Finally got a shot of a gift on the recipient’s person. I have to work on getting live action shots of the knits for my great-nephews! Baby H wears them well.

Here is a solo shot which has better detail.

The color is darker than this shows. Do you know how hard it is to photograph a dark and light yarn in the same project when all you can do is use flash? You probably do.

OK, head over to Tami’s to see what other adorable knits have been finished this week! And thank you for stopping by to see my “shortie”.

First off: The progress made on Plum is starting to show some meat. I have both fronts and the back done. I have started a sleeve. Ugh! I was supposed to knit 13″ of ribbing and then 9″ of cabled ribbing. Since I did not care for the huge roll up cuff I cut it down to about 8″-9″ of ribbing and then the 9″ of cabled ribbing to finish it out. I am maybe a third of the way through the cable ribbing of the 1st sleeve. Hopefully this will make the sleeves go quicker. I dread the over sized collar, but that is what makes the piece.

Still loving this! The yarn is soft, Paton’s Classic Wool, and the knitting does keep me engaged, even if I am soooo tired of the cabled ribbing. But I want to see this to fruition, so I will not let myself leave off. The right front hasn’t been blocked yet, so don’t worry about the shrunken look to it. The sleeve is on top of the left front in case you were wondering. Sorry for the night time flash photos, they are the best I got right now.

And just because I don’t have enough monotony going on right now I started a new project. Baby Schessellee will make an appearance sometime in March, so I must make him a vest. Hey, Big Sis got a bolero so it wouldn’t be fair to not gift him something too. I love this Drops pattern, so it only took finding a yarn to work. I settled on some Zara I had on hand. Hoping the two balls get me through the pattern. I am making size 1-3 month and using a size 4 needle. I am just over gauge, but figure the washing will bloom the piece so it should be big enough. He might be a big boy, considering Dad is a big guy, tall and thick.

132 sts in St st! For 5″!!Hopefully I can make it to the Double Seed Stitch soon.

For those who didn’t catch yesterday’s Truth on Tuesday post, another project jumped on the needles. TGV (High Speed Knitting) has been started using Misti Alpaca Worsted Handpaint. I love this yarn. This is my third shawl using MAWH. Oh so soft!!! I haven’t made much progress on this, of course it goes very quick at the beginning, especially with 3 increase EACH row. Yes, EACH row. Front and back. I am trying to decided at what point I stop the garter and go on to the ribbing. The pattern says halfway through the yarn, but I have too much yarn to work it that way. I guess I will just keep an eye on it’s size as it grows.

Due to the color on this I have renamed it Fiesta!

Now mosey on over to Tami’s and see what other lovelies are being created this week. And check back here Friday for another FO that was part of my knitting this past week.

Again, Yarn added this week is:

• 0 yards added this week!!!!!

Yarn Knit this Week:

• 98 yards of Misti Alpaca Worsted Handpaint knit into Fiesta (aka TGV) as of Feb 20th
• 140 yards of Cascade Heritage knit into Mattson as of Feb 16th
• 30 yards of Valley Yarns Superwash DK knit into Baby Moc-a-Soc as of Feb 19th
• 11 yards of Dale Baby Ull knit into Baby Moc-a-Soc as of Feb 20th
• 207 yards of Classic Wool knit into Plum as of Feb 20th
• 57 yards of Filatura Zara knit into Schesselle as of Feb 20th
• Total yards knit this week is 543

Weekly Total:

• 543 – 0 = +543

YTD Total:

• 2471 – 3671 = -1290 yards

Still have quite a lot of purchases to make up for and continue to try to avoid more purchases. And it’s been hard this week, as I have found all sorts of reasons to buy more yarn! When I started TGV I thought to use some Aran weight Mochi on hand. I only have 2 striped balls and 2 solid balls to use and couldn’t decide if I would like that plan, so I scraped it.

Then I decided I really should buy some striping fingering or sport weight. But I rethought that and pulled out some Misti Alpaca Worsted Handpaint I had in stash. It’s a light worsted. Nice thing about the TGV shawl (sorry non-Rav users, this was the only link I could find. But I think you are able to see patterns now without being a member) is you can use it with any weight with little worry.

The pattern advises to knit half of your yarn into the garter section and then proceed to the ribbing. I know I have more yardage than needed, so I am not sure how far I will go with it. I don’t want it to be huge, so I doubt I will go to half of 654 yards. This pattern has been renamed Fiesta cause this colorway is festive! Whoa, is it bright. They will see me coming!