Cozy

I know it's been a while since I posted anything. I'm on spring break now, and I'm expecting my ACT results in the mail any day now (keep your fingers crossed for me!). I've been knitting a lot. I've got my mom knitting her first pair of socks, and on DPNs, no less! :) I'm also posting a pattern for you. My mom is a nurse, and I wanted to make her something, so I came up with this:

Stethoscope Cozy

Materials:
- Worsted weight yarn
- size 6 DPNs
- button

Instructions:
CO 16 sts, distributing them on needles in 4-8-4.
K1, P1 ribbing for 4 rnds.
Knit plain until piece measures 17 1/2 inches from CO edge.

Rnd 1: k3, kfb, kfb, k6, kfb, kfb, k3
Rnd 2: knit
Rnd 3: k4, kfb, kfb, k8, kfb, kfb, k4
Rnd 4: knit
Rnd 5: k5, kfb, kfb, k10, kfb, kfb, k5
Rnd 6: knit
Rnd 7: k6, kfb, kfb, k12, kfb, kfb, k6
Rnd 8: knit
Rnd 9: k7, kfb, kfb, k14, kfb, kfb, k7

Knit 3 rnds.
Work in k1, p1 ribbing for 5 rnds.

BO in ribbing 14 sts, k8, BO remaining 14. Reattach yarn and continue k1, p1 ribbing back and forth for 2 1/4 inches.

Next row: k1, p1, k1, p1, yo, slip 1, p1, psso, p1, k1

Continue in k1, p1 ribbing for 4 more rows.
BO in ribbing.
Sew on button where ribbing begins (see pictures below for clarification).


I will post pictures when I make another one. Let me know if there are any errors and I will correct them.

*Edit*
Okay, I tried to post the pictures of the stethoscope cozy I finished today, but I ended up with a bunch of HTML jargon instead, so maybe I'll try again later.

Happy knitting! :)

My First Sweater

Here are the pictures I promised (by the way, it's really hard to take a picture of a sweater when you're wearing it):


































Happy knitting! :)

Finished!

As of about 10 minutes ago, my sweater is done. I had to stop knitting it last Saturday because of an error in the pattern (the shoulder instructions were missing). But today around 5pm, I got an email with the corrections, and I've been knitting my butt off ever since. I finished the actual knitting part earlier this evening (since I had just the shoulders of the front to finish), and then began the making up part of it. For those of you who are wondering, the time it took to sew together my first sweater was almost equal to the time it takes to go through the entire "Phantom of the Opera" soundtrack once. I will post pictures tomorrow. To those of you who are done as well, we did it. :)

Happy knitting! :)

Update and Olympics

First, updates:
1) I finished a baby blanket for a friend (her baby will be my goddaughter)

















2) I have started my first sweater (see below) using a pattern from Creative Knitting magazine.

Second, Olympics.
I am taking part in the Knitting Olympics hosted by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. I finished the Spiral Cowl, which was the project I decided to do. I think I should have picked something a bit more challenging (I finished the Cowl in three days), and so now I am determined to finish my sweater before the torch goes out. I have a sleeve, the back, and half the front done so far.


















Happy knitting! :)

Christmas and Illusions

Well, I'm on Christmas break now, and I'm really enjoying it. Sleeping in, staying up late, what's not to enjoy? And I'm getting lots of knitting done.

I finished a fish hat for my younger brother.








































And I'm working on a shawl for my grandmother that has an illusion in it. Can you see it?

















How about now?

















Happy knitting!