Knitting Projects -- Finished and In Progress.

Well, apparently bribing myself with Jitterbug yarn works, because I spent the other night finishing off this little cutie:

Isn’t this just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen??? I bought the pattern about 3 years ago because I simply could not leave the shop without it. I had no use for it, but figured I might in the future and I just fell completely in love with this little critter.

I started knitting the rug within a day of us finding out I was pregnant and work on it diligently as during my first trimester the only thing I could do was knit, sleep and be nauseous. I actually substituted the Sirdar Snowflake yarn for a similar yarn from Wendy that was the correct weight and colour (off white instead of bright white) and was half the price. I worked right up until I needed to stuff and sculpt the head before the project fell by the wayside. I think I was afraid of messing up the face beyond repair…. but it’s done now and I’m really happy with it.

Here’s one more view just so everyone gets their overload of cuteness for the day:

Pattern: Sirdar Polar Bear Rug #3082
Yarn: Peter Pan Darling by Wendy in 361 Cream
Needles: Susan Bates 4mm straight needles
Finished Size: 21×28 inches
Started: February 2007
Finished: July 2007

Onto some works in progress:

This little jumper has been in the works for a while now, but I’ve finally started blocking it. Because it’s so wet here I’m finding it takes several days to actually dry from wet blocking but because of the ribbing I figured it really needed to be wet blocked. The back has already been blocked and the front is nearly dry… unfortunately I can only wet block one piece at a time. The yarn used for this is Rowan Cashmerino DK.

My current travelling project is a cabled cardi and it’s getting very close to being done as I’ve only half the hood to knit before the whole lot gets seamed and blocked. This was the state of it this morning:

I’ve also just finished knitting Wisp off of Knitty. I need to run through the DIY to grab some blocking wires of sort as I so don’t have the patience to pin this out and all it needs is to be blocked out.

And so that I have an at home project, I’ve just started the kiri shawl pattern available for from all tangled up. I’ve only completed 3 repeats of the main pattern but I’m already loving it. I’ve substituted the Kid Silk Haze for some laceweight Merino for my shawl.

There’s more, but they are so close to finishing I’ll wait until they are completed to post about them. :)