3,000!
Posted by limedragon | Filed under baby stuff, knitting
First, congratulations to Tracey of Frugal FuzzyBritches who left comment #3,000 here early in February! I didn’t even realize I was close to another milestone until I logged onto my dashboard and noticed the even number! She chose a gift certificate to The Loopy Ewe as her prize, and picked out an awesome color of Trekking XXL.
Second, Eryka of Spare Room Knits nominated me for a Kreativ award; thank you!
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Here are my nominations, in alphabetical order:
- Akamai Knitter, she of the wonderful spinning, knitting, and beading
- Criminy Jickets, he of the witty posts and handsome socks
- Knerq, check out the awesome garter stitch mitts she recently made
- Knittymama, who made a Calorimetry headband for her husband
- mega(k)nits, who has boggled my mind by deciding to move to Nicaragua
Last week, I was occupied with several things: taking a technology break, working on a wonderful knitting project, and catching up on some TiVo recorded shows and the third season of Numb3rs. We had almost no sunshine last week, which for me is ideal TV-watching weather. When it’s sunny, the glare from my windows makes it hard to see my TV (I don’t use blackout curtains). I can’t wait to show you the finished project, but that’ll have to wait for Wednesday!
Meanwhile, I did finish a few little things earlier this month.
Some preemie hats for the k3tog drive.
And a square for The Dizzy Sheep’s United Blanket of Change afghan drive. It took a few tries to figure out my gauge and to achieve an appropriately proportioned peace symbol, but I’m happy with the results.
Pattern: “Basic Preemie Hat” by Chell, k3tog Size: Preemie Yarn: Elann.com Esprit, 7471 Silver Sage Needles: various brands US 6 (4 & 4.25 mm) circulars Started: January 23, 2009 Completed: February 3, 2009 (Each hat took about 3 hours to complete.)
Pattern: “Peace” by yours truly for The Dizzy Sheep’s United Blanket of Change drive Size: 10? square Yarn: Austermann Bombolo, 006 (brown & peach) Needles: Crystal Palance US 15 (10 mm) circular Started and Completed: February 7, 2009
February 16th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I love Numb3rs. We have it over here and I try and watch it when I can. Your FOs are very pretty, indeed!
February 16th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I’m honoured … thank you very much!
February 16th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Congrats!
Cute hats. :)
February 16th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
thanks so much! i’m truly honored. :)
i love the peace square. it’s just lovely!
February 16th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I was very lax on my preemie hat production this year – I think I only got six done. I love the yarn your using.
February 16th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Congrats on reaching 3,000! I love the preemie hats too!
February 16th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Congrats on the award! Nice hats. I was going to knit some this year but life got in the way.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Thanks for the nomination! Love those hats.
February 18th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Again, thank you Harriet. I am really loving my new sock yarn. I think just plain ‘ol stockinette will do this colorway justice.
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:03 pm
How did I miss this?? (Too much late night blog reading, I guess) Thanks so much!! You just made my day! (Which was badly needed). I promise to play along as soon as I get back on my blogging feet. :-)