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| meri has made progress on the Craftvent 2016 Advent knitting calendar she received as a gift earlier this month. |
Little boxes. (Not on the hillside. Also, not made of ticky tacky.)
I’ve been working on the Craftvent 2016 Advent calendar that I received as a gift earlier this month. It’s been very difficult to try to be good and not jump ahead and work right through the days as I complete each one. I have, for the most part, succeeded. What I have not managed to do is take pictures of progress each day, because that would require my brain working first thing in the morning (which is when I get most of my knitting done). Also, I appear to have forgotten to take a picture of Day 14’s yarn.
What’s it gots in its… boxeses?
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Day 10: Anzula: Squishy: Madam
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Day 11: Koigu: KPM
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Day 12: Alsatian Soaps & Body: Knitter’s Hands Handmade Lotion Bar: Verbana
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Day 13: Dream in Color: Smooshy: Poma-grenade
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Day 15: Susan Bates: Silvalume Handi Tool
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Day 16: Baah Yarns: La Jolla: Chocolate Cherries
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Day 17: Lorna’s Laces: Solemate: Pewter
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Day 19: Zen Yarn Garden: Serenity
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Day 20: Beads! (Of unknown provenance.)
Day 18: Progress has been made!
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- Stripes. Lots of stripes!
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- In addition to the stripes, there are also these cool slipped stitch vertical bars and the neat meshy section near the end.
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- Unfortunately, stripes mean lots of color changes, which means lots of loose ends. And I completely failed to heed the pattern’s advice to weave in ends as they came along.
Moving right along…
I shall continue along and see if I can maybe start making a dent in the number of loose ends.
What is it you’re turning all the pretty yarn in to?
When I started, I didn’t know. It’s a mystery knitting project, so instructions are kind of doled out as you go along.
At this point, I’m 99.99% positive it’s a shawl. It could turn out to be something else, but the options are limited. (For instance, it’s highly unlikely that in producing a sock or a hat.)
Cool!