First of all the secret test knit is still under wraps but it is done and I can't wait to show it to you.
(Get the pun - under wraps? Cause it is a shawl....oh never mind.)
But, not yet!
After the big finish I went back to poor Mr. Bookworm, who, if you remember, I had left all in pieces!
So I started:
This first pic is somewhat x-rated and rude comments abounded in my house.
This sat on the coffee table for a day or so and my husband plaintively asked WHAT was I knitting.
Things improved with a few accessories.
And by the time he had on all his clothes (and his arms) he was almost done!
The pince-nez spectacles were the final touch!
See the cute detail of words on the pages of his book?
Also I checked on Ravelry and I think I am the first and only person to have made this pattern.
So once he was all put together I returned to my Antarktis shawl which I finished with zero yarn left over. I had to fudge the bind off of the last fifteen or so stitches, but it looks fine.
Here she is on the blocking mat before blocking. The headache I have had off and on all week really took a turn for the worse on Saturday so no blocking happened.
So now that was done I started to knit all the rest of the pieces for Hococo the Lemur.
I swear once this lemur is sewn together and stuffed I will:
a) not knit any fiddly toys that required sewing together for quite some while, and
b) get back to my Iona blanket before I (God help me) cast on these really cute socks in the Simply Knitting magazine that Mr. Bookworm came from. Oh, and there is a really cute sweater in there too!
So there is my week. Three finished objects, and plans for new cast-ons. (Don't tell my Iona.)
I will leave you all with a link to The Knitting Song which I discovered this week.
And the link to follow other Yoppers who are as crazy as me - some even crazier as this is their seventh year of yopping along.
Hi Mary-Anne! I just hit the floor at your inappropriate looking unfinished bookworm lol...too funny. He looks amazing though! Bravo!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love your pun and after reading it twice, I got it lol...my head is in cheese curds at the moment! :)
Fun bookworm and song!
ReplyDeleteLOVE THE WORM!!!!!!!!!!!! It would have been fun to have some company over while he was sitting on the table unfinished. Quite a conversation piece, yes? I am anxious to see the finished shawl. Her pieces are so lovely. I want to see what colors you used for it.
ReplyDeleteThe rude stages are quite hilarious. Looks great done!
ReplyDeleteI hate seaming and fiddle bits.i have a couple of Jean Greenhowe Christmas books that i will probably never do anything from, for just that reason exactly!
Hi there! Yes that shade of pink can elicit many comments, depending on the project! He is adorable! I tend to crochet toys, I just like the look of them better. Can't wait to see the lemur, one of my favorite animals.
ReplyDeleteYep Mr Bookworm looks very fiddly. Great work this week :)
ReplyDeleteI love Mr Bookworm! Great job!
ReplyDeleteOk, I had good chuckle at both the WIP Mr. Bookworm, and the song (how did I not know that song existed!)
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah. The fiddly nature of toys and such is why I don't often make them.
Oh Mary-Anne, your Mr. Bookworm is wonderful! I enjoyed seeing the progress pictures all in one post. I first read that line as "nude comments abounded". But when I read it a second time I see you wrote rude comments... ooops #^o
ReplyDelete'Nude comments' is funny tho!
ReplyDeleteLove your sense of humour and good luck with resolution a) about not knitting any more fiddly things - famous last words ;-)
ReplyDeletelove Mr Bookworm. And I can't wait to see the lemur.
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