February 22, 2009

UFO's and New Looms

okay. i still haven't finished that baby blanket. i did more work on it, but then i stopped and went on to something else. and i never finished that sock. again, i did more work on it, but then i got distracted. it looks like i'm not gonna be much good at long term projects! in the mean time, i started two more projects. i'm doing a skinny scarf for my sister with that bernat shimmer yarn in brown. well, i sorta put it down to start on another project. i'm actually doing it on the efg wonder sock loom on the other end from where the sock is, so i've got two UFOs on that loom! and i'm working on another baby blanket! yeah, that's right, ANOTHER baby blanket! but this time i'm doing panels, but i'll do another post about that with pics. but anyways, i really really want to finish up that other first blanket, but i don't like it anymore! its really thick and heavy cause its double stitched on the long loom. its tedious to do a row and awkward because of the shape of the loom. now that i know more about looming, i'll never do a blanket that way again. but now i'm stuck with this unfinished thing on my loom that's been warped out of shape cause its been on there so long! i don't want to finish it! but i have too, because i won't be able to do two blankets in the time i have left! so my plan is to put my all into finishing up this newest blanket first. my friend is due may 14th (two days after my birthday!) then finish up that other blanket for my other friend who's due in july. i may just make the side panels in a single stitch and just have a bulkier middle. here's a link to the post about that other blanket, in case you forgot. as for that sock...i really don't know. i've had too many bad turns with that Kitchener stitch! yeah, i had another incident that i just couldn't write about. lets just say i got so angry i almost broke my blue round loom. i know, i know. very childish. in hindsight, i am very ashamed of myself. but i really don't want to go near that stitch again for a while.
i actually just bought two looms second-hand off a fellow member of the dalooms list on yahoo. one is a fine gauge mini wonderloom. i'll probably try another sock on that. it may be a bit easier and faster cause its a slightly larger gauge. i also bought a ten inch authentic knitting board off of her. she was selling them at really great prices! only $30 for the mini wonderloom and $15 for the knitting board!!!! isn't that great!!!! now i'll have more looms to put my UFOs on! LOL!

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