Karen Squared

The goal of making it to the heel flaps of the boot socks was made. I should be able to finish these this week considering they are being knit on 6’s. Socks on 6’s…whoa!

I made my goal of getting a couple of inches done on the top down raglan too. I snapped this picture when I took it off the needles to see if I had increased enough. I added a few more rounds and then separated the sleeves and I am now just working on the body. Did I mention how much I love the colorway of this yarn?

And I also made my goal of finishing up the mittens. It’s amazing how much one can accomplish when one sits on their butt all day long. These are for Alexis and I think I will wrap them up and add them to the Christmas presents.

The Snowboarders Hat is nearly done also. I just have to block it, weave in a few ends and add braids to the ear flaps. Really only the ear flaps need blocking as they are curling up. This hat is for Michael and I’ll get a picture of him modeling it as soon as it’s really done and he’s home when it’s still light out. I had a hard time putting this down this past week.

The handspun scarf was never taken out of the knitting bag this week. Gasp! My goal is to work on it a little bit so it doesn’t feel left out and maybe start something new. I want to make two more Christmas gifts… a men’s pair of fingerless mitts and another hat, so it will most likely be one of those two.

The foot is taking its sweet time in getting better. It goes something like this: The foot starts to feel better…I take a few tentative steps on the walking cast and if there is no pain…I somehow do too much, then my foot swells up and I am back on the couch for a few days. Then my foot feels better…I take a few steps…etc., etc. It swelled up so bad last week, I thought I was going to have to go in and have the cast cut off for a while there. There have been more than a few pity parties here the last few weeks. I don’t make a very good patient for this long. It’s just too long!