I'm joining Kat and the Unravelers today with an FO - the completed Sparkly Hitchhiker. I was especially pleased with the finish since I feel like I won a gold medal for yarn chicken. I bound off with just 12 inches left, not enough for another row so I used every last bit of yarn possible.
Ryan and John were in the room when I finished and while they didn't give me a standing ovation and break into applause, I know that you guys get it.
This is the 29th Hitchhiker I've knit, which sounds a little obsessive (even to me). What can I say, Hitchhikers are my comfort knitting, so I almost always have one on the needles. Except for now! While I was looking for a pattern for fingerless gloves for my Tunis skein, I came across a hat that spoke to me. I've knit something for everyone except John for Christmas, so as soon as I finish typing here, I'll be casting on a Westerly hat (ravelry link) for him. He'll probably say he's got enough hats but the cables and braids called to me and it looks like it will be a fun knit.
What are you making this week?
Congratulations on another beautiful Hitchhiker! That's also a massive yarn chicken win! I love the hat you've picked out for your next project and the cables should look extra plump in that yarn. I have cast on a new hat that I've foolishly decided I can finish before we leave on Saturday and I'm swatching for my next sweater, but I need to get serious about planning what knitting to take with me on our trip. We did discover a yarn store on our last trip, but I don't necessarily want to have to buy yarn.
ReplyDeleteA sparkly finish just in time for sparkly season!! And I think that winning yarn chicken by 12" is an olympic task... Gold Medal for you! What fantastic form, what great style... and did you see her level of courage as she ended with a mere 12 inches of yarn?!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the knitters anthem is... it should be playing for your time on the podium! XO
I love the Sparkly Hitchhiker -- and especially the seredipious "mistake" photo you took of the sparkles. It's such a treat to actually SEE the sparkly-bits in a photograph! I really like the hat pattern you've selected for John, and may just knit one for Tom (if I ever pick up any knitting needles again . . . it seems I've totally run out of knitting-gas). And I AM giving you a standing ovation for your knitting finish and yarn-chicken WIN!!!! BRAVO! BRAVO! I don't know that I'd have been able to stand the suspense of that last row . . . XO
ReplyDeleteWow! 29 - that is amazing. And congrats on the yarn chicken.
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