Miss Janets Knittings

Africa didn't inspire a lot of crochet, but finally the granny-square bag is done. The (approximately) 3598 ends are woven in, I decided on a handle-solution and got around to spending the 45 min. it took to put in the lining.

I am actually quite pleased with the result and foresee this will be used :-)

Yarn: a tiny proportion of my excessive amount of cheap cotton. 

This blog seems to have two general characteristics:

1. Blogging is exceptionally irregular
2. Posts are often finished off with promises of things to be presented in very near future, followed by a long period of silence. The previous post was one of these. At the time of writing I was convinced the green creature would be completed the next day. But, real time and the time scale of my planning do not always match. This is the present state of Shelly, aka Sheldon.

I did actually complete her once, but the shell was way to loose and non-nice. I am thus now knitting the shell again (new yarn and smaller needles) and am not looking forward to the construction, knowing its quite a fiddly job. I'm fond of Shelly, but there'll be no more knitted turtles in my immediate future  

The present which should have been done 3 months ago! At least it's still cold-ish outside, and there'll probably be snowstorms next winter also, I hope.

Pattern: I started out with the brioche hat from Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick. Initially it took some effort, frustration and frogging to get the hang of the brioche pattern (this is clearly evident from some of the lower rows of the hat!). This overcome all went smoothly until the crown-shaping, where I did not understand the instructions of the book, but then I found this pattern, which got me through to finish.

Yarn: double stranded 4-ply sock yarn from Hjertegarn (25% nylon, 75% wool)

Needles: 4 mm

Several small things have been completed or nearly so recently. This creature still exists in an early developmental stage, but will appear in her mature life stage tomorrow.