Sale yarn, the crazy blankie, and more

Alrighty, on with the pictures! I haven't posted any since I got my new camera. Remember, everything is clickable for larger versions. :)

Here's the obnoxiously 80's entrelac blankie. I think it shall henceforth be dubbed "the electric blankie." Caron Simply Soft Brites on US10 Denises.



This is my latest Clapotis. It's going to be a bit larger than the pattern. Caron Simply Soft Shadows on US8 Addi Turbos.

This is my latest haul. Picked this stuff up the same day of the hand incident so I haven't been able to do anything with it yet. :( It's just been sitting at my mom's waiting so I picked it up today. Left to right: Aurora 8 (3 colors), RYC Cashcotton, SWTC Tofutsies (for a pair of lacy gloves), and Cherry Tree Hill Possum Lace. Everything except the Tofutsies was 50% off!
Also found out that my fav semi-LYS now carries a whole bunch of new lace yarns! So exciting because they had only one kind before. Now there's at least 5 or 6 I can think of offhand. One is... MALABRIGO! Malabrigo LACE. *faints* It was soooo nice and soft. (And sooo not on sale. :P)

And just for the heck of it, here's me recently. Check out how long my hair is getting. It's about time it started growing again. I'm excited. :D

And now I think I'll go knit some more.

*ETA*
I did manage to find my missing WIPs, thankfully. Located the sweater, Malabrigo clap, and Lady E all hiding together.

MMMMalabrigo

What better pick-me-up when you're feelin' puny than deliciously soft Malabrigo merino?
I picked up two skeins of Col. China and one Pagoda last weekend. It's becoming a clapotis. A beautiful, soft, candy apple colored clap. Lovely. I feel better just working on it. Well, that and instead of taking my ADHD meds and doing housework, I opted for cold medicine, something for the budding migraine and wonderful wool. Did get the desk cleaned off and my painting supplies put away so the day wasn't a total loss.
Anyway, since I only have 3 skeins but want a large clap, I have been experimenting with needle size. Here's a shot of version 1 on Denise 10.5s. I'm now doing another version on 11s with the second ball of Col. China. I think I'll end up going with this one and frogging the first for the decreases.



Well, I think I'll check in on Craftster (I can't believe how long it's been compared to usual) and go back to my knitting.

FOs & WIPs

Yay, I finally have photos of my recent work!

Here's the progress on the Fearless Fibers Clapotis. It's coming along nicely. Still in the rolly-polly stage so I had to weight it down. I also included the pen for size reference. A few more increases to go.



Here's that Branching Out. Drops Alpaca, fingering weight-ish on my US8 bamboos. 17 repeats, 16 of which were done in one sitting. :)



A close up of the yarn blob that is unblocked lace.

I cat this on last night. It's the My So Called Scarf in Patons SWS on US10 Knit Picks Options circ. I'm loving these needles. Did have some cord malfunctions but the replacements should be on their way. My set was fine but the additional cords I ordered had problems.

Close-up. I really like this stitch pattern and it's nicer on the SWS than I expected. The SWS seemed to cry out for texture, if you ask me.

Here we have the Silver-toed Socks! Finally wrapped these puppies up last night. I still have a couple ends to sew in but that's it. Whew! I'm so sick of these socks it's not even funny. Can't wait to give them away. :P

Last but certainly not least, the finished Mini-Clap. I couldn't get the full length in the photo so here's a bunched up shot. I'm happy with it. It's super duper long. Washed it once and it's really soft now.

Finishing things is good. :) FInally measured Daddy's foot last night so I should get started on his socks, I guess. My scarves are more appealing to me at the moment though.

Won't be doing much of anything today considering I feel like death. My throat is killing me and I'm generally sick other than that. Hopefully it's a cold and not strep or anything. I had a job interview tomorrow that I had to cancel so I can go see the doc. That sucks. I hope I don't lose out because of it.

I guess we'll see.