with some pretty purple yarn that was given to me by a friend and has been beckoning me for ages.

Still working on that baby afghan - it's about a foot long now.

Contemplating casting on a baby hat - I found a really cute pattern.

Life is crazy busy sometimes, I'm in "finish all the old projects" mode before I start new stuff:

1.) I have the blanket that was supposed to be my best friend's Christmas present from 2006, which was half finished with many mistakes. I ripped it all out December 2008, and re-started it in a much prettier pattern -- arrowhead lace with a moss stitch border. It's stripes of Lion Brand Homespun ("Regency" and "Olive"), so it will be super cozy when it's done. WHEN it's done!!!

2.) & 3.) I have two baby blankets for my friends' twin boys who are now too old for baby blankets in infant size. I figure I'll finish them and keep them *on reserve*.

4.) I have a scarf I started last fall in an eyelet lace that is too big to easily fit in a tote bag; need to finish it. It's in TLC Essentials "Choco-cherry"

5.) I have an Irish wool shawl I started before I found my size 8 circular needles. I'm three or four balls into it, but it is curling on the edge and isn't quite wide enough, so I'm goint to pull the whole thing and start over (maybe in a different pattern?).

6.) I have a scarf I'm working on for my mother in Homespun "Waterfall" in a little arrowhead lace with a moss stitch border for my mother. This is the one I'm most actively working on (she picked the yarn in January to go with her new jacket).

I just finished an afghan. It was supposed to be for the Vanna White knitting contest, but I started it late so I didn't finish it in time....

Right now I have a few projects OTN:
A devil baby blanket (from Crazy Aunt Purl)
A pair of leg warmers (cause that's the only part of my body I can't seem to keep warm)
A few scarves from yarn my grandmother left for me(I'm making all the women in our family a scarf from her yarn. It was supposed to be for Christmas but I got a little behind. I think I should be done by this Christmas though...LOL)

I am half way through a new hat; I finished my chunky shetland shawl--it is yummy and I started (late) a scarf for a friend...well started it twice and had hoped to have it done by Valentine's, but maybe not.

Socks, socks, and more socks! I'm trying to make as many of the free Ravelry patterns as possible!

I found a really nice pattern for a baby afghan, which I think I shall make.

The pattern repeat is, I think, only two lines, but involves a new stitch for me - slip slip knit. I like learning new stitches (except K3tog!) and techniques.

Susanna, fortunately, babies are tiny, so it shouldn't take much time to knit up a full wardrobe!

I just found out friends are expecting a girl.

Pink baby yarn time!

i'm working on a handkerchief type thing to keep the hair out of my face (for gardening or working outside). and then i'm working on two scarves but i ran out of yarn so i ordered some extraand now i'm just waiting.

Hokay....UFOs after the Holiday knitting marathon!

1. Lace shawl..pattern from Elann.com(free) knitted with some thin rayon, hand-dyed chenille.
2. Ruffled neck scarf...pattern from Drops(free, again!)..hand-dyed (got alot of that stuff!) cotton boucle.
3. Modular cardigan...'winging it as I go' type pattern...done in various left-over yarns.
4. Large coat in 'fake' lace for my daughter...done in 'Homespun' acrylic yarns.

When I finally get through those projects...then I'm starting on some 'preemie' hats for the neonate dept. at my local hospital...win/win there, as this helps me to 'stash-bust' at the same time helping others out!

Speaking of 'knitted items' in movies or tv programs...has anybody watched "Wuthering Heights" on Masterpiece? Kathy was wearing some fingerless gloves! I noticed that accessories (hats, scarves, glove/mittens, etc) is the newest knitting 'craze' in the last 6 months or so.

I just finished the Seafoam Shawl from One-Skein Wonders, and really like it. The pattern called for beads to finish the edging with, but I chose to use sparkly gold eyelash yarn. I like it.

Now I'm making a bib. For myself. I took a baby bib pattern and expanded the size, and found a nice "adult-colored" blue cotton yarn down at the Hobby Lobby.

I just finished an insane amount of Christmas knitting and now I am working on a baby blanket for my cousin. I am making the Hearts Galore blanket.

And after that I am making two scarves (one of which is even for me).

I'm frootjoos on Ravelry--I'm knitting my way through Stefanie Japel's Fitted Knits. I've done 3 so far! Right now I'm working on the Drop Stitch tank. I live in L.A. so when it got hot last year I put my needles down and didn't pick them up again until two weeks ago when the cold finally kicked in with a vengeance!

I haven't seen Twilight yet (waiting for the dvd) but I'm sure I'll try whatever knitting projects spin off from it! (Although I have yet to embark on any of the Harry Potter ones I've been planning to do.)