Drago[knit]fly

With the cooler temps settling in and my due date quickly approaching, my knitting pace has picked up. Amongst my recent pile of FOs , I finished a few hats in that past couple weeks. First, Flore... The details: [ Ravelry Link ] Pattern: Flore by Tina Whitmore Yarn: Takhi Cotton Classic in deep pink, grass, pink, olive, and blue- greyNeedles : Size 5 Addi Circs . I only have one set, so I had rotate needles a bit. Size: Infant, although I think it looks a bit big. We'll see when my baby gets here. I'd rather it be too big than too small. Time to Knit: One week I think it turned out super cute, but I don't know if I could knit another one. The construction of the hat itself is facscinating : you alternate between two sets of needles as you knit each color, then bind the two pieces together with a modified 3-needle bind off. It's the finishing that killed me. You have to tack down each petal and wind in a bazillion ends. I just veged out and watched some TV, so ...

Posting only FO reports has estranged me from this here blog. Sure it's dandy to sit on this side of the blog in a big pile of handknits, but it can't be interesting to learn how many balls of yarn (If I even remember back that far) I used for a project you didn't know was on my needles. It's sure not interesting to me to write about projects that I finished weeks, even months ago. To free myself from the looming pile of FOs (who knew I would ever complain about that?), I'm going to take a page from Ashley 's book and run through them in one huge FO extravaganza! Sara's Swedish Hat My sister first requested a newboy-style cap with a Swedish Flag (we're 50% Swedish) oh, about a year ago. I dragged my heels not only out of intarsia-related distress, but because I couldn't for the life of me envision how this hat would look and how the hell would a Swedish flag fit on a newboy hat? Fastforward to this Fall-- I'm not exactly sure if her hat objective...